Home Workshop - Getting Started

[iacas]

I'm interested in starting a home workshop for clubs. To start, I'll just want to regrip clubs, so I know I need to get things like a vice, some solvent, some double-sided tape, some grips, a drip pan, and a bottle with the sticky solvent stuff.

Where can you get this? What vices, drip pans, etc. do y'all recommend?

Do I need something like this or would something like this suffice?

I guess GolfSmith is the way to go, here .

[bobkin]

I'm interested in starting a home workshop for clubs. To start, I'll just want to regrip clubs, so I know I need to get things like a vice, some solvent, some double-sided tape, some grips, a drip pan, and a bottle with the sticky solvent stuff.

Hi eric. I use the gripper at 139.00. Its all you really need unless you're gonna gonna do a ton of grips. Any pan that covers the length of the grip area will suffice. Make sure that you have a good utility knife and hook blades for graphite shafts. Golfsmith, golfworks, myostrich golf and lowprogolf are the places that usually get my supplies from. You can also get double sided tape from hardware stores and mineral spirits will work for grip solvent if the need arises. Most golf supply stores are pretty competitive in price. I would start out with a couple samples of different grips that you deem popular and see whats gonna sell and what wont. Then when you get it figured out, maybe buy those by the case. The grips that you just used, i pay around 5.00 apiece for from one of my suppliers. Once you start doing clubmaking, you start running into different stores that will give you deals on certain things. Hope this helps, and if theres anything i can help you with, please feel free to ask! Also make sure you have some masking tape for build up if people need a little larger that standard size grips. Sometimes you need to get between standard and mid size grips and this is the way to do it.

[Everardo]

Hi Eric,
The deluxe stand is great if you have the room for it but if you're not gripping a lot it's overkill. Like bobkin mentioned, the pro stand at 139 will handle things well.

In my garage I have a vise on my workbench so I just use a vice clamp ( http://www.golfsmith.com/products/8288 ) - Then I use their drip pan http://www.golfsmith.com/products/8322

I pay a little more for the Pro solvent because I like the way feels and cleans up. You can reuse the solvent until it's gone.

Golfsmith even has a kit that might help to get you started - http://www.golfsmith.com/products/237237

Other supplies you'll want
J-Blades to remove the old grips without damaging the shaft. These blades will fit any standard utility knife - http://www.golfsmith.com/products/8533
Tape scraper - http://www.golfsmith.com/products/8228
Tape - http://www.golfsmith.com/products/902B
Solvent - http://www.golfsmith.com/products/9158

I live near 3 Golsmiths so that's where I get my supplies but there are dozens of places on the web to order your supplies.

Once you start though, you're hooked! Have fun

[iacas]

I'm really only looking to regrip my clubs, fwiw. Not to start a little home business or anything like that.

Thank you very much for the answers so far. VERY appreciated. I've got enough info to get started now!