ode LBlack14 yeah. Takes just the right amount.of pressure to take the paint.off with a knife. I personally do not like using an exacto/box knife type blade as they are too sharp and flimsy. I liked a jackknife like that was a bit more dull and easier to work, if I were to use a knife. I use sandpaper. Cut strips wide enough for the note depth + a smidge more for a part of the ferrule.
colej Walterjn Yes it would play softer. Some people believe that a softer flex shaft leads to more of a draw biased ball flight. I’ve never really found that to be true. Maybe just a higher ball flight with more spin.
Bravopilot Walterjn They start riding the opposite way around the arena and the Boss lady stares a hole through you🙃
sdandrea1 Walterjn What would happen if a shaft set up for a driver is played in a wood? Bad things, the earth would start having all sorts of weather issues? Possibilities include higher launch, softer feel at impact, more dispersion. It's an easy experiment if you have tools/ability to pull the heads off. Same goes for iron shafts......soft stepping.
DonM Scrape the shaft tip with the utility knife blade held 90 degrees to the surface. 100 percent scrape, 0 percent shave/whittle. I’ll post a picture….
DonM Use your thumbnail as a stop, and hold the tip against the bench. No, you won’t cut yourself. Scrape with the blade straight up and down. This is for paint removal on new work, and epoxy removal on a saved shaft. It doesn’t damage the graphite.
qotsarock DonM Thanks for posting the pics. Are you scraping towards yourself and then stopping the progress with your thumb? Or doesn't it matter which direction?
Walterjn LBlack14 I used sandpaper for tip prep. I marked off how far I wanted prepped with some masking tape and gently sanded the paint off.
LogicalOne Walterjn Surprised you aren’t going after people for having fancy belt sanders with graphite prepping belts! 🤨 Lol! 😜 I kid, of course. 🙂
Par4QC LogicalOne Am I the only one that hates pulling a shaft, then seeing paint left under the epoxy?
bad9 qotsarock I'm not Don but use the same method and scrape away from myself. Once I scrape most of the paint off i use sanding sponge to tidy it up.
DonM qotsarock I go back and forth, hitting the thumbnail and the bench. I was taught this by Bill Totten at the GS school.
LogicalOne Par4QC That reminds me from back in the day when some shaft manufacturers would send ‘prepped’ shafts. I swear some of the paint was still on the shaft. Maybe I’m not remembering correctly.
Rickochet Par4QC Am I the only one that hates pulling a shaft, then seeing paint left under the epoxy? I like to abrade the shaft to remove all of the paint but as long as the paint has been abraded to provide the epoxy a good mechanical grip surface removing all of the paint is not necessary (so I have read). A bud who usually brought his clubs to me to work on was in a hurry to try a new shaft so he took it to the local course and the course "pro" glued on a shaft adapter for him. The head came loose during the first round. He brought it to me to fix. The shaft had all of the paint on it with zero abrading and the glue was on about half the shaft. I showed this to my bud and he was shocked.
LBlack14 Par4QC Am I the only one that hates pulling a shaft, then seeing paint left under the epoxy? Nope. Sloppy work, if you ask this "simpleton".
Walterjn LogicalOne I have something similar at home, I just decided to do it by hand so I didn't take too much off at once. Maybe after I've done it myself more than a few times I'll start using it.
Par4QC LogicalOne ummm, you wanna move that TM head out of line of sight? 2 coffees, and still shakin'. 😄
