ShopTalk: Iron repair

[tflan]

Got a Palmer one iron in yesterday. Head about the size of a peanut. Shaft snapped at the hosel. Shaft tip glued and pinned into the hosel. I haven't seen one for a while. Proski said "gee Flan, have fun with that one. Those are a bitch to repair, you'll have to drill it out." Hmm.   So here's the process. Drill through the pin. Use a punch to knock the remaining pin into the hosel. Stick an e z out in the stub. Clamp the e z out in the vise. Heat, twist and pull. Stub comes right out, no problema.   Prep the new shaft tip, prep the hosel, slip a ferrule on and epoxy the shaft in. Fill the pin hole with epoxy. Let it dry and buff the ferrule and pin hole on the linen belt. Piece 'a cake.   I mention this cuz I suspect there's a few of our stalwarts on this here electronic ship who've never seen a pinned-in shaft. They're pretty simple to do. One interesting thing about this head is that it wasn't a taper tip hosel. That kinda surprised me. Most all factory stuff has tapered hosels. This was a pleasant surprise.   TFlan