Fixing broken Dolomite

[beaver5 1]

ive done about 5 or 6 dolo's all went fine besides my first attempt.

i found it easiest to not wreck the blade/shaft by cutting a lite line all around the stick where the fuse point is.

much easier to get the blade out and no harm to either blade or shaft

[cltanaka 0]

This is an update to my earlier posts.

I bought some rebar on the way home from work to try the rebar method on my difficult Vapor XX. I heated the fuse point for a long time and stuck the rebar inside the shaft. I flipped the stick upside down and banged the rebar (butt end side) on the ground in an attempt to push the blade out.

It looks like the rebar is now stuck in what I'm guessing is the hosel of the blade(probably like you, hockeyplaya97). The blade didn't come out, but it now looks like the hosel became so hot that it has now begun to mushroom against the sides of the shaft. Right now it's bulging out at the fuse point. I think it's a goner unless someone has any suggestions.

Chris

[hockeyplaya97 0]

Yeah it's a bastard to get it out of the hosel.

Still working on it.

I cut the blade off at the fuse point with a saw and began chiseling the hosel out of the shaft. It's getting somewhere but not far.

[NorrisContender 4]

I just pulled the blade out of a retail Dolomite "OPS".

Did it just as detailed in this thread...10 mins with the heat gun, pulled right out.

Thanks all.

[thunderbirds_are_go 0]

I didn't even have to heat mine - it fell out by itself.

[jrhky36 1]

i've several different ops (tps.easton, inno/warrior inc pro stock, bauer). the first thing i do is heat them up and put them in a vise and pull. no damage to the shaft. i've picked up several shafts that the were broken and only the blade was good and saveed the blade using the same method without any problems. including a bauer XX, tps R6 and several others.

[opus22 0]

this was the only thread close to what i was looking for, sorry if its been asked 20 times before. anyone turn a macdaddy into a tapered shaft? being a true opc make a difference?

[trevor13478 1]

makes a huge difference, i would just flip it and throw a standard blade in the end. True one pieces are a pain in the ass. That being said, i turned mine into a tapered shaft, you just have to cut off a lot more than you think you will, be prepared to lose a lot of length.

[AnthonyJTa 0]

I didn't even have to heat mine - it fell out by itself.

This happened with my first retail Dolo. It loosened, and loosened to the point where it just needed a lil' heat, and a jerk. (No, not me!)