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Behind The Scenes At Bob Burns
Robbie fitting a steel iron shaft with a sleeve to extend its length for the customer.Robbie using a Pump Sleeve Sander to sand down the edges on this persimmon 5 wood. Bob Burns polishing an iron for a customer.Robbie using a pneumatic crimping machine on a steel shaft.Robbie sand blasting the back cavity of an iron.
To put the grooves back into a stainless steel iron head, we use this re-grooving tool equipped with a hardened carbide tip.Robbie reaming the hosel of a club head with a CLAUSING drill press.  CLAUSING is the only company to still produce an American made drill press.  This machine allows us to fit the head to any type of shaft.  This machine was taken apart three years ago and was completely nickel plated, also note the large selection of reamers.Robbie ruffing an irons shaft tip for assembly.Robbie using the M400 to prep a steel shaft for production.  The M400 is used by all large scale club makers.  This machine was trucked to our factory from California.Here is Robbie setting the loft on a Persimmon 3 Wood.
Robbie using a large three phase cut-off saw to trim a putter to length.Another picture of the cut-off saw in action.  This machine can run all day due to its three horse power motor and full exhaust system.Jay doing a production run of putters.Robbie bringing down a box of STULTZ shafts from storage.  Bob Burns Golf Learning Center has the largest inventory of shafts in stock in the entire state.Robbie sanding down the hosel of a persimmon 3 wood.
Robbie polishing the hosel of a new club using our newly restored Baldor Buffer.  This machine is approximately 50 years old and is equipped with 12" Norton Bear-tex convolate wheels made of silicon carbide which provide a nice satin luster.   Mike removing the shaft from its head.  He is using one of our many shaft pullers.Mike filling a grip with solvent using a chemical pump built into the gripping machine.Mike pouring the solvent onto the shaft in preparation for gripping it.  The exces solvent falls into a custom made trough that feeds it back into the system to use again.  It doesn't waste any of it.Robbie grinding down the toe of an iron using the large belt grinder.  This machine can adjust the bounce on virtually any iron head.
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