Yeah, I had to re-shaft a set of TA blades from yes-ter-year that had pins
and talking about hard to get out..........:-(
I had to drift-punch them out thru the rust and
corrosion..
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:11
PM
Subject: 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 -----
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![]()
.
