Hi Harry.
Take a look at the attached from GW.
They have the G5’s bendable up to 5 colour codes soit should not make a
differnce
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From: Harry F. Schiestel
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 6:59 AM
To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com
Subject: ShopTalk: How to bend PING 17-4SS irons?
Hi GUYS and G
In a message dated 12/29/2012 11:07:49 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
tflan1...@gmail.com writes:
, I have to go find my candle cuz I'm about to push a head off a Titleist
driver with a forked crowbar (I don't have a shaft "puller.") and heat from
a propane torch.
This is not a problem at al
It's time to bust the myth of heating the hosel before bending!
You would have to heat the metal to a cherry red color before the steel
becomes 'bendable" then after bending you must reheat the steel and let it air
cool to restore the temper.
If you heat stainless steel the color remaining is f
Ping's bending service is reputed to be very cheap. Maybe even free, but with
a shipping charge.
-Don
--- On Sat, 12/29/12, Allen Humphrey wrote:
From: Allen Humphrey
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: How to bend PING 17-4SS irons?
To: "ShopTalk@mail.msen.com"
Date: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 7:46 A
I was sent a couple of free demo i5 6is.1 has lie bent to 66*
apparently used heat as the hosels have a bluish tint
Believe Ping will bend them for you for a price
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> From: Don M
>To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com
>Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012
Good point Don . YES the "fusible link".
>From a google search "most black oxide shcs's are grade 8 or better"
so I will use the same and not a higher grade bolt, get a couple extra made up.
Kind Regards, Harry
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From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.c
They are hard. Maybe someone else can give you the way, because I can't.
But I wanted to comment on upgrading the bolt. If you strengthen it, what will
break instead? Maybe it's better to have the bolt be the "fusible link"?
-Don M
--- On Sat, 12/29/12, Harry F. Schiestel wrote:
From: Harry F
Hi GUYS and GALS,
Do you have any problems bending PING irons with its harder 17-4 Stainless Steel
(not typical 431SS)?
I have a used set of G5's in the shop and have to move some lofts by 2*'s.
Got half them done with extreme bending then the end stop of the Mitchel L&L
machine sheared a
