Patent ID: 7017252

Claim:
A method for assembling a shaft to a golf club head without epoxy, the golf club head having a hosel with a tapered bore, the shaft having a tip end and a butt end, the method comprising: positioning the golf club head in a club head alignment device of an assembly apparatus, the assembly apparatus further including a holding device and a press device, the press device including a jaw mechanism; placing a ferrule and a sleeve on the shaft proximate the tip end; positioning the butt end of the shaft into the holding device of the assembly apparatus; inserting a portion of the tip end of the shaft with the sleeve into the tapered bore of the hosel of the golf club head, a portion of the sleeve extending from the hosel; enclosing the jaw mechanism of the press device around a portion of the shaft between the sleeve and the ferrule; and moving the press device to engage a top end of the sleeve and to force the sleeve further into the tapered bore of the hosel, whereby the shaft is at least partially attached to the golf club head without epoxy.