Re: ShopTalk: Aldila One shafts?

2010-05-02 Thread Alan Brooks
An addendum to what Dave said about extensive tip trimming. Graphite shaft tips are reinforced (greater wall thickness) some way up from the tip to absorb some of the higher shear loads present near the shaft-hosel joint. It is not always possible to tip trim the full length of the parallel t

Re: ShopTalk: Aldila One shafts?

2010-05-02 Thread Dave Tutelman
(Note: I'm also sending a copy of this to Jeff Summitt to see what he has to say.) At 08:25 PM 5/1/2010, Tommy Thomson wrote: I recently purchased several different Aldila one shafts from Aldila. Could I raise the T/B ratio described in the 2009 Hireko Shaft fitting Addendum by tip trimming t