I agree Tom, I have done several single irons never had a failure. George Huson ByGeorge Custom Clubs
On May 15, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Tom Flanagan <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh well, I've done several - a couple dozen or more, by slitting the shaft > tips and never - never, not one time, did I have a failure. All the maybes, > mights, could be's may happen. If you do it right, it won't. Slit it, plug > it, epoxy it and don't worry about it. Now if its a full set, then sure, ream > them out to .370. Or send the club to Ping and let them do the job. For me? > I'll slit the tip and do the job fast. > > TFlan > > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Studio | Golf DNA <[email protected]> wrote: >> I agree with Don J ream the hosels. If I am not mistaken, most Ping irons >> are 17-4 stainless. >> I have reamed 3 sets of Ping i20 irons for my son, a friend and my own set - >> not a problem. >> Sure easier than trying to slit shaft tips. >> >> Harry S, www.GolfDNA.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Don W Johnson >> Sent: 15-May-14 6:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Making .370 shafts fit into Pings >> >> With any taper hosels splitting the shaft is not a recommended way to put a >> .370 in a .355 hosel. It will work but I would do only in the case of an >> emergency. Customer realizing it may come apart. If you really have only one >> choice of shafts I would bore out the heads to .370. I don't think Pings >> Taper is that much different than the standard. >> >> Don Johnson >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Don M >> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:23 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: ShopTalk: Making .370 shafts fit into Pings >> >> Other than reaming the hosel, I mean. >> Didn't we have a conversation years ago here about how to slit the tips of >> .370 steel shafts and force them into tapered hosels? If yes, will it work >> on a Ping Eye2? I don't know the particulars but Ping's taper is a bit >> different than most. >> >> Any enlightenment welcome! >> >> -Don M >> >> -- >> Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. >> Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ >> >> -- >> Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. >> Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ >> >> -- >> Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. >> Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ >
