using a golf shaft for a toggle

**lostagain** · 09-07-2013, 23:47

Hi all! I couldn't find this in search so thought I'd ask. I used to be a golf club fitter/builder and have a bunch of shafts lying around both in graphite and steel. I was contemplating using the tip end (the part that goes into the club head) as a toggle for my adjustable ridge line. I'm not sure I"d trust it as a suspension toggle though the tip end of a graphite shaft can take a good deal of torsion, I still wouldn't trust it to hold up any real weight.

Any ideas on this. Most shafts have anywhere up to a 4" trimming section, so I could easily make a 2" toggle out of one. Obviously the steel would be heavier, but was also considering the graphite one as well.

All thoughts are welcome.

**Mumbles** · 09-08-2013, 02:32

Sticks, PVC tubing and arrow shafts have been stated to be used, I use arrow shafts myself. No reason a golf club shaft shouldn't do the job.

**DivaB** · 09-08-2013, 06:15

I think you'll be fine. Just remember to hang off the knot, not the toggle.

**Brute1100** · 09-08-2013, 06:16

I use aluminum arrow shafts... They are crazy thin and I could bend a 4" piece with my hands if I really wanted to... But your gotta think about what a toggle is doing... It is being evenly compressed by the tree strap... So the high torsion as you describe proves that a golf swing is more than likely excerting a lot more stress than you laying in your hammock...

I have seen pencils, just a good old regular #2 pencil used... Surely your golf shaft is stronger than a pencil...

**gargoyle** · 09-08-2013, 07:29

My bro-in-law is a golf repair guy.
I have a lot of time hanging on the golf toggles. They work fine.
I got a video somewhere....
I mentioned it before in a few threads.
I tested all varieties, alum, fiberglass, graphites, carbon fiber. All are good.