I have a set that I am refurbushing–I have a damaged button insert—how to replace and remove the button–I guess what to replace it with ?
theblake7 Answered question June 28, 2023
I have a set that I am refurbushing–I have a damaged button insert—how to replace and remove the button–I guess what to replace it with ?
You would have to get lucky to find anyone that has those…. nobody is going to list them for sale online.
You can weigh one of the originals with a jewellery scale and then make something to match.
PGF ( famous aussie brand) had medallions like you describe in the 70’s and was a perfect fit for our 10 or 2 cent coin. You might get lucky.
It would be most helpful if I knew wheather the button is glass or plastic—for removal purpopses. I susspect glass because the do not seem to scratch when I work on the one that seems too have become the slave for all my endeavors with these iron. I owned a set back in the 60’s/early 70’s–I do not remember.
Those were the irons I played in high school. After about 20 years the shafts needed to be replaced. Decided to do it myself but did not know what I was doing and did not have a puller at the time. Heating the head caused all of the buttons to pop out. If memory serves, the heat caused the buttons to become warped, so I didn’t save them.
I think the buttons — 7 mm in diameter — were a hard plastic and glued in place. The heat broke down the bond.
When I put the heads on a scale I could not believe the disparate weights. A lot of tip weighting would be required to produce a balanced set. Not worth it compared to what is available today.
I did make the 6-iron and am thinking of building the 2-iron for a practice club. Some day these heads will serve as a desk ornament. When I’m old and stuck doing crafts perhaps a remake of the buttons would make for a good time-consumer.
That Wilson Staff head design makes me think of some of the features we see in the TS-4. It has a bore through hosel that takes out some heel weight. The TS-4 does this with a comparatively short hosel. Both irons gradually raise the muscle back towards the toe. The modern head has considerable elongation and brass weighting to move the sweet spot even further from the hosel while increasing the MOI.
Britt, your head design not only provides modern playability, but for me a bit of nostalgia. I could not be more pleased. What’s left is to get the shaft and build correct. This will be a premium set. I’m even using the designer ferrules that came in this month.
Thatmakes no sense–some of the question was left out. I have a set of dynapower wilson irons that I am refebushing–I have a button that is damager—I want to removed it–and wher can I get another button.