You're losing me on the plug. What are we plugging? -Don M
>________________________________ > From: Tom Flanagan <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:26 AM >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Making .370 shafts fit into Pings > > > >Measure the hosel depth. 2 slits and a plug. Epoxy. Done. > >Tflan > > >On Friday, May 16, 2014, Don M <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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/ >> > >
