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The Shop (Ep. 11): Inside my shop (and how to set up your own)
By popular demand, equipment expert Brian Knudson gives you a look inside his own Dr. Frankenstein’s lab in the latest episode of The Shop. Knudson offers plenty of advice on how to get started setting up your own club building space.
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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!
Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S
Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S
Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge
Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X
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GolfWRX’s Resident Club Junkie, Brian Knudson, was naturally excited to get his hands on Mitsubishi’s new Diamana WB shaft.
In this video, BK gives you a brief overview of the new WB, builds up a driver, and takes it to the course for some testing.
With the rebirth of the iconic Whiteboard profile, Mitsubishi didn’t just re-issue a classic, but rather infused all the company’s latest tech into a new shaft, paying homage to the original with its quintessentially Hawaiian-inspired stylings. A summary of that impressive roster of technology, below.
- 80-ton Dialead pitch fiber: Positioned in the handle, Dialead is designed to deliver greater ball speed via better energy transfer.
- Aerospace-grade MR70 carbon fiber adds additional strength, and 46-ton fiber in angle plies in the tip section reduce torque for tighter shot dispersion.
- Consistent Feel Design: Engineers target minimal variance across shafts (butt OD, weight, and balance point) to make the fitting process easier.
- Xlink Tech Resin System: Engineers continue to reduce resin content and increase carbon fiber volume for greater feel without sacrificing strength and durability.
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Back by popular demand, it’s BK’s WITB for his third week of league play. Check out the video for the details and WITB logic (such as it is from golf’s most impetuous equipment adjuster!).
Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: L.A. Golf A-Series Mid X
3-wood: PXG 0311 Black Ops
Hybrid: Mizuno ST Max
Irons: Cobra King Tec Utility (4), Callaway Apex Pro (5, 6), Callaway Apex CB (7-9), Callaway Apex MB (10, 11)
Wedges: Adams Idea SW, LW
Putter: Ping PLD Anser 2D
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
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Douglas Aylor
Dec 10, 2018 at 8:07 pm
Thanks for sharing your space and ideas with us. It would be nice to have a blog where everyone who has a “shop” could share their space and ideas.
alexdub
Dec 8, 2018 at 9:39 am
“Make your bench bigger than you need it to, because you’re gonna keep going on this journey and it’s just gonna get bigger”
Truer words have never been spoken. It’s a disease, really. And there is no cure.
Matt
Dec 8, 2018 at 9:32 am
Where are you at Knudson? Wondering if you’d do the occasional job for a fellow WRXer? Could use my loft/lies adjusted this offseason. The guys down at Edwin Watts – where I’d probably take them – just don’t seem to do the job just right.
Jack
Dec 8, 2018 at 9:16 am
Solvent is nasty stuff…. Use air compressor to put grip on over blue painter’s tape.
geohogan
Dec 8, 2018 at 12:02 am
One suggestion is to keep reloading ammo separate from your golf work area.
Learned a hard lesson, grinding clubheads on the same bench my son used for reloading ammo and a small spark from the grinding wheel set off some gun powder dust. By the time I could smell smoke the flames were two feet high on the bench. (Learn to use a fire extinguisher before you need to use it)
Saved the house, but have burn scars for life. Needless to say, ammo is no where near.
Gun Violent
Dec 9, 2018 at 1:46 am
That’s hilarious because I always smoke my cigarettes when I’m working on my clubs lol
ogo
Dec 7, 2018 at 11:01 pm
Didn’t watch the video… did he mention anything about ventilation? If he’s cutting a lot of graphite shaft tips/butts there will be a lot of graphite micro-fibers floating about and settling on everything including his eyes and lungs. Not good….
Bryan Hopkins
Dec 7, 2018 at 11:18 pm
Watch the vid and let us know…
mb
Dec 7, 2018 at 9:14 pm
Awesome my base is close to yours in layout, this vid was helpful gave me many ideas.
Aaron
Dec 7, 2018 at 6:40 pm
Nice episode Knudson! Really enjoy seeing how people organize everything, and I have a few ideas for my future basic shop now.
sam
Dec 7, 2018 at 4:47 pm
love your work,hope you can help me with the following since no one seems to have an answer, interested in using jumbo max grips,want to know how they will effect swingweight and balance points and what is the best way to offset any huge differences
Knudson
Dec 7, 2018 at 6:21 pm
Thanks! It really depends on what grips you are currently using compare to the Jumbo Max. If a grip is about 5g heavier it will reduce the swingweight about 1pt. So depending on weight difference the club head could feel lighter. Some lead tape on the heads should get it back to its current swingweight pretty easily.
geohogan
Dec 10, 2018 at 4:33 pm
Jumbo max grips
weight: Std oversize (SO) 57g, Junior (JR) 87g, Small (SM)98g, Medium (MD) 105g, Large (LG) 116g, X-large (XL) 122g.
A standard grip is 50 grams, so a jumbo max grip is going to add 7 to 72 grams to the butt end.
Good luck adding lead tape to compensate.
Speedy
Dec 7, 2018 at 2:28 pm
Thanks, Brian. It brought back fond memories of my dad’s hobby. It was an easy addition for him, since he already had an impressive work space with tools.
My first assorted set included a 2-wood, mashie and niblick with hickory shafts, and a good copy of Bobby Jones’ “Calamity”.
I appreciated your mentions of ventilation, lighting, and solvent. Handling solvent properly is important. Especially if kids and pets are roaming.
Ross
Dec 7, 2018 at 2:26 pm
Brian – good looking shop, I might suggest adding a FM-200® (Heptafluoropropane) fire extinguisher. This stuff safely replaced Halon. No reason to burn up your house
from a fire.
Carp
Dec 7, 2018 at 1:29 pm
Dude, love your vids. Learned so much.
I just hate that they always make me feel like I need to clean up my work area tho 😉
Knudson
Dec 7, 2018 at 1:49 pm
Thank you, I really appreciate it. I cleaned it up right before I filmed, usually it is a mess!
sailfishchris
Dec 7, 2018 at 1:28 pm
Was watching this as my wife passed by me. Exact words were “stay in the garage, or I’ll kill you”! LOL!
Knudson
Dec 7, 2018 at 1:50 pm
The key to that one is to sketch some plans with a work bench area that takes up the space where her car usually parks!
2putttom
Dec 7, 2018 at 11:10 am
wonderful ! I can do my laundry while I regrip some irons.
Knudson
Dec 7, 2018 at 1:48 pm
Hahaha, I have done that more times than I can count!