Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-21 Thread Tom Flanagan
I told you about how I do it. I've been doing it that way for years. However, I still have a cut in two soda can that I sandpapered just in case. I think dimpling doesn't do much, nor does smacking the tip out of round. An oval-shaped tip doesn't fit against the hosel wall very well although most e

Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-21 Thread Don M
Good idea, I had heard that before but forgot about it. Thanks, Don M > > From: Bernie Baymiller >To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:56 AM >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question > > > >Do

Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-21 Thread Bernie Baymiller
: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question I am fixing some Ping Eye2+ irons. Someone reshafted them with late model Ping CFS steel shafts, and the heads are loose. I pulled one for inspection and cleaned it up. The fit is super loose, more so than a typical Ping. It is

Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-21 Thread Don M
e a smack plate LOL, I’ve had one for years … 1/2 inch steel >plate does the job.  Harry >  >From:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On >Behalf Of arniescl...@aol.com >Sent: 20-May-14 10:26 PM >To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Ano

RE: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-20 Thread Studio | Golf DNA
plate does the job. Harry From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of arniescl...@aol.com Sent: 20-May-14 10:26 PM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question Much easier to do then shimming! After cleaning the

Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-20 Thread Arniesclubs
Much easier to do then shimming! After cleaning the shaft tips and inside of the hosel wipe both with acetone to be sure of good epoxy bonding. NOW here's the secret method. Have a helper hold the shaft on the slightly opened jaws of your vise or in a groove cut in a sturdy hardwood block. Now u

Re: ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-20 Thread Tom Flanagan
I use relatively heavy mono filament fish line mostly. I put it in the back side of the hosel and snap it off as soon as the fit seems snug. If that doesn't work, I have some of those really thin tag twist ties that work most every time. You may want to read the note I sent last week re: using an

ShopTalk: Another Ping reshaft question

2014-05-20 Thread Don M
I am fixing some Ping Eye2+ irons. Someone reshafted them with late model Ping CFS steel shafts, and the heads are loose. I pulled one for inspection and cleaned it up. The fit is super loose, more so than a typical Ping. It is still tapered, it has not been reamed out to parallel. But I think m