I've done lots of steel shafted irons, heat them without putting them in a puller and twist them off, probably should have done that with these.
John
Another option would be to try a metal device that Golfsmith carriers. You put it into a vice and it clamps the shaft pretty well. You have 3-4 choices of shaft widths to use. Depending on the fit of the shaft it may give it a small crimp but otherwise it holds great.
George I.
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Spent the better part of 5 hours trying to remove a steel shaft from a new stainless bore-thru Titleist fairway wood. With Arnie's help/advice I finally got the damn thing out. Thought I'd share this with you to save you some grief. Graphite is a piece of cake to remove but steel shafts are a pain as they slip. I tried simply heating it (for about an hour, no release). Tried heating a hot rod then heating the hosel...no release. Tried a microtorch inside the head/shaft and use a large torch on the hosel..nothing. The stainless head dissipates heat rather quickly plus the steel shaft won't hold.
By now I'm down to a tiny section of the shaft that's not smashed flat, the head looks really bad (it was brand new) and I'm ready to simply run out and buy a new club and send it back to the customer. My final attempt was to clamp the last portion of the shaft directly into the vise, heat away with the microtorch inside the shaft tip/head and with an electric heat gun, and twist it off with my hand. Amazing that I remembered to put a glove on and not grab with my bare hand. I don't need a matching Titleist brand on my palm to match the Taylormade brand already there, they'd have to pay me a sponsorship fee for that.
I was able to clean up the head with my 3M wheel so it looked like new and the customer is happy with his new fairway wood (with the new $275 Mitsubishi Diamana shaft).
Next steel shafted club I get is going directly to the vise, no more scr*wing around trying to save a $5 shaft.
Thanks again to Arnie for his help on this project, he was a life saver.
-- Thanks! John Muir http://clubmaker-online.com http://gripscience.com http://elevongolf.com 810.923.7396
