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Goynes42 Professional Champion
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Some of you know I've always been a fan of classic clubs. I frequently play with persimmons, and I love blades, especially older ones. Well, I came across some 1971/1972 Wilson Staff Dynapowers a couple years ago for $45 in decent shape...full set, 1 thru SW, heads were fine but the shafts were tired so I didn't do anything with them for a long time...finally had them reshafted (X100) earlier this year and got the lofts and lies to my preferred specs... I've played them exclusively for several rounds now and I can without a doubt say that these are the best irons I've ever owned or hit. The ball flight is just fantastic, not too high, and they're completely workable. The feel on a solid hit is just that: solid. It's not like some clubs where you don't even feel the ball...you feel it, but it is a GOOD feeling. I'm saying this to say that you all might enjoy perusing the used bin at your local golf shop. Many old clubs are terrific even today. Remember that pretty much anything can be reshafted and adjusted for loft/lie if they're not what you like. Then you'll have a sweet old set that plays just as well as anything new you'd come across. Anyone else ever hit some Dynapowers at some point?
GBEAUGOLOW Professional Champion
# 1 9/12/2013 11:39:59 AM
I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these.
Goynes42 Professional Champion
# 2 9/12/2013 11:57:06 AM
I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these. Nice! How come they can't be reshafted? Are they pinned? There are some guys who can do it...ask around and find fitters who know how to remove a pinned shaft. I think it's something like you have to cut the shaft off above the hosel and carefully drill through the pin itself inside the hosel. I think there's a guy who works alongside John Erickson (golf teacher/classic club enthusiast in California) who works on old clubs. I might be able to find his info.
JayPet Legend
# 3 9/12/2013 12:13:02 PM
Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment.
Goynes42 Professional Champion
# 4 9/12/2013 1:56:30 PM
Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment. You are more than welcome to Jay! The 1-iron ain't that scary, by the way. It's only scary because people say it is. If you can hit a 5 iron, you can hit a 1 iron. I promise. Mine is a ROCKET too. I had the loft bent to 16 degrees, so it's essentially a 3 wood with a shorter shaft. A flush hit gets me 220-230, and I'm not a long bomber. I've hit it up to 270-280 in certain cases. It's friggin nutty.
JayPet Legend
# 5 9/12/2013 2:02:29 PM
Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment. You are more than welcome to Jay! The 1-iron ain't that scary, by the way. It's only scary because people say it is. If you can hit a 5 iron, you can hit a 1 iron. I promise. Mine is a ROCKET too. I had the loft bent to 16 degrees, so it's essentially a 3 wood with a shorter shaft. A flush hit gets me 220-230, and I'm not a long bomber. I've hit it up to 270-280 in certain cases. It's friggin nutty. Very cool! Just in case, you may want to stand behind me. :)
Vincedaddy Legend
# 6 9/12/2013 5:28:17 PM
I have only played with my old TA 845's. The irons are marked Pat Pend and the wedges are marked Patented. I'm not sure of the age but when I went to get fitted the fitter recommended I only re shaft with the proper stiffness, not to get new heads. He told me that with re shafting, tuning, and proper setting of both lie and loft angles I would have as good a set of clubs as I could find anywhere. Any thoughts? Any idea to the age of my clubs?
Mark Simmons Legend
# 7 9/12/2013 9:01:47 PM
Anyone else ever hit some Dynapowers at some point? No, but if you run across a left hand set, let me know.
dewsweeper Legend
# 8 9/13/2013 10:40:05 AM
I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these. Nice! How come they can't be reshafted? Are they pinned? There are some guys who can do it...ask around and find fitters who know how to remove a pinned shaft. I think it's something like you have to cut the shaft off above the hosel and carefully drill through the pin itself inside the hosel. I think there's a guy who works alongside John Erickson (golf teacher/classic club enthusiast in California) who works on old clubs. I might be able to find his info. If you are not going to save the pinned shafts, just cut the shaft above the hosel and grill it out after heating to soften the epoxy.. If you wish to save the shafts, tap the pin out by indent the head of the pin to have the pin punch seating properly before punch the pin out. then extract the shaft normally. Be careful of the older shafts, some are rusted inside near the hosel, excessive twisting might break the shaft. Most of these pinned shafts are tapered tips 0.355T, when epoxy the new shaft back you don't need to pinned the new heads because the modern epoxy is much stronger than the old epoxy. just fill in with epoxy. If you must pin the new shafts, find the correct size aluminum or steel pop rivets.to replace the pin.
GBEAUGOLOW Professional Champion
# 9 9/16/2013 9:42:16 AM
I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these. Nice! How come they can't be reshafted? Are they pinned? There are some guys who can do it...ask around and find fitters who know how to remove a pinned shaft. I think it's something like you have to cut the shaft off above the hosel and carefully drill through the pin itself inside the hosel. I think there's a guy who works alongside John Erickson (golf teacher/classic club enthusiast in California) who works on old clubs. I might be able to find his info. If you are not going to save the pinned shafts, just cut the shaft above the hosel and grill it out after heating to soften the epoxy.. If you wish to save the shafts, tap the pin out by indent the head of the pin to have the pin punch seating properly before punch the pin out. then extract the shaft normally. Be careful of the older shafts, some are rusted inside near the hosel, excessive twisting might break the shaft. Most of these pinned shafts are tapered tips 0.355T, when epoxy the new shaft back you don't need to pinned the new heads because the modern epoxy is much stronger than the old epoxy. just fill in with epoxy. If you must pin the new shafts, find the correct size aluminum or steel pop rivets.to replace the pin. Thanks for the info.
Robert Premeaux Jr. Professional Champion
# 10 9/22/2013 3:59:58 AM
Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment. You are more than welcome to Jay! The 1-iron ain't that scary, by the way. It's only scary because people say it is. If you can hit a 5 iron, you can hit a 1 iron. I promise. Mine is a ROCKET too. I had the loft bent to 16 degrees, so it's essentially a 3 wood with a shorter shaft. A flush hit gets me 220-230, and I'm not a long bomber. I've hit it up to 270-280 in certain cases. It's friggin nutty. OMG, this has me SO wanting to put my 2-iron back in the bag. I'm not sure I play a course where I really need it, but ... I've never hit a Dynapower, but I would swear I've seen them. A lot. When and if I get the money to do it, I'm going to reshaft/grip some Hogan blades (2- or 3-iron to PW, I think ... I forget) for fun. I'm still trying to scrap together some things to fill out the AP2 710s LyinLewis sent -- which, btw, are AWESOME! I still only have the 3- and 9-irons in the bag, but I've made birdies with both clubs ... and I've hit two 3-irons to 4 and 20 feet on No. 18 at Pecan Lakes to wrap up decent rounds. Anyway, I'm taking a Hogan blade with me to the range tomorrow for warmup just for Goynes. That firm click off the clubface is the greatest ...
Vincedaddy Legend
# 11 10/8/2013 9:26:27 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilson.. Is that a good deal?
Goynes42 Professional Champion
# 12 10/8/2013 10:03:01 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilson.. Is that a good deal? Yeah it is! The woods are from a different time period, much newer than the irons...probably not worth anything. But the irons themselves are worth more than the $25 they want. Get 'em! BTW, those are EXACTLY the irons I play! You will need to look into having them reshafted/regripped, and have someone tweak the lofts and lie angles to what you need. Afterwards you'll have a killer set of clubs. Here's a pic of mine before they had all their work done.
Goynes42 Professional Champion
# 13 10/8/2013 10:05:55 PM
I will say, though, in that good of condition, they may not need reshafting unless it's the wrong flex for you. Mine desperately needed it...the old aluminum shafts they used to put in those clubs get tired after years of use (and they were the wrong flex to boot).

Goynes42

Professional Champion

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Some of you know I've always been a fan of classic clubs. I frequently play with persimmons, and I love blades, especially older ones.

Well, I came across some 1971/1972 Wilson Staff Dynapowers a couple years ago for $45 in decent shape...full set, 1 thru SW, heads were fine but the shafts were tired so I didn't do anything with them for a long time...finally had them reshafted (X100) earlier this year and got the lofts and lies to my preferred specs...

I've played them exclusively for several rounds now and I can without a doubt say that these are the best irons I've ever owned or hit. The ball flight is just fantastic, not too high, and they're completely workable. The feel on a solid hit is just that: solid. It's not like some clubs where you don't even feel the ball...you feel it, but it is a GOOD feeling.

I'm saying this to say that you all might enjoy perusing the used bin at your local golf shop. Many old clubs are terrific even today. Remember that pretty much anything can be reshafted and adjusted for loft/lie if they're not what you like. Then you'll have a sweet old set that plays just as well as anything new you'd come across.

Anyone else ever hit some Dynapowers at some point?

GBEAUGOLOW

Professional Champion

# 1 9/12/2013 11:39:59 AM

I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these.

Goynes42

Professional Champion

# 2 9/12/2013 11:57:06 AM

I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these.

Nice! How come they can't be reshafted? Are they pinned? There are some guys who can do it...ask around and find fitters who know how to remove a pinned shaft. I think it's something like you have to cut the shaft off above the hosel and carefully drill through the pin itself inside the hosel.

I think there's a guy who works alongside John Erickson (golf teacher/classic club enthusiast in California) who works on old clubs. I might be able to find his info.

JayPet

Legend

# 3 9/12/2013 12:13:02 PM

Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment.

Goynes42

Professional Champion

# 4 9/12/2013 1:56:30 PM

Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment.

You are more than welcome to Jay! The 1-iron ain't that scary, by the way. It's only scary because people say it is. If you can hit a 5 iron, you can hit a 1 iron. I promise.

Mine is a ROCKET too. I had the loft bent to 16 degrees, so it's essentially a 3 wood with a shorter shaft. A flush hit gets me 220-230, and I'm not a long bomber. I've hit it up to 270-280 in certain cases. It's friggin nutty.

JayPet

Legend

# 5 9/12/2013 2:02:29 PM

Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment.

You are more than welcome to Jay! The 1-iron ain't that scary, by the way. It's only scary because people say it is. If you can hit a 5 iron, you can hit a 1 iron. I promise.

Mine is a ROCKET too. I had the loft bent to 16 degrees, so it's essentially a 3 wood with a shorter shaft. A flush hit gets me 220-230, and I'm not a long bomber. I've hit it up to 270-280 in certain cases. It's friggin nutty.

Very cool! Just in case, you may want to stand behind me. :)

Vincedaddy

Legend

# 6 9/12/2013 5:28:17 PM

I have only played with my old TA 845's. The irons are marked Pat Pend and the wedges are marked Patented. I'm not sure of the age but when I went to get fitted the fitter recommended I only re shaft with the proper stiffness, not to get new heads. He told me that with re shafting, tuning, and proper setting of both lie and loft angles I would have as good a set of clubs as I could find anywhere.

Any thoughts?
Any idea to the age of my clubs?

Mark Simmons

Legend

# 7 9/12/2013 9:01:47 PM

Anyone else ever hit some Dynapowers at some point?

No, but if you run across a left hand set, let me know.

dewsweeper

Legend

# 8 9/13/2013 10:40:05 AM

I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these.

Nice! How come they can't be reshafted? Are they pinned? There are some guys who can do it...ask around and find fitters who know how to remove a pinned shaft. I think it's something like you have to cut the shaft off above the hosel and carefully drill through the pin itself inside the hosel.

I think there's a guy who works alongside John Erickson (golf teacher/classic club enthusiast in California) who works on old clubs. I might be able to find his info.

If you are not going to save the pinned shafts, just cut the shaft above the hosel and grill it out after heating to soften the epoxy..
If you wish to save the shafts, tap the pin out by indent the head of the pin to have the pin punch seating properly before punch the pin out. then extract the shaft normally.
Be careful of the older shafts, some are rusted inside near the hosel, excessive twisting might break the shaft.
Most of these pinned shafts are tapered tips 0.355T, when epoxy the new shaft back you don't need to pinned the new heads because the modern epoxy is much stronger than the old epoxy. just fill in with epoxy. If you must pin the new shafts, find the correct size aluminum or steel pop rivets.to replace the pin.

GBEAUGOLOW

Professional Champion

# 9 9/16/2013 9:42:16 AM

I've hit my dads '61-62 Dynapowers 2-9 iron, definitely lets ya know when you missed the sweet spot...but when you do the ball soars. Unfortunately cant reshaft these.

Nice! How come they can't be reshafted? Are they pinned? There are some guys who can do it...ask around and find fitters who know how to remove a pinned shaft. I think it's something like you have to cut the shaft off above the hosel and carefully drill through the pin itself inside the hosel.

I think there's a guy who works alongside John Erickson (golf teacher/classic club enthusiast in California) who works on old clubs. I might be able to find his info.

If you are not going to save the pinned shafts, just cut the shaft above the hosel and grill it out after heating to soften the epoxy..
If you wish to save the shafts, tap the pin out by indent the head of the pin to have the pin punch seating properly before punch the pin out. then extract the shaft normally.
Be careful of the older shafts, some are rusted inside near the hosel, excessive twisting might break the shaft.
Most of these pinned shafts are tapered tips 0.355T, when epoxy the new shaft back you don't need to pinned the new heads because the modern epoxy is much stronger than the old epoxy. just fill in with epoxy. If you must pin the new shafts, find the correct size aluminum or steel pop rivets.to replace the pin.

Thanks for the info.

Robert Premeaux Jr.

Professional Champion

# 10 9/22/2013 3:59:58 AM

Hoping I can hit a couple next week!! Also, would like to take a crack at hitting your 1 iron. That might be a good comedic moment.

You are more than welcome to Jay! The 1-iron ain't that scary, by the way. It's only scary because people say it is. If you can hit a 5 iron, you can hit a 1 iron. I promise.

Mine is a ROCKET too. I had the loft bent to 16 degrees, so it's essentially a 3 wood with a shorter shaft. A flush hit gets me 220-230, and I'm not a long bomber. I've hit it up to 270-280 in certain cases. It's friggin nutty.

OMG, this has me SO wanting to put my 2-iron back in the bag. I'm not sure I play a course where I really need it, but ...

I've never hit a Dynapower, but I would swear I've seen them. A lot.

When and if I get the money to do it, I'm going to reshaft/grip some Hogan blades (2- or 3-iron to PW, I think ... I forget) for fun. I'm still trying to scrap together some things to fill out the AP2 710s LyinLewis sent -- which, btw, are AWESOME! I still only have the 3- and 9-irons in the bag, but I've made birdies with both clubs ... and I've hit two 3-irons to 4 and 20 feet on No. 18 at Pecan Lakes to wrap up decent rounds.

Anyway, I'm taking a Hogan blade with me to the range tomorrow for warmup just for Goynes. That firm click off the clubface is the greatest ...

Vincedaddy

Legend

# 11 10/8/2013 9:26:27 PM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilson..

Is that a good deal?

Goynes42

Professional Champion

# 12 10/8/2013 10:03:01 PM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilson..

Is that a good deal?

Yeah it is! The woods are from a different time period, much newer than the irons...probably not worth anything. But the irons themselves are worth more than the $25 they want. Get 'em!

BTW, those are EXACTLY the irons I play!

You will need to look into having them reshafted/regripped, and have someone tweak the lofts and lie angles to what you need. Afterwards you'll have a killer set of clubs.

Here's a pic of mine before they had all their work done.

Goynes42

Professional Champion

# 13 10/8/2013 10:05:55 PM

I will say, though, in that good of condition, they may not need reshafting unless it's the wrong flex for you. Mine desperately needed it...the old aluminum shafts they used to put in those clubs get tired after years of use (and they were the wrong flex to boot).

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