Method for altering a graphite golf club shaft

Abstract

A method for altering a graphite golf club shaft having a hollow interior with an interior wall surface, a butt end, and a flex zone sixteen inches from the butt end with a range one inch up and one inch down from the measured sixteen inch point which includes placing a section of steel tubing into the hollow interior shaft and against the interior wall surface in the flex zone.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A method for altering a graphite golf club shaft comprising: 
 (a) providing a graphite golf club shaft having a hollow interior with an interior wall surface, a butt end, and a flex zone sixteen inches from the butt end with a range one inch up and one inch down from the measured sixteen inch point; and    (b) placing a section of steel tubing into the hollow interior of the shaft and against the interior wall surface in the flex zone.    
     
     
         2 . A method for altering a graphite golf club shaft comprising: 
 (a) providing a graphite golf club shaft having a hollow interior with an interior wall surface, a butt end, and a flex zone sixteen inches from the butt end with a range one inch up and one inch down from the measured sixteen inch point; and    (b) placing a graphite section into the hollow interior of the shaft and against the interior wall surface in the flex zone.    
     
     
         3 . A method for altering a graphite golf club shaft comprising: 
 (a) providing a graphite golf club shaft having a hollow interior with an interior wall surface, a butt end, and a flex zone sixteen inches from the butt with a range one inch up and one inch down from the measured sixteen inch point; and    (b) cutting the graphite golf club shaft at each end of the flex zone to remove the graphite flex zone of the graphite shaft and inserting and securing a section of steel tubing at ends of the cut graphite shaft thereby replacing the graphite shaft flex zone with a steel tubing flex zone on the graphite shaft.    
     
     
         4 . A method for altering a graphite golf club shaft comprising: 
 (a) providing a graphite golf club shaft having a hollow interior with an interior wall surface, a butt end, and a flex zone sixteen inches from the butt end with a range one inch up and one inch down from the measured sixteen inch point;    (b) separating the shaft into a Part A and a Part B at the flex zone; and    (c) fitting a section of steel tubing between Part A and Part B and into Part A hollow interior approximately 1.5 inches and into Part B hollow interior approximately 1.5 inches.    
     
     
         5 . The method for altering a graphite golf club shaft as recited in  claim 4  in which ends of the section of steel tubing are each tapered to match an interior formed by the interior wall surface.  
     
     
         6 . The method for altering a graphite golf club shaft as recited in  claim 4  including bonding the section of steel tubing to Part A and Part B with a high impact epoxy.  
     
     
         7 . The method for altering a graphite golf club shaft as recited in  claim 6  wherein the bonding includes sanding a chrome finish off of the section of steel tubing and dimpling the section of steel tubing.