Is it just trial and error as far as how deep to make the slits? 2 or 4 slits?
There are so few affordable taper shafts today that it's crazy. -Don M >________________________________ > From: George Huson <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 7:39 AM >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Making .370 shafts fit into Pings > > > >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/ >>> >> > >
