OK, I've done the Callaways, I just didn't guess you'd do that in this case. Thanks.
-Don M >________________________________ > From: Tom Flanagan <[email protected]> >To: Shop <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 3:12 PM >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Making .370 shafts fit into Pings > > > >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 >>>> >>>> -----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/ >>>> >>> >>> > > >
