The subject came up in another thread and someone asked my about the jig I use to ream hosels.

Here you go. I snagged this idea from FGI member PhineasToad. This is known as the Toad clamp. I cut some small "V" grooves in the wood with a band saw. You stick the head hosel up through the hole in the press table and put the wooden clamp on it. You can run some carriage bolts through the wood with some wing nuts but I just used some C clamps since that is what I had. I don't lock the press table down and don't clamp the wood to the table. Letting it "float" helps center the bit.


Thanks for sharing. PT was always great for his clubmaking tips.

    Weirfan PT was always great for his clubmaking tips.

    He had a lot of good input on FGI. He dropped off of the radar many years before FGI went belly up.

      Thanks for making a thread on this...but now you're gonna cost me money because I'm going to have to buy heads for those shafts!

        Typhoon Thanks for making a thread on this...but now you're gonna cost me money because I'm going to have to buy heads for those shafts!

        Call it an investment and not an expense. 😜

          I did this once with a hand held drill motor and the heads held in a clamp in a vise. I used a 3/8" cobalt drill bit. It was a huge pain in the ass. The drill press/wooden clamp/reaming bit looks like a piece of cake. Since I use graphite shafts (mostly), I just hand taper the shafts to fit the tapered hosels. Your setup looks pretty cool.

            sdandrea1 I did this once with a hand held drill motor and the heads held in a clamp in a vise. I used a 3/8" cobalt drill bit. It was a huge pain in the ass. The drill press/wooden clamp/reaming bit looks like a piece of cake. Since I use graphite shafts (mostly), I just hand taper the shafts to fit the tapered hosels. Your setup looks pretty cool.

            I think the key is the proper reaming bit. I have read posts of people reaming out hosels with cordless drills with no issues but I would think a stable platform in a jig to prevent hosel wobble would result in a better job. Like a lot of other things in life having the right tool and lube and going at the right speed ends with better results. 😛