I was sent a couple of free demo i5 6is.....1 has lie bent to 66* ....apparently used heat as the hosels have a bluish tint....
Believe Ping will bend them for you for a price.... >________________________________ > From: Don M <d...@mcluckie.net> >To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com >Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 8:26 AM >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: How to bend PING 17-4SS irons? > > >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™ >> >> >>________________________________ >> > >
