Tom, Arnie's correct. Go with a propane torch if you are short on patience (like me).
The first couple of years as a clubmaker, I always had trouble with a heat gun frying the hosels. I just kept heating around the hosel only. Then, I read TFlan's explanation of how to use a propane torch properly and have never fried another head...well, at least not the first three times I pulled it. :-) Using a torch, I can pull shafts from most normal bores in less than 30 seconds with a homemade drill press vise puller (I'd guess it has medium pulling force). Three inch bore-thrus might require another 15-30 seconds. Can't remember a head that took over a minute with normal shafting epoxy. Had a couple of OEM heads with deep bores that took a couple of minutes...different kind of epoxy, I think. Have done a lot of Bang-O-Matics lately and a shaft in to the full 3" bore on them takes me only about 45-50 seconds, sometimes less. The metal head is huge heat sink and takes away all the heat you put on the hosel before it ever gets to the epoxy. Using a heat gun only around the hosel, you are continually heating the hosel paint and the body of the head is sucking up the heat before the epoxy reaches its about 250° breakdown point. In the meantime, all that heat is on the hosel finish. Paint discolors. Heat is heat, whatever the source and propane torch heats a head faster than a mini-torch or a heat gun, though all will work OK. The secret is to "paint" the main body of the head with the propane flame, constantly washing back and forth over the head...the sole, the face, the crown, everything. Do one side and wash the flame back over to the hosel and down behind the heel. Do another side and back to the hosel. As you raise the body temperature, the heat on the hosel will stay on the hosel instead of migrating to the head. No problem, no discoloration and fast results. Try it on a couple of heads. My heat gun is now relegated to warming ferrules and grips. Bernie Write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom and Donna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:18 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Heat gun and parience or lack there of > I HAVE A TWO TEMP HEAT GUN THAT I USE WITH MY GOLFSMITH HEAD EXTRACTOR. > MY ROUTINE IS TO HEAT THE HOSEL USING THE HIGH TEMP OPTION, OUT OF THE > EXTRACTOR, FOR FIVE MINUTES, MAKING SURE THAT I HEAT IT EVENLY ALL THE > WAY AROUND. WHEN MY TIMER GOES OFF I PLACE THE CLUB IN THE HEAD > EXTRACTOR, TIGHTEN THE TENSION, AND WAIT FOR THE SPRING TO LOOSEN THE > HEAD. DOING IT THIS WAY I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH DAMAGED SHAFT > TIPS. > > skismith wrote: > > > I have a heavy duty heat gun and I've yet to be successful (or patient > > enough) in pulling a head with this method. > > Just wondering what the average time is for heating the hosel before > > trying to pull the head. > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > > > > -- > Where is it okay to be teed off, tote a six-iron, shoot birdies, and if you're under par it's a great day? > >
