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   joro

   Sep 4, 2018 at 12:17 pm

   Or,,,, you can bore out your Irons to 370, much easier and the fit will be better. This guy is a Master Club Maker? Advocating this sanding stuff is BS. It ain”t easy to get it correct, and Taper tips are each make for a number. The design of the shaft is totally different.

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     geohogan

     Sep 4, 2018 at 5:19 pm

     To bore out the hosel of a taper tip iron head requires precision drill press , a couple of different size drill bits and reamer for accuracy and consistency throughout a set and even then, chances are some fits will be loose , very loose and others tight. A taper fit is always the same, if the tapers are accurately machined.

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   Ray Rise

   Sep 4, 2018 at 12:07 pm

   Correct Tony Dyck – the difference between parallel and taper is merely 0.015 of an inch. Anyone attempting this would logically use a good caliper gauge to the appropriate diameter and depth of the receiving hosel.

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   Dodo

   Sep 4, 2018 at 11:10 am

   Shanking this video. Doesn’t explain enough and it leaves a lot of people still confused. You need more diagrams and actual footage of the parts you are describing and the work it takes to make, say, that 370 fit into the 355. And say that yes, it “fits” but it’ll never play the same or feel the same as a real taper tip that has a long taper section at the bottom 3 inches than the same 370 thickness of that parallel shaft.

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   Tony Dyck

   Sep 4, 2018 at 10:53 am

   Likely should have proofed this episode before airing it. I get it that it’s not easy, but the one that stands out is that you are only sanding off .015″ of the tip diameter and not .15″ (and only .0075″ off the radius).

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   geohogan

   Sep 3, 2018 at 8:55 pm

   Thank you for addressing issues that are not often discussed.

   Suggest that the advantage of taper tip iron shafts is that properly machined tapered tip shafts inserted in tapered bore clubheads, are much more precise and consistent through a set of irons than parallel tip shafts inserted into clubheads machined for parallel tip shafts.This is basic knowledge in the machining business.

   It is much more expensive as you point out to machine, sort and match taper tip shafts to clubheads; however if machined properly the taper fit will always ensure the shaft is perfectly centered within the hosel, close to “interference fit” throughout the set and there will not be looseness found in parallel tip irons.

   IMO it is one of the main reasons golfers say that they notice a difference between forged clubs compared to cast iron heads. The difference in feel IMO, is due to more precise fit of shaft and clubhead with taper tip shafts in taper tip heads, which is common with more expensive forged irons. Cheaper cast iron heads more commonly will have parallel tip shafts in parallel heads. Its cheaper for the manufacturer.

   So although mfg may say it is ok to grind or sand parallel tip graphite shafts to suit tapered tip iron heads, I suggest the precision inherent with irons with taper tip shafts precisely machined in the factory, may be lost when taper is done ad hoc for each shaft. If the irons are expensive forged, IMO dont compromise the feel for relatively small shaft cost savings.

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