| Many outlets storing sports goods allow players to | | | | Now, with chisel and sandpaper, smoothen the edges. |
| customize their own blade and shaft, making them | | | | Using wood glue, bond each layer to the former one. |
| believe that it is a custom build. However, for few | | | | Now, hold each in place with c-clamps or vises until |
| hockey players, the feel of making one's own hockey | | | | firmly joined and dry. Coat the stick with a thin fiber |
| stick is just incomparable. Good quality plywood is the | | | | glass layer and it's done. |
| best material to make hockey sticks. | | | | Graphite |
| Wood | | | | You can even use graphite to make your hockey |
| For this, you require wood glue, high quality plywood, | | | | stick. Graphite sticks are more accurate and durable |
| several c-clamps or vises, graph paper, fiber glass | | | | than wooden ones. |
| coating, tape measure, pencil, chisel, sandpaper and | | | | Here, you require:- |
| saw. | | | | *Hockey Stick mold |
| With the blade set at wider than 90 degree angle, the | | | | *Injectable Silicon and |
| entire project requires 70 cm width. Depending on | | | | *Carbon fiber boiler sheet |
| personal preferences, a lot of stick size variation also | | | | First, melt the fibers of carbon in boiler, pouring it into |
| comes into the picture. The lengthier the stick, the | | | | the mold. Now, to give the stick a right feel, inject |
| stronger is the slapshot. | | | | silicone along the handle into several places. Allow the |
| After you are done with the pattern, cut it out by | | | | graphite to set. Your new stick is ready. |
| transferring it into the plywood. If you join the layers of | | | | The most long-lasting hockey sticks are composed of |
| ply by hand, you may need sufficient copies to bond | | | | Kevlar. Though the process is same as carbon fiber, |
| into a 6 cm thick stick. | | | | here you don't inject silicon and substitute it with Kevlar. |