ShopTalk: Shimming a hosel

[tflan]

Hi;   I reshafted a .400" i.d. hosel yesterday. I installed a .370" shaft tip in it. I've been experimenting with different shim materials for several years. I've used fiberglass and metal window screen, drywall mesh, cut-off shaft sections, both graphite and steel, twist ties of different sizes, monofilament fishing line, polyester twine, hosel whipping cord, both plastic and fiber, and a few other home-made materials. I used a different method on yesterday's project. I have some solid 18 ga doorbell wire. I stripped the insulation from a length and pulled the wire through some folded emery cloth to roughen it. I then cut 4 tiny slots 90° apart in the shaft tip. I shoved the ferrule in place and then folded the wires (2) across the bottom of the tip, into the slots, and up along the sides of the tip portion that goes into the hosel. I loaded the tip and hosel with epoxy, shoved the head on most of the way, clipped off the exposed wire, and seated the head. Then I added more epoxy to the top of the hosel and twisted and pushed the ferrule against the hosel to force epoxy into the gap between the hosel and shaft, between the wires.   I hit about 20 balls with the club today. Its as solid as any head I've epoxied.   Just another cheapskate way to make things work ;-)   TFlan