Stiffening a Shaft

[#28tz 0]

Is there anyway i can stiffen my shaft?

[Dangles 0]

If it's too long, cutting it down will stiffen it.

[#28tz 0]

I cut down sum of the stick and replaced it with a wood extension and it seems to have made it marginaly stiffer

[joshy207 15]

Is there anyway i can stiffen my shaft?

LOL, I hear those little blue pills work well...

[thejackal 46]

Sell or trade it. There is no way. Either that or flip the shaft (so that the graphics are upside-down), it should feel stiffer for about 2-3 icetimes.

[#28tz 0]

K thanks for the tips just also to ask ive heard of the method to stiffen your blades by letting them soak in salt water over night so is this a good method or is it another hockey myth?

[Squirrel 0]

ive heard of the method to stiffen your blades by letting them soak in salt water

i may just be illiterate but how does salt water stiffen things?

[Megamandan 0]

ive heard of the method to stiffen your blades by letting them soak in salt water

i may just be illiterate but how does salt water stiffen things?

Maybe it has to do with, Ionic bonding? I dunno I'm taking chemistry thats all I could pssobly think of.

[Neo5370 132]

I have no idea how soaking in salt water would work w/ a comp. shaft, but for a woodie, perhaps the salt draws the moisture out after the stick dries from the soaking (like how salt will draw moisture out of food).

But then, the stick will just be brittle and snap.

That's my theory anyhow.

[Dan_The_Man_16 0]

Fill it with foam. You can buy foam in a can at hardware stores, just fill the shaft with it. Works, but makes the shaft kinda heavy.

[Neo5370 132]

You know. I just remembered. A few years ago when I wanted to experiment w/ junior grip lites I wanted the size/shape/weight but the junior flex wasn't right for me.

I thought about taking a flat piece of wood (something light and not too thick) about 1 quarter of the shaft length and putting it inside the shaft like an I beam or the old Koho Corebeam shafts.

I figure if you could find a way to get it secure, maybe have very very snug fit and use some glue it might stay.

But then again, it might get loose and start rattling around or the wood might just plain old snap.

Of course I have not tried this and if it did work, it would add a bit of weight I'm guessing.