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Ferrule Installation - 01/03/05 9:32:56 AM
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johnmay
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From: Milwaukee, WI
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Hi All,
When assembling clubs, my biggest problem to date has been installing ferrules without getting epoxy all over my hands. I generally put a light coat of epoxy under the ferrule, to keep it in place after installation. I then push the ferrule onto the shaft with my hands. However, doing this usually results in my getting my hands messy. I then have to go and clean my hands off before continuing, to make sure I don't get epoxy all over the finished club. Are there any tools or methods should I be using to keep the epoxy where it belongs, and off my hands? I've tried to take a piece of scrap 2x6 and drill a couple holes into it for use as a guide, but it is clumsy to use.
John
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RE: Ferrule Installation - 01/03/05 9:38:35 AM
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RonSmittee
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Instead of putting the epoxy inside the ferrule, I usually put a little bit on the shaft tip. Then I push it on my bench top to get it started, then I use the clubhead to guide it on to it's final position. That might help keep your hands clean.
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RE: Ferrule Installation - 01/03/05 9:40:48 AM
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wjmurray
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John,
You don't need a tool or anything else to put ferrules on and not get your hands messy. I put a small amount of epoxy on the tip of the shaft and then spin most of it off on a flat surface with a little foil on it to prevent mess. This allows the ferrule to slide on easily and provides for a bond to keep it in place once the epoxy sets. I then put the ferrule on the tip of the shaft, put it on the table top with foil and push down. At this point the ferrule should be flush with the shaft. Now all you have to do is use the clubhead that you are installing to push the ferrule down the shaft the rest of the way. This way the ferrule is the exact length down the shaft you need, you don't waste $$$ on a tool that is not needed and you have little mess. The only thing I keep near by is pieces of paper towel cut into about 4" X 4" square to wipe off the epoxy and one with some grip solvent to clean off any that is a little stubborn to get off. No mess, no fuss and no extra cost.
Ferrules are not that big a deal.
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RE: Ferrule Installation - 01/03/05 9:43:11 AM
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PhineasToad
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I never bother putting epoxy under the ferrule.
I push the ferrule onto the shaft first but stop about a 1/4" from its final position.
Then roll the shaft tip in epoxy, place the head on the shaft and shove the ferrule down the final 1/4".
I then pull the shaft out, spinning it around until I'm sure epoxy is coating all the shaft. Re-insert, orient the spine as per your choice (NBP to target for me) and set the assembled shaft in drying position.
Wipe off all excess epoxy with a lint-free rag soaked in petroleum naphtha.
There is always sufficient epoxy between the should of the ferrule and the top of the hosel.
Hope this helps.
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RE: Ferrule Installation - 01/03/05 1:19:04 PM
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Arniesclubs
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Prep and clean the shaft tip with acetone wipe, apply a THIN coat of epoxy to prepped area, start the ferrule onto the shaft tip with fingers, push base of ferrule STRAIGHT into the edge of your workbench by holding the shaft, Place butt of shaft on the hard floor and using the head that will go on that shaft push the hosel down on the ferrule. The ferrule will slide up the shaft to the proper position. If the ferrule is very tight, leave it on the shaft tip and warm it by rotating the shaft with your heat gun aimed at the ferrule for 3 - 5 seconds, then seat it with the hosel. Once seated remove the head, apply epoxy to shaft tip area, and to inside of hosel, twist head on the shaft, WIPE OFF EXCESS EPOXY with paper towel patch wetted with acetone and set the club for curing.
After epoxy has cured turn and polish the ferrule.
This is easy, fast and foolproof!
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