Re: ShopTalk: Hosel stops

[Don Flatgard]

Sorry if I offended you in any way. I just never take a chance with the shaft creeping. In fact I never heard the term "shaft creep". I use a small drill bit to enlarge the hole on tip weights. I don't want to have redo a club the next day. I am also very careful about getting to much epoxy up the shaft. I've seen both OEM and custom clubs with 3 to 4 inches of epoxy up the shaft. Not a good thing, maybe we can agree on that. Just so you know, I have assembled a club or two in the 30 years or so I've been doing this. I have learned a thing or two and expect to keep on learning. I've also learned not to get to upset over what is said in an email.  df ----- Original Message ----- From: tflan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Hosel stops Well, I guess you and I disagree on this. But first let me clarify my comment where I said ". . . simply plug the new shaft tip with epoxy and shove it in place. Use a little masking tape to hold it from creeping while the epoxy dries." Note that I didn't say "plug the shaft with epoxy and let it dry, then insert it into the hosel."    Perhaps I assumed too much when I wrote the suggestion. I assumed a clubmaker would know to plug the tip with epoxy, then assemble the head/shaft, then use masking tape to hold the shaft in place while the epoxy dried. That's an all in one assembly method. That's what I assumed. Guess my assumption was ill-placed.   Now, like many other custom clubmakers here and elsewhere, I have assembled countless "plugged" shaft tips into heads without suffering "shaft creep." In fact, there is at least one OEM, Taylor Made, that routinely plugs virtually every one of its Bubble shafts with a tip insert. There haven't been too many problems with that product, at least not in my experience. Also, custom clubmakers often install tip weights in shaft tips during the installation process. That teeny little hole in the bottom of a tip weight does precious little to keep a shaft from creeping. The judicious application of tape around the hosel/shaft tip stops the shaft from creeping. Further, if there's a tight fit between the tip and hosel, such as a new assembly or a shimmed assembly, the use of masking tape or duct tape or any other form of clamping is generally unnecessary.     So, as I said, when you say "can't," we disagree. I can and have done it many times. It really isn't an especially difficult job to accomplish.   TFlan   ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Flatgard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 8:41 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Hosel stops You can't plug the shaft with epoxy and let it dry before you insert the shaft. If that's what you mean. Air trapped on the inside will tend to push the shaft back out. I totally don't understand the problem, never had it...df