never done it before but I have 2 similar heads (drivers not mine) one with a stiff and one with a reg, anyone know what a pro charges roughly to swap the shafts over if thats the way I go?
shaft swapping costs?
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Pro that did mine charged £20 if that any help
for one or two?
shewy
Journeyman Pro
£20 should do both, it's easy peasy and should take no more than 30 mins.
to take one out and stick in another.
timchump
Q-School Graduate
thats expensive, i want to swap the shafts between two sets of irons.
i might invest in a shaft puller then
i might invest in a shaft puller then
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
you don't need one with irons unless it involves graphite shafts, hot air gun and a gardening glove to hold/twist the hot clubhead.
Karl102
Journeyman Pro
Mine did my old ping driver for free. Offered him some cash, but he declined.... He's good like that. All he ever asks for is the hence to price match if you are getting new gear....
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thecraw
Guest
Its not expensive. Your Pro is not a charity and that to me is a fair price. To start with he needs to invest in a shaft extractor to pull graphite shafts, he also needs to invest in a heat gun. He'll need to use electricity to heat the shafts, he'll need to be compensated for his time, he'll need to clean and prepare two shafts to reuse them, he needs to then re-glue two shafts into heads, he now needs to add two new ferrules to finish.
Its not unreasonable in my opinion.
munro007
Tour Rookie
Not to mention if he needs to drill weights out. I think about £10 per club is a fair price. But some clubs can be a nightmare, i should know, i have changed my heads a few times. lol
moogie
Tour Winner
I CANT BELIEVE the pro wont give up his time for FREE.......
Some people........
Some people........
bigslice
Tour Winner
ive ordered some shaft grip changing gear the day, nearly got carried away with buying a mini clamp. will save that for if/when i start on graphite shafts.
timchump
Q-School Graduate
thanks for the advice, i'll have to look into doing that
i do think that is expensive for taking one shaft out and putting another in, i want to swap the shafts over in 2 sets of irons so that would cost me £160!
i appreciate the pro has to buy the equipment i guess i could almost cover the cost alone in the £160
http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/acatalog/Clubmaking_Tools.html
shaft extrator £94 hot air gun £20 ????
and what part of saying something is expensive implies i actually think nothing is a fair price?
Some people
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thecraw
Guest
thanks for the advice, i'll have to look into doing that
i do think that is expensive for taking one shaft out and putting another in, i want swap the shafts over in 2 sets of irons so that would cost me £160!
i appreciate the pro has to buy the equipment i guess i could almost cover the cost alone in the £160
http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/acatalog/Clubmaking_Tools.html
shaft extrator £94 hot air gun £20 ????
and what part of saying something is expensive implies i actually think nothing is a fair price?
Some people
Thing is you will not be charged £160 to swap shafts, nowhere near that figure. Go and speak to your pro.
timchump
Q-School Graduate
thanks craw your probably right doing a batch over a single club.....
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
and what part of saying something is expensive implies i actually think nothing is a fair price?
Some people
It would take a pro approx an hour or thereabouts to swap 2 shafts, so £20 an hour labour. Would you find anyone giving an hours lesson for that?
It's not a dig mate just another way to look at a pros time.
timchump
Q-School Graduate
I CANT BELIEVE the pro wont give up his time for FREE.......
i was referring to this post "For Free"and i do disagree with you slightly
the pro can, and probably will get somebody else do do it, the trainee - cheap labour
he also has more flexibilty for when he can do it, a quiet weekday morning.
i was also thinking about £20 per club in my circumstances, swapping shafts in 2 irons sets is expensive
but as said above it will probably be cheaper, but we shall see
bigslice
Tour Winner
im building up to trying it myself, not to save dosh but a bit of satisfaction really.
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thecraw
Guest
Irons are easy mate. Woods you will need an extractor.
bigslice
Tour Winner
dont think i will be doing woods for a while. but having seen you do irons im more confident about it
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