Why taper tip iron shafts?

RJ

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Jul 30, 2001, 1:32:20 AM7/30/01

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What was the logic behind .355 taper tip irons shafts?

As we all know, you buy OEM irons with graphite shafts and you get
parallel tip hosel. You buy steel and you most likely get taper.
Component head makes most do parallel I believe.

So again, what's up with the taper tips in irons?

RJ
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RJ

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Jul 30, 2001, 1:59:48 AM7/30/01

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One thing is for sure, if I really like the new Rifle shafts in my old
Tommy Armour irons "parallel tip", I will have to buy "another" set if I
wanted to try Rifles in my Ping i3 irons.

Phewy!

RJ
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> I've wondered about this myself.....
>
> I think maybe taper tip is a holdover from the old days when shafts
> were held in the hosel with a pin.

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david s-a

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Jul 30, 2001, 2:58:18 AM7/30/01

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Before the days of really good glues the tapered tip was the only way to get a
secure 'fit'. The pin used to secure the shaft into the hosel is also tapered
which helps drive the shaft firmly into the hosel when the pin is driven home.
Note: you could only knock the pin out 'one way'. The shaft could often then be
released by simultaneous opposing sharp side blows on the hosel with two heavy
steel mallets. This would distort the hosel slightly in a shock-wave that would
cause the shaft to 'jump' free. This was the way I always released tapered fits
in almost anything!

cheers
david

Jef Goh

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Jul 30, 2001, 10:55:37 AM7/30/01

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I've done it for some customer, the heat transfer on this head is a little
faster, all you need to do is to heat the head, let the heat transfer to the
epoxy then do it again at sharter interval, I've heard some things regarding
this head which I do not know if it is true, if you over heat the head, the
structure of th emetal changes - I have some doubt in this. Make sure you
check the tip diameter though, they are quite fond of .370 tip.

Rgds
Jef Goh

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DJD

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Jul 30, 2001, 12:27:47 PM7/30/01

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RJ,

TTBOMK, very few new desigs have tapered hosels, whether they are steel
or graphite. Tommy Armour even changed the original 845 Silver Scot
irons from taper to parallel when they put them back into production a
few years ago. The reason is that steel shafts are now secured with
epoxy, whereas they formerly were secured with pins.

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Dan Driscoll
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Mark

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Jul 30, 2001, 8:49:12 PM7/30/01

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Taper tip clubheads actually offer some advantages to the player. With
taper tips you get more surface contact between the shaft and hosel bore,
thus presenting better feel. Additionally, there is a more consistent
spreading of the epoxy since the wall of the bore and shaft are better
aligned.

Ever heard of a knocked head?

A knocked head is a club head which is set in a position far from paralell
between the bore and shaft. With taper tips, this is eliminated.

The ultimate connection between iron head and steel shaft is; taper tips,
dented shaft tip, epoxy bond and pinned. Very rarely do I get to do this
with all the paralell iron heads on the market. You may never reshaft the
heads, but the feel is great.

Mark Oltedale
Precision Golf Assembly
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