Shakey
#TheGolfWhisperer
I picked up a Bettinardi BB54 last year & as much as I love the shape & set up, I just couldn't get used to the head weight. I've been using heavy putters for a while, so the 358g head felt too light. After some research, I found out that Bettinardi made a BB54 with a head weight of 400g & the only difference was the weight at the back of the putter. The 358g head had holes drilled out in the bottom of the weight.
Today I had some time on my hands, so I heated up the screw that holds the weight in & took it out. Sure enough, it had 2 small holes & 2 large holes in it.
I wanted to add around 32g of weight to it & thought the easiest way would be to put lead tape in the holes. But cutting out circles of lead tape to fit in the holes would be a pain & I don't have a scale so I wouldn't have known how much lead tape to cram in there to get to my desired weight.
While I was sitting there at my desk contemplating driving to the store to get a kitchen scale, I saw some loose change sitting there & it sparked an idea. First I tried put a nickel in the hole, but then nickel was slightly to large. The penny however was almost a perfect fit. It left just a little room around the sides. Each of the big holes would fit 7 pennies & a quick google revealed that modern pennies weigh 2.5g. So 7 pennies in each hole would put the total to 35g. Just 3g than my target.
I grabbed some silicon out of the garage & went to work. The end result feels great & only cost me $0.14 plus a tiny bit of silicon I already had.
Today I had some time on my hands, so I heated up the screw that holds the weight in & took it out. Sure enough, it had 2 small holes & 2 large holes in it.
I wanted to add around 32g of weight to it & thought the easiest way would be to put lead tape in the holes. But cutting out circles of lead tape to fit in the holes would be a pain & I don't have a scale so I wouldn't have known how much lead tape to cram in there to get to my desired weight.
While I was sitting there at my desk contemplating driving to the store to get a kitchen scale, I saw some loose change sitting there & it sparked an idea. First I tried put a nickel in the hole, but then nickel was slightly to large. The penny however was almost a perfect fit. It left just a little room around the sides. Each of the big holes would fit 7 pennies & a quick google revealed that modern pennies weigh 2.5g. So 7 pennies in each hole would put the total to 35g. Just 3g than my target.
I grabbed some silicon out of the garage & went to work. The end result feels great & only cost me $0.14 plus a tiny bit of silicon I already had.
