Filing a blade down

[A_Steeves12 0]

Ok guys, searching lead me no where so i strated this. heres my story first off.

well today i decided to cut the blade off my SOP 9950 because it is too short for me and the blade if still in good condition. i figured if cut the blade off and file it down, no problem. boy was i wrong. i thought about using a grinder to get the hosel the right size, but m i decided not too cuz i didnt want to hurt myself. i started trying to get the fiberglass that was left off. i was using an exacto knife, and i got one side of the fiberglass off no problem. heres where it get messy. really messy. i was trying to pry the fiberglass off, and i stabbed myself in the hand. i bled all over my garage and all over myself. no one was home at the time so i called my home to come get me and take me to the hospital. And im a big wimp when it comes to blood and that shit so i passed out for a few mins. finally my mom gets home and take me in to the hopsital. 5 hours and 3 stiches later, im still looking for a way to shave down the blade.

so, for the guys that have done this before how have you done it? i dont really want to use a exacto knife anymore.

[Megamandan 0]

Ouch sorry to hear that. I'd use a dremmel with a "sanding" head on it. That way it's cleaner and you can control the speed of it.

[hockeydude_49 0]

I just use a bench grinder and it works fine... Just put some crappy clothes on cuz you get white stuff all over you from sanding down the fiberglass.

[Jbone 0]

If you use a file you will get the best results but it takes ALOT of work and time.

[rausch27 1]

yeah , i use a file, sandpaper, and exacto knife. its a lot of work though and i lost count of how many times ive stabbed myself , but that kind of stuff doesnt bother me, you just have to be careful.

[A_Steeves12 0]

i think ill try a bench grinder. im gonna stay away from exacto knifes for a bit.

[hockeydude_49 0]

Ya just get the over all shape with the bench grinder and get it smooth with a file and sandpaper.

[troybruins89 0]

I used a belt sander. I flipped it over and clamped it the the bench. Same idea as a bench grinder basically, but the belt on the sander was wide enough to fit the whole hosel on.

[ktang 34]

Saw and wide chisel for me. I use the saw to cut to the desired dimensions at the tenon position (the two desired widths of the hosel tenon), I mark the same dimensions at the end of the hosel, and then I chisel from the end down to the saw cuts.

If you do it this way, for safety use a vise ( instead of holding the blade between your legs).

[Timber 0]

I've had the best luck using a belt sander with the hosel in a vise.

[Duder84 0]

wouldn't taking off the fiberglass wrap make the hosel weaker?

[Chadd 916]

considering all the time it takes to rig a cut off wood stick into a shaft, it ends up costing more than you save buying a new blade. Unless of course you consider your own time to be worthless.

[golfpuck 0]

its not the time or the cost, you just have no choice... and sometimes it's just the challenge

e.g. shave a blade down to fit in a tflex or the hosel part is too longer than you are used to and you dont want to cut your shaft..

with the right power tools, it doesnt take long at all

even with a file, should be able to finish in under an hour.

[hockeydude_49 0]

Well its not that it's expensive to buy a new blade, I just find working on sticks to be really fun. lol

[flaming_june 2]

ive actually did a few of those cutting the blade off my sop 5030s, then sanding it down. you could do it, just takes a while sanding. maybe go to a woodworking shop and borrow some stationary tools or sanders.

40-80 works great

[Chadd 916]

e.g. shave a blade down to fit in a tflex or the hosel part is too longer than you are used to and you dont want to cut your shaft..

with the right power tools, it doesnt take long at all

even with a file, should be able to finish in under an hour.

He was asking about a 9950, a stick. Even if you manage to succeed, don't expect it to last long. I know a local guy who dives in dumpsters for woodies to do this all the time.

Shaving a standard blade to a t-flex takes about 2 minutes with a rough file, maybe 5 if you aren't used to tools.

[joshy207 15]

I tried this a few years ago with some broken sticks... tried to turn the blades into replacement blades for my old aluminum shafts. None of them lasted more than 2 skates...

[A_Steeves12 0]

I tried this a few years ago with some broken sticks... tried to turn the blades into replacement blades for my old aluminum shafts.  None of them lasted more than 2 skates...

so basicly what you guys are saying is i was wasting my time and huirt my self pritty much for nothing? Oh well you live and learn.

[whbd18 0]

why wouldnt the blades last? The sticks are the same material as a replacement blade right?

[Chadd 916]

why wouldnt the blades last? The sticks are the same material as a replacement blade right?

Replacement blades are generally reinforced. Dependding on the brand/model of blade, you may have to remove the reinforcement to get it to fit in the shaft.

[flaming_june 2]

oh yah i know the feeling

i shaved it down to a long hossel blade and fitted into my tflex, it then broke after a few times. i then cut it down a bit again, and shaved it down again, then put it into my broken true 1 which was longer. then broke again on the first face off. then i cut that down again and shaved it down then put it into my tflex again, with a longer wood extension. then broke after many games.

overall the end of the story is the blade works great, just you should actually go and get the sop blade, rather than shaving it down.

plus i play centre and so it took a lot of beating in the face off circle

sorry forgot to mention that it all broke at the hossel

[pantherfan 0]

I ussually do a bodge job with a chissel or get my grandpa to do it