Re: ShopTalk: Steel Reshaft-Arnie

[tflan]

Title: Re: ShopTalk: Steel Reshaft-Arnie

About 6 years ago I had a set of Tommy Armour irons to reshaft. It was one of the most difficult pull-out jobs i'd encountered in a long time.   I clamped the shaft in the bench vise, heated the hosels, twisted and pulled and eventually the heads came off . . . except for 2 of them. No amount of heat, no amount of force, would get these suckers off. I used a modified crowbar with a length of steel pipe attached for leverage. Didn't work. What happened eventually was the shafts simply snapped off at the hosel. I had to take the heads to a local machine shop to have them drilled/bored out.   There were no pins in or through the hosels but, the shaft tips were punched and therefore not round. They were taper tips and the tips were forced into the hosels. I'm guessing that over time either some rust got into the tips or the shafts were hammered in. I don't know but I'll guarantee ya that this was the damndest reshaft job I had done in a long time.   All steel shaft reshafts ain't necessarily easy.   TFlan ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Steel Reshaft-Arnie Wish I would have contacted you before I started this. Ok, here's the lesson for all: "I never remove a steel shaft via puller". John shoptalk John,   Sorry you had so much trouble. I never remove a steel shaft via puller. Always heat, clamp in vise and twist off. Oh yeah, remember the gloves. Don't need anymore brands on my hands. Could be a great burglar, no finger prints.