Someone advertised that you can sand a .370 shaft to fit a .355 hosel. If so would the same work for a .350 shaft into a .335 hosel? Or is this just a bad idea to begin with? Is there any viable solution to fitting a .350 shaft into a .335 hosel?
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I'm pretty sure you would destroy the integrity of the graphite fibers if you sanded .015 in. from the OD. I doubt steel shaft wall thickness is much more than .015 in.
I think your only option is to have someone with a drill press and a boring jig bore the hosel to .370 in..
Why then is there all the lit that says, "don't sand any more than the finish off the tip, or you'll break fibers, weaken it, and risk breakage?" Is that just meant for .335 shafts (and aren't most driver shafts .335 anyway?)Its actually common practice for .370 to .355 and can be done without any harm to the shaft. In fact all .355 taper tip graphite shafts are .370 sanded down. However it is not recommended for .350 to .335 as you may end up with too thin shaft walls as .335 shafts are built specifically to those dimensions.
Gracias....Mainly for driver shafts (.335) as they are very thin walled. Take too much off and they will snap.
I thought it was 15 thousandths? Which is actually quite a bit.
It's a circle, so in order to drop 15 thous from the diameter, you take half that from whole circumference. That's .0075", unless my calculator is broken.
(.0075 * 2) + .335 = .350
That's a precise operation. More to the point, that's less than the double the tolerance that the shaft was likely manufactured to;
"Most steel shafts are produced to a tip diameter tolerance of +/-.002″, while graphite tip tolerances are +/-.004″
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