Adding wooden extension (not for height, but for feel)

[bologna 0]

Boys,

I was thinking of adding a wooden extended to my Nexus 1000. The issue isn't with it's height, but merely the feel of it. I was wondering if anyone else has made a modification to the butt of their stick. The the vibration on that badboy is very high and I wanted to deaden it a little bit. Any help is great.

[DEATHTRON 19]

I cut off part of the shaft, then add a 3inch wood plug. I do it primarily to shift the balance of a stick, as I prefer the blade to be light. I do find that it does help reduce vibration, but also changes the flex profile slightly. I used to use a 6 inch plug to do this, as I found it would help me load up my shafts easier.

I would say it is worth a try, and you might enjoy it.

Zach

[the_game 452]

I cut off part of the shaft, then add a 3inch wood plug. I do it primarily to shift the balance of a stick, as I prefer the blade to be light. I do find that it does help reduce vibration, but also changes the flex profile slightly. I used to use a 6 inch plug to do this, as I found it would help me load up my shafts easier.

I would say it is worth a try, and you might enjoy it.

Zach

I do the same thing as Zach.

Started drilling a hole in the top of the Wood End Plug too just because I saw a bunch of NHLers do it. No idea if that has any impact on weight reduction but I do agree that a wood end plug dampens the vibration and changes the flex ever so slightly.

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

Started drilling a hole in the top of the Wood End Plug too just because I saw a bunch of NHLers do it. No idea if that has any impact on weight reduction but I do agree that a wood end plug dampens the vibration and changes the flex ever so slightly.

TPS used to do that on their sticks - it was drilled on the bottom through the tenon.

[Iggy Z 1]

Never gave any thought to this... The idea of moving the center of balance slightly and improving feel (subjective) is appealing to me though. I always play with just a plastic plug to cap the end, and coming from wooden sticks when I was younger the light-weight shaft on a OPS in comparison to blade weight never felt 'right' to me.

What diameter hole do you guys go with through the extension? 3/16" (~4.75mm)? Or are we talking trial and error / personal preference here.

[DEATHTRON 19]

I would think drilling a hole would be counter productive to actually adding the extension. If it were me, I would add the plug, then drill it (trial and error like you said) until you find something comfortable.

Another thing that I didn't mention, is that I enjoy being able to contour the plug so it fits my top hand better.

Zach