I recently bought a new head to put into my driver shaft and had D&J in Bryan put them together. After about 22 hours after being epoxyed I went to hit my first drive with it. Swung and the head flew off...

My question is, is it easy enough to reinstall the shaft myself with shafting epoxy bought online or should I take it to golf smith or Edwin watts? If it is easy enough, what epoxy would you recommend?

I was informed from a few people that this isn't the first time this has happened from a club being fixed at their shop, so I decided not to try again with them.

Thanks for the info.

I'd caution against GS. Had mine done there and had issues. When I had someone who knew what they were doing pull the shaft to re-prep, he made a comment that whoever did the last job obviously didn't know what they were doing. I told him it was at GS and he said don't ever go to GS for work more involved than regripping. Apparently that wasn't the first time he'd seen bad work from them.

I've had good experience with Edwin Watts so I will most likely go there. I will be in the San Antonio area so if anyone recommends a local shop, I would be open to that as well.

There is absolutely no reason the head should come off! That is terrible craftsmanship, my 12 year old could do a bettwr job.
Now to answer your question, it is very easy to i stall a new shaft, if you have a heat gun, tou can do it for about 7.00$. Sand off the old epoxy, add new epoxy, let sit for 12 hours. There are a tonof you ribe videos! You can do it,no sweat!

From what I understand, it's not that easy with a graphite shaft.

I have read this as well. I don't want to take the chance of damaging my shaft.

If you are doing it by hand, don't worry about damaging the shaft, it would take a lot to do that and you would tire out before you could do any serious damage. All you are trying to do is to knock off all the big pieces and if the head came off that means there is minimal epoxy in the 1st place.

If I do it at home, what epoxy would any of y'all recommend?

I would just take it back and have them redo it. You did pay them for the install right? My opinion, not worth the hassle / materials as JJ mentioned and if they did it incorrectly you should give them a chance to redo it.

Dumb question, but it was hot last week...did you leave it in the trunk or garage after picking it up? It always cracked me up when people came into the store I worked at during the summer and said they had left it there after picking up the club went out to the course and bam. Or there was a clear ball mark right on the hosel. Not directed at the OP, but there are a ton of reasons for why it might have come off.

And not to defend the big box stores (didn't work at GS/EW), but like any place, there were some people who cared and some who didn't. Also, some people had no business being in club tech. Obviously no way to know this unless you are a regular.

Anyway, I would run it back over, if possible, and have them redo it. Maybe even have someone else in the shop do it (never been to the place you mentioned).

Good luck!