If you have reshafted a Callaway bore through you would have noticed a plug in the tip of the slit tip shaft. The plug is bashed into the split tip to expand the tip against the hosel wall to insure a firm fit. You do the same thing in a Ping or other taper tip blind bore taper tip hosel. Slit the tip, put a plug in the tip (you have to experiment with the diameter to get the correct size, and glue it in.
TFlan On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Don M <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <http://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/ > > > > >
