I built a CUSTOM Hand-carved Golf Putter

hey guys Alton's who can hear from mr. build it this week we're building a custom putter so without wasting the time let's get into the video let's go in starting this project I want to work with something that I already had in my reservoir so I tapped into my ever-growing pile of scrap wood in my workshop after finding a couple pieces of walnut that would work well I then threw everything on my bandsaw now I'm using the bandsaw specifically to break everything down into workable pieces you know general shapes that are been cut out from previous projects kind of mess with your mind so I just need to visualize exactly what I had once I broke the pieces down the way I wanted them I started creating more of this matchbook or a mirror image of each other so I taped the two pieces together and I cleaned it up again on my bandsaw now that I had this rough canvas that I'm working with the next mission is to create two chambers that would be carrying the weights of the putter so I created a line down the bottom and then made two incision points where I'll take my Forstner bit then bore out holes on the top and the bottom side of this putter head once the holes are bored out I've n needed to find some weights so I didn't want to buy any beads or any kind of lead so I decided to use some of the big heavy-duty lug nuts that I had laying around the house anyways well I don't think that lug nut I just think they're just great basic black bold nuts but anyway they worked so perfectly once everything was closed up I was now ready to glue them all in for the glue I'm using Gorilla Glue it's my first time using it on the project it worked ok I still prefer the 5 minute epoxy specifically for the time and at the same time when the gorilla glue settles it cures into this frothy base thing which I'm not a big fan of I do this every single time I buy box a glove so my hands don't get messy and then I forget mid-project that I have a box of gloves after ensuring a nice glue up I clamped it overnight and did not touch it they say you can work on it after like two hours but I didn't want any glue to get on my bandsaw blade so I just I just wanted to be safe while I was drying this game of the perfect time to work on the golf shaft itself the rain just go between like 35 inches tall and 40 inches I'm a tall dude so I kind of use 37 inches tall I did a hundred sixty degree angle at the bottom so I use my metal cutting setup which is the rigid megamax it's the new 118 volt brushless with the octane boost powered battery the whole setup with a Diablo metal cutting blade I'll put a link in the description below great metal cutting setup if you don't have anything yet now once that was done I lay down my template to my existing putter to make sure everything is the way it's supposed to come from a factory then I ensured that it's ready to go and I got my welder out the welder that I use is just a MIG welder it has argon gas to help and then I just cleaned all the weld perfectly lay down good beads and then use my angle grinder to make a nice flush presentable and pretty now for the handle I use the same leftover scrap pieces I chopped it down about 16 inches long on my mitre station and then ripped it down the middle to create two mirror images of each other and now I've found the middle of it and then here's the tricky part you have to create a channel than the middle to fit the shaft in so I used a rotary burr it's a carbide tip wood carving tool and free handed this half-inch wide channel they'll go down the middle once I found a nice good fit I laid down some of the Gorilla Glue and then I clamped this piece together again let it sit overnight don't be a hero just that would be far more enjoyable to work with after let it sit overnight I removed all the clamps after everything was dried and I need to start squaring this puppy up so I put one side on the belt sander to create a nice even side and then put it on the table saw to create a nice parallel matching side once I had two matching sides I then put it on the miter station to squared up for its final dimension now that I had this beautiful little square canvas to work with I now decided to draw the pattern that I wanted I kept it sharp slick kind of futuristic I had a lot of fun doing so now down the middle on the side I created a taper on my bandsaw now this might not be the safest way to do it because I already cut the bottom parts off but be mindful be careful and find smarter ways to do this I'm just glad to have my fingers typically to taper or might or any kind of edge you'd have to use a router bit but because this is not a flat surface that's not really an option so I have to do everything by hand using a hand grasp and it's the same thing as the the bird it's just a carbide tip flat surface that allows for me to kind of carve away wood like butter a little spoiler it gets really addicting very fast getting ready to start carve out our hand grips I'm using shaping discs from cuts all essentially they're abrasive wheels I go on your angle grinder to allow for you to cut and move the wood very fast very efficiently in a very very very fun way [Music] so I really wanted to deck this putter head out with some bling so I picked up the steel 16 gauge plate from my local Home Depot I trimmed the corners with these sheers and then rounded them over on an abrasive pad once everything was done because steel tends to bend I use a little tapping hammer to flatten out any areas that kind of bent a little bit out of shape because how thin it is and then I trace the area what it would be seated kind of having a place for her for everything and then once everything was done I was getting ready to start carving everything out to bore out the seats for the steel plates I basically took my palm router and I bored out about one to two sixteenths of an inch seat for everything take your time go slow and the parts of where I couldn't fit the router in I just use a little rotary tool with a cutting attachment and free-handed everything out this created a really cool pattern that I think for the next time I'll probably make a cool decorative piece like this now then everything is prepped and ready to go I switched over to the five minute epoxy because it's something I've used before now my technique here is put the epoxy down for the plate put the tape now the tape is to prevent too much squeeze out and then each plate gets its own small clamp don't put too much pressure on the clamp for two reasons number one you'll bend the plate number two you'll squeeze out all the epoxy s need it to work as glue take your time trust me also this is a messy job because metal has these inconsistent tendencies with scratches and dings I wanted to put my own finish on this golf shaft so I took eighty grit belt sandpaper and I started working around in circles to put my own scratches and finish that woods even clean and really pretty when cleaning up the epoxy you can get away with by just using a hundred fifty grit sandpaper now one thing I'll tell you is take little breaks don't let the metal get too hot or else it will start melting the epoxy so go slow take breaks and be patient for the most part putters are usually have a 70 degree angle so I use this metal jig to clamp everything down at 70 degrees borat hold about a half an inch deep and then pre make some epoxy and let the shaft settle inside the putter head and before the glue has a chance to settle it's a good idea just triple check to make sure that all the angles are appropriate - from the shaft - of the putter head itself and for finish I just use the tung oil finish is just a rub on application be sure to cover the metal as well because it's exposed raw material and if a context with water without being sealed it will react and get rusty so be mindful of that guys I am so happy how this thing turned out I'm gonna keep improving my craft to see how much better I can make these golf clubs I've been challenged by a few things I wasn't comfortable with like steel inlays I was a very first time I had a lot of fun with it I definitely think I'm gonna keep using that technique more and more don't be afraid to challenge yourself get out there don't be afraid to try get your hands dirty and learn something from it it'd mean the world to me if you guys care this video like comment down below make sure you hit that notification button the subscribe button if you haven't yet done so already tuning out this week we'll see you guys next week I got to get off this course before I get hit with the ball see ya bye