Re: ShopTalk: Parallel vs Taper

2002-11-07 Thread Ed Reeder
Jim, I'd recommend reaming the hosels (since you said the magic word ream I guessing that you are aware of RK's words of excellence regarding reaming vs. drilling). You've then got a world of shafts available AND you can tweak the cpms until you get them exactly the way you like them. The real

ShopTalk: Parallel vs Taper

2002-11-06 Thread Thomson, Jim
The recent discussion on Lob Wedge Swingweighting got me thinking. Based on a lot of personal experimentation and a recent corroborating Shaft Lab session I'm probably going to reshaft my irons. I'm currently using Titleist 962s with DG S300s. Since the 962s have a tapered hosel bore, I have two

Re: ShopTalk: Parallel vs Taper

2002-11-06 Thread Mark A. Patton
Some random thoughts: Taper vs parallel INSIDE the hosel I believe doesn't matter. The hosel has much more resistance to flex characteristics than shaft does at this point. If all OUTSIDE the hosel characteristics are the same between the 2, then expect the same performance. I'm not aware of