Broken OPS Help

[Cavs019 710]

I am having a lot of difficulty fitting a tapered blade into my broken pro stock si core shaft. never done it before. Right now the shaft is cut right through the second "semi circle" under the E towards the bottom of the shaft. I can take pictures if it will help you guys out. There is still a bunch of crap stuck in the shaft, I'm trying to fit a drury t-flex in it.

[Whip 0]

I thought you worked at a shop. Well anyways that "crap" is the blade's tennion and you have to chizel it out or stick a rod in the other end of the shaft and push it out. That works for most OPS not too sure about a Si Core.

[Cavs019 710]

We never have to deal with broken ops, and ive always been to lazy to actually convert mine. Ill try the thing with the rod though

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

I thought you worked at a shop.

Cutting OPS and making tapered shafts out of them is not common knowledge.

[Cavs019 710]

Right where its cut there is a rock hard layer in the shaft thats definately not comming out without a drill bit, however about 2 inches above it its just the walls of the shaft.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

You'll probably have to cut more.

[Cavs019 710]

I did, the blade fits in perfectly. Only problem is its about 7 inches too short, Ill have to go pick up a monster plug for it.

[thejackal 46]

I thought you worked at a shop.

Cutting OPS and making tapered shafts out of them is not common knowledge.

Yup, right again JR. One of my coaches broke his Grip Syn and put a Jofa blade on the plug side. His explanation:

"You never put a blade on the tapered side after it breaks."

[Cavs019 710]

Thats what all the guys at the shop do, just throw a z carbon into the other end.

[J-Shera 0]

If you throw a huge plug expect thats shaft to be pretty whippy. Atleast thats what happened to mine.

[stevo 0]

If you threw a T-Flex blade in there, it might help with the length???

[Cavs019 710]

I'm trying to fit a drury t-flex in it.

read above.

Whippy is good. And its really not a big deal, I just got bored and decided to play around with some junk I had laying around.

[stevo 0]

Damn I'm blind! It's 7" too short even with a T-Flex?

[J-Shera 0]

I'm trying to fit a drury t-flex in it.

read above.

Whippy is good. And its really not a big deal, I just got bored and decided to play around with some junk I had laying around.

I got a 9 inch plug in mine, and i love the flex.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

When you cut them, you're going to lose inches.

[KC83 2]

yeah i took my grip synergy to my LHS and they cut my synergy sooo short, its not even tapered anymore.. its just a regular grip shaft, i'm sooo pissed.. its like the guy didn't know what he was doing...

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

ONCE AGAIN...

It's something that is not common knowledge. Do you think the manufacturers even admit to this?

[Cavs019 710]

"when you break our sticks, you can make it a tapered shaft so you dont go out and buy another one of our sticks!!!! Yay!!!!!"

[Chadd 916]

I have to disagree with a big plug making it whippy. I had a long plug in an OPS and it was not whippy.

[stix04 0]

when i put like a 6" plug in my grip it went from 110 flex to like 75-80. Whippier than my 85 Synergy

[Chadd 916]

I had a 7 inch plug in my Response and it made almost no difference in flex. If anything it was a bit stiffer. First of all cutting the stick makes it stiffer, adding a plug isn't going to make it flex that much more. There may have been other internal damage as well to make yours flex more. Or you may have felt the plug flex between your hands but that isn't going to make your stick that much flexier.

[crosskore 0]

I was thinking the same thing as chadd. WHen you cut the stick, it would get stiffer. thats what I think.