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tisker

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trimming inserts
« on: May 20, 2003, 03:04:48 PM »
I just go some inserts in the mail and I'm not sure how to trim them.  My first try at it go the inserts in, but they don't have that smooth "pro shop" look to them.  In fact, they look pretty hacked up.  How do pro shops do it?
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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2003, 07:07:16 AM »
First, adjust the bottoms and leave the tops alone, if possible.  If you need to trim the tops for any reason, use a razor.
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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2003, 07:16:28 AM »
Get the insert positioned so that one side is flush with the finger hole, and the other side is either flush or slightly raised above the hole.  I guess it depends on how the finger holes are pitched.

Glue the insert on 3 sides (I always leave the top open, in case I want to insert a shim), then take a sharp razor blade and, working from the "flush" side to the non-flush side, smoothly slice off the part of the insert that's above the finger hole.

It takes a little practice to get it right, so that it looks the way the pro shop guys do it, but that's the approach.  Remember, slice it smoothly, don't hack at it!

Smash49

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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2003, 10:17:55 AM »
Try this:  

Cut the bottom of the insert off with a pair of scissors.  Usually a little more than a quarter of an inch.  Insert them into the ball and adjust for fitting(make sure they are straight).  Look at the insert and the hole and you will notice one side is higher than the other.  Usually this is the left side of the hole on the middle finger and the right side of the hole on the ring finger.  Push the insert in until it is flush with the rim and glue in place.  Let it dry a few seconds.  If the other side of the insert is level with the hole glue it in.  If not raise or lower it by using your finger or a screw driver/bevel knife and glue it into place.  Usually just pushing with your thumb will line it up.  The glued side will not move.  No trimming will be necessary.   BTW you guys still meeting at different houses?  Let me know.

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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2003, 10:21:42 AM »
Get Turbo quads, then you won't have to do anything but cut off the end you're not going to use and glue them in right.  We usually glue the sides, because usually the sides are the only places that are pitched.  Start with the inside of the hole near the bridge, and make sure that's level with the ball's surface.  Then if you have left pitch in your left finger and right in your right finger (we do 3/8th's per hole) then after you glue the inside of the grip to the side, the opposite side should be sticking up just a bit.  You might get glue on your fingers, but if you push from the top of the grip instead of the inside, you'll get it a lot closer.  Everybody has their own techniques, but all of mine look near perfect.  Bigger grips and smaller grips are a problem, because the bigger ones are too flexible and they tend to bubble inside the hole when pushing from the top, and the smaller grips aren't flexible enough, so it's hard to push them in.  21/32 - 27/32 are the easiest to do, so if you fall somewhere in there, the technique might work.  

Then say you have reverse and left pitch in the left hole.  Glue the southeast part of the grip first and then the northwest, because those are the points that the two pitches are the closest, get it?
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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2003, 10:22:45 AM »
Lol, yeah, Smash.  I just take too long to say things I guess . . .
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tisker

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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2003, 06:51:58 AM »
Thank you for all the suggestions.  I wish I had posted this first!

Robert-
I haven't heard anything about a practice from Eddie or Cory.  We'll have to figure something out.
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Smash49

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Re: trimming inserts
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2003, 09:08:55 AM »
Sounds Good to me.

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