What's the difference between tapered and standard shafts

[2Way Player 0]

It's a very stupid question but I really wanna know ?

Do standard blades fit in tapered shafts , ...?

[Jarick 5]

Standard blades have a thicker hosel that goes into the shaft. Tapered shafts are supposed to flex closer to the blade, giving you quicker release. You can't use standard blades in tapered shafts and vice versa.

As far as I know, the 6k shaft takes standard blades, unless it's a cut down one-piece stick.

[Chadd 916]

This is one of the longer topics.

http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index...&hl=tapered

Here's a full list of topics from the ice hockey section that use the word tapered. Some will be useful, others won't be.

http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index...lite=%2Btapered

[DamnLocust 0]

Jarick, the 6k is a tapered shaft.

that said, I've seen people using flipped over tapered shafts (ccm v8.0) with a standard blade stuck in the handle end. Anything's possible

[Jarick 5]

My bad, I was thinking of the Vector 6 shaft.

[TheBert 0]

Slight OT to this thread but relevant:

I have a tapered shaft that fit just fine in a tapered OPS that I cut off. But whenever I hit the ice, I think the glue or something contracts and I can shake the stick and feel the blade wobble. Is this possible/common?

[sabre09923 0]

Do you mean you had a tapered BLADE?

And if it is a blade wiggling in the shaft, then you need more glue. Pull the blade out and, perhaps use a glue gun?

I've never tried it, but that seems like an option.

[Rustpot 1]

Do you mean you had a tapered BLADE?

And if it is a blade wiggling in the shaft, then you need more glue. Pull the blade out and, perhaps use a glue gun?

I've never tried it, but that seems like an option.

I had to put a piece of tape on my TPS blade going into a shaft (standard for both). Tight fit after, but solid as hell.

[mack 44]

Mind-boggling how someone would fix the fact that glue's breaking by adding more glue. Just put in tape; that's not breaking.

[sabre09923 0]

I've added more glue before with a similar problem (I guess there wasn't much glue on the blade to begin with, but there were chips of glue inside the shaft after a practice), and it was fixed.

But if the glue is breaking, then tape is the way to go.

[stryjak11 0]

I'm looking to cut my old bauer one 55 stick at the fuse point to turn it into a shaft. I'm playing ball hockey this year, and I would like to put a wood blade into the shaft. Would this work?

[wrangler 157]

I did it. There's a lot of how-to help in this thread: http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7494-cutting-ops-at-fuse-point/