Drilling the old shaft tip to make a blind bore is a fairly common practice. But there's one caveat - be extremely careful when drilling. The slightest deviation from center can result in you drilling through the aluminum sleeve and into the hollow head. Take it from one who has done it. The aluminum bits will fall into the head and you'll have rattles galore.
I eventually solved the problem I had when it happened with a head I was reshafting. I was in a hurry to get the job done and rather than stick the head in a drill press vise I did it freehand. Big mistake! I loaded the head with rat glue to stop the rattles. Then, to cover the hole in the hosel, I cut a piece from an aluminum can, sanded it to rough it up, bent it around a drill bit to get a shape, and epoxied it over the hole. Then I stuck the new shaft in. After it was ready, I hit some shots with it. No problem. Worst of all, no charge to the customer. Fortunately the shaft was one I had on hand - a pull out. So I had nothing invested in the shaft, but a couple hours labor was lost. Lesson learned after about 40 years of doing this stuff - "always follow your own advice!!!" TFlan The other > possibility (if you're > going to go with a 35-mm insertion depth) is to cut off the > old shaft flush > with the top of the hosel and drill the old shaft out to > your insertion > depth, leaving the old shaft in the bore through as a plug. > > Alan Brooks > > > At 07:30 PM 10/6/2008 -0700, you wrote: > >Hosel looks like it is a separate piece than the head. > Is there anything > >special I need to do to remove this shaft? Thanks, Tom > Janson > >-- > >Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > >Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ > > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ -- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/
