John...generally, the GW or GS shims leave a gap between top of shim and bottom of ferrule [ as do .335/.350" and .350" Billy Bob ferrules.
After removing gloss finish from both sides of all brass shim legs, Dana Upshaw taught to : a. Install ferrule and grind a minuit amt off the tip to compensate for thickness at bottom of shim.. b.Place shim on shaft and mark distance from top of shim to bottom of ferrule on a piece of 1/2" masking tape. c.Cut a small piece of masking tape to fill the gap between bottom of ferrule and top of shim, and wrap it around shaft 2 times. d. Butter hosel. Butter shaft tip. Slide on shim. Butter outside of shim....Slide head straight on...do not twist it. e.For 115mph+ we use Conap epoxy. Al Humphrey Monroe, GA 30656 [email protected] 770-207-5360(O) 770-312-6398(mobile) --- On Tue, 5/5/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: ShopTalk: .350 Shim-125 mph ss To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 3:40 PM Thanks all... I've using the brass shims for a long time without problems and last week the head flew off on a TM driver I reshafted for myself. Scared the cr*p out of me so I was a bit paranoid to use again. Shim stayed in but epoxy near top of hosel was tacky (after a week or two) so I think I may have mixed it poorly or screwed something up. It's entirely possible I used a short shim when it called for a longer one? The Golfworks iron and wood shims aren't marked so I have to toss a coin each time I use one. John > No worries, > > I've been shimming .335 shafts into .350 heads for my long drive customers forever. > > -t > > On May 5, 2009, at 12:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I have a customer looking at a XX flex shaft to put in a Callaway. I was going to simply shim it or use an adaptor and a .335 shaft but wonder if it's not a good idea with that fast a swing. He seems to break a lot of shafts. > > -- > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ -- Thanks! John Muir skype: jhmuir AIM: [email protected] 810.923.7396 http://clubmaker-online.com http://gripscience.com clubmaker.mobi sponsored by http://aldilavoodoo.com -- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/
