They are hard. Maybe someone else can give you the way, because I can't. But I wanted to comment on upgrading the bolt. If you strengthen it, what will break instead? Maybe it's better to have the bolt be the "fusible link"? -Don M
--- On Sat, 12/29/12, Harry F. Schiestel <h...@touriq.com> wrote: From: Harry F. Schiestel <h...@touriq.com> Subject: ShopTalk: How to bend PING 17-4SS irons? To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Date: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 5:59 AM Hi GUYS and GALS, Do you have any problems bending PING irons with its harder 17-4 Stainless Steel (not typical 431SS)? I have a used set of G5’s in the shop and have to move some lofts by 2*’s. Got half them done with extreme bending then the end stop of the Mitchel L&L machine sheared a bolt. I was doing the 8 iron and it did not want to move. The end stop is the piece the toe of the iron contacts. It consists of a turning collar with a bolt through it which is welded to the collar. Well the bolt sheared. Like most Ping irons the G5’s have a hosel notch to facilitate easier bending primarily in the lie direction. I will have to get the end stop remade by a gunsmith. This time I will use a high tensile Grade 8 bolt. Do I have to heat the hosel first to get it to bend by 2* loft, then pull the shaft and reglue with epoxy? I am concerned using heat to make it bend is I weaken the epoxy bond. Don’t need a head flying off. Let me know how to proceed. This set has got me stumped. Then I have to bend our personal i20 sets. Maybe they will bend (as they should) once I get a new end stop made and installed which is secured. Thanks, Harry Schiestel Golf Clubs: www.GolfDNA.com Elite Player Optimization ™
