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Posted: 4/10/2013 9:43:29 AM EDT
| Tired of waiting for the Spikes ST2 buffer to be available. Build it yourself for half the cost. Remove the weights from a carbine buffer then fill to proper weight with tungsten powder. I just made two for less than $40. |
| Sure. Open the jaws on a vice about 1/4 inch so the pin can fall free, knock the pin out with a 1/8 pinch. Pull the plastic plug off remove the weights and rubber discs. Most golf pro shops have tungsten powder on hand,. Put the plastic plug, pin and buffer on a scale and fill to desired weight and put it back together. |
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Tired of waiting for the Spikes ST2 buffer to be available. Build it yourself for half the cost. Remove the weights from a carbine buffer then fill to proper weight with tungsten powder. I just made two for less than $40. This is a great DIY project. Where do you find the tungsten? eta: Found some on amazon.com. eta: Read the posts more carefully and read the bit about golf shops. |
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Tired of waiting for the Spikes ST2 buffer to be available. Build it yourself for half the cost. Remove the weights from a carbine buffer then fill to proper weight with tungsten powder. I just made two for less than $40. This is a great DIY project. Where do you find the tungsten? eta: Found some on amazon.com. eta: Read the posts more carefully and read the bit about golf shops. Yup; Pro golf shops have tungsten powder; they use it to custom fit clubs (by filling the club's head as per customer's request). http://www.golfsmith.com/product/30079088/golfmechanix-high-density-swing-weighting-tungsten-powder-4oz |
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Check out the tungsten weights or putty here, I wonder if these would work
http://www.pinewoodpro.com/pinewood-derby-tungsten-weights.htm |
| I think the idea of using powder tungsten is comparable to using a hammer vs. a dead blow hammer. From what I have found online the spikes buffers using powder tungsten prevents bolt bounce. It does seem to help recoil a tad from what I found at the range but I compared it to a 3.5 oz solid weight buffer. My Spikes clone weighs 4.2 oz. The next time I go the range I will drop some of the powder tungsten to get it down to 3.5 oz. |
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OP, don't waste your time with this tungsten powder bullshit. The "dead blow hammer" effect of solid mass is different than that of powder. The system wasn't designed with it for a reason. Somehow, I just don't think Eugene would have a problem with the Tungsten Powder concept. Numerous ST-T2 owners would probably agree. |
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