TFlan, The guy wanted to save the shaft, should have mentioned that!
You guys had the answer! Here is part of this reply
Magnifying glass did the trick. Pin inserted just at the bottom of shaft. Almost missed it as I looked front & back first. It is inserted in the side of the hosel and is really well done & almost invisible. Its not out yet of course but a 1/8 drill bit should do the job. A punch doesn't shake it while cold so I may try the punch again with some heat? Will report progress but thanks for your help.
Thanks again!
/Ed
TOM FLANAGAN wrote:
There's one thing nobody has mentioned. If the guy doesn't need to save the shaft he can cut it off a few inches above the hosel and then run a drill or punch through to the bottom of the hosel. If there's a pin there the drill will cut it out. I
The way I read the message, the club is a "niblick." That's an iron. If "niblic' is the brand name then it could be either a wood or an iron. I suspect, from the guy's description, that he's working on an iron since he said he heated it to near redness. He said there's some wiggle so it clearly is not a wood..
So, here are the likely culprits; the shaft tip was "punched" which was a common method to ensure a close fit. The shaft tip is indeed pinned and the chroming was applied after assembly, thus hiding the pin. Or, the tip is rusted and frozen in the hosel. How to get it out if the worst of all things are true? That is the tip is punched, pinned and rusted?
Find the pin and knock it through the hosel. Then, if rusted, chip and break the tip away from the hosel sides with a small chisel. As a last resort, take the damn thing to a machine shop and get it bored out. A lot of those really old irons - and woods - had shafts installed with tip diameters considerable smaller than .335" so its likely the hosel will have to be bored out to accept a modern shaft.
TFlan
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In a message dated 4/29/04 8:31:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It is a little bit lose and will turn a fraction in both directions but is not willing to leave it's happy home.
I know you said there is no pin in the hosel BUT because you are saying the above, I think there is a "back screw" through the head into the shaft. Look carefully to see if there is a tiny spot plugged with a piece of wood or a filler on the back of the hosel an inch or so above the sole. If there is a plug or fill there is a screw under it and into the shaft. That would account for the movement but not pulling free.
If the head is wood the shaft is definetely not "screwed" in.
