Hah ;-) Who's afraid of the big bad RK? Not me. Not as long as in in CA and he ain't ;-)
Seriously though, reaming out the tiny bit at the bottom of a Callaway can be done a lot more quickly by sticking it in a vise and using an electric drill motor/reamer. Hell, if you think that's bad, get this; the guy I part-timed for after I retired didn't have a drill press. He had one of those universal lathe/drill machines. The drill chuck was at the end of the turning section of the lathe - horizontal! We reamed and drilled all heads hand-held and shoved into the bit. This was a high-volume shop - we specialized in Callaway and Titleist bore-through reshafts - as many as a dozen a day at times. I don't know what the power of the machine was, nor do I know the rpm's, but that sucker turned fast and strong. Anything other than a straight shot into the hosel and goodbye head - and hello hand cuts and bruises. I wasn't a particularly good way to ream out hosels but . . . like they say in the Mexican Marines when I complained about it . . . "El Tougho Shitto." TFlan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl McKinley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:45 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Callaway x-14 reshaft > Tflan, > > Say it aint so. In a vise, free hand no less. > Wait to RK reads about that. I can see another > lecture coming;-) > > Carl > > --- tflan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They actually do have a little hosel and you > > can clamp them in a shaft > > drillpress vise. Mostly I just clamp them > > between two rubber pads and do it > > freehand with an electric hand drill and > > reamer. You only need to remove a > > few 1/1000" to clear out the hosel bottom. > > > > TFlan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim & Karen Cardoza" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:47 PM > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Callaway x-14 reshaft > > > > > > > I haven't done this myself yet and now that I > > have a drill press I have a > > > simple question. > > > > > > What's the best way to clamp no-hosel heads > > for reaming. Is it to clamp in > > > a regular vice and then tilt the table to get > > the proper angle? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > TC > > > > > > At 12:16 PM 3/10/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > > >Parallel but there's a smaller diameter at > > the bottom of the hosel. Note > > > >that Callaway slits their iron tips and > > shoves a tip plug in them. The > > > >slit/plug allows the shaft to be firmly set > > - and no doubt there's a > > > >cosmetic effect as well. Your choices are to > > ream out the hosel to .370" > > or > > > >slit the tips. Reaming is easier. > > > > > > > >TFlan > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "JB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:19 PM > > > >Subject: ShopTalk: Callaway x-14 reshaft > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do the callway X-14 Pro irons take a > > parallel or taper tip shaft? > > > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > John B > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > Carl Mc Kinley, PCS Certified Class 'A' Clubmaker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > P T Barnum is the patron saint of expensive club manufacturers. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > http://webhosting.yahoo.com
