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On Friday, May 16, 2014, Don M <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > > *To:* Shop > <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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 fr > >
