Re: ShopTalk: re-groove a sand wedge

[tflan]

Uh, if your SW is worn so badly that it isn't flat, simply cutting new grooves isn't going to help much, I think. You'll need to mill the face flat, then regroove. As for which dremel disc to use, well, all of them are about the same thickness, which is thicker than the USGA rules allow.   However, if you insist on doing it, I'd suggest strongly that you practice on a club you don't care about. Or better still, draw an ink line on a piece of scrap metal and practice on that.   TFlan   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph Harwood To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:11 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: re-groove a sand wedge Thanks for all the replies!!     Vincent,   Your description fits my regular Ping Sand Wedge exactly!!!  It has a bell curve look to it! I do have a dremel and would appreciate specifics if possible on which metal cutting disk to get at Home Depot or Lowes!! Ralph Vincent -LKV- wrote: I remember running across a used Ping Eye2 BeCu SW at a shop in NJ. The grooves were just about non-existent. Instead of straight, horizontal lines, picture the grooves looking a little like a bell curve, where the curve faded quite a bit at the peak. Since Ping stopped manufacuring BeCu and BeNi clubs (correct me if I'm wrong here! I'd love to be wrong, actually), will they still work on them? Does the technique described below change in any way if you work on a metal like BeCu or BeNi? Thanks for reading! Vincent "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Carl, Yes, it was Dave T. Here's his last post on the subject, made on 12/5/03: "I've posted about this before, but it's always fun to talk about. The maximum groove width allowed by the rules is .035". The wedge as shipped had a groove width about .015" -- way smaller than allowed. So I wanted to widen them. I have a Dremel tool. The abrasive metal-cutting disks for this gadget are .027" thick. So I ran the tool along the grooves. Clamped the head with the face up and accessible. I freehanded it; the original grooves provided a good guide for the blade. I cut until the disk settled down to the bottom of the groove. This gave me a U-groove .030" wide, just about right. Hope this is clear. DaveT" Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Carl McKinley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:49 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: re-groove a sand wedge There are regroving tools available from GS/GW. I seem to recall someone using a dremel tool to do this, Dave T perhaps? Carl Ralph Harwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone out there have any 'poor-man's' way of re-grooving an iron? I have a Ping Sand Wedge that I sure would like to restore its grooves. Any help would be appreciated!! Ralph Carl Mc Kinley, PCS Certified Class 'A' Clubmaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] P T Barnum is the patron saint of expensive club manufacturers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!