undoing the WRB

Hey Gekogark

I turned my stiga offensive wrb into a sweet spot transformer, by putting a long bolt ~ 10cm long from the base of the blade and inserted 3 nuts in the hollow blade section. the nuts can be adjust up or down. It works Perfect for me.
(warning: drilling the hole from the base blade need to start with small drill bit first, otherwise, the blade will crack!)

I've used Evostick Wood adhesive to fill in the hollow handle of a mark I Wavestone.

The weight went up from 88 to 96 grams, however the blade is no longer head heavy and the benefits are :

* A well balanced blade, that feels comfortable in the hand.
* You are less aware of its weight.
* It plays better in the short game and has more feeling.
* It feels like you're playing with a much better blade.
* My recovery time between shots is actually better.

In my experience head heavy blades/bats have a slightly slower recovery time, than a balanced blade/ bat.

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A WRB handle has a clear lens and it is possible to prise that out, which gives you the way in to fill the handle.

The other route is to prise off one side of the handle, which is a bit harder than prising out  the lens. Then fill in the handle/prised off handle piece and reattach the handle piece.

Hmm, so many great ideas, but I'm in favour of the lead tap as a temporary solution...since i can choose the CG this way.

How do you get lead tape btw? Just any hardware store?

I used to use silicon or wood glue, but it looks uglier than lead tape and is permanent.

hmm, interesting point.

btw, for those who managed to fill in the hole...how did you get the plastic logo off? I think they glued it or something, I've nearly killed the handle and it's still stuck

gekogark1212 wrote: hmm, interesting point. btw, for those who managed to fill in the hole...how did you get the plastic logo off? I think they glued it or something, I've nearly killed the handle and it's still stuck

gekogark1212 wrote: hmm, interesting point. btw, for those who managed to fill in the hole...how did you get the plastic logo off? I think they glued it or something, I've nearly killed the handle and it's still stuck

I actually held the blade by the rubbers and hit the handle on a wooden surface covered with cloth a couple of times and the plastic lenses came out, both of them (each when I hit on the corresponding side). No damage of course. My blade is an OC WRB and there are no hinges, just some very small remains of glue, almost nothing. It is though around 10 years old... :-)

BTW, the idea to place a bolt and nuts that can move up and down is pretty clever!

how about fome spray the one one use by carpenters.woude make it a super core blade

Ok thanks a lot guys! After several cuts and a burn, I've managed to fill my wavestone with hot glue.

It went from 85grams to 90grams, CG shifted back towards the handle by 6mm. I am very pleased with the result!

yes, 1/1 is still a 100% success rate :P ahahhaha

gekogark1212 wrote: Ok thanks a lot guys! After several cuts and a burn, I've managed to fill my wavestone with hot glue. It went from 85grams to 90grams, CG shifted back towards the handle by 6mm. I am very pleased with the result!

gekogark1212 wrote: WITH PAIN!!! not seriously, I grabbed a screwdriver and went to town on it...hence the cuts and the burn from the hot glue. I find it has the exact same vibrations before it gets to the un-WRB'ed part....ie, with a standard shakehand grip, you'll still feel the vibrations in your fingers (contact point), but the vibrations in you palm is GREATLY REDUCED! this is just excellent. ^_^

gekogark1212, could you specify what hot glue stick you used? Is it the one that is milky white kind of transparent and used with the glue gun?