stevelknievel 51 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 I have a mission shaft with about a inch and a half cut off its a 85 flex so I assume its like a 95 now I have a 6 inch plug I'm putting in what should it change the flex to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyers10 57 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 I would think adding in the 6 inch plug would drop it to somewhere around a 70 - 75. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomMc#4 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 3" is equivalent to 5 flex difference according to all the newer easton sticks with the rating at the top. so ur probably at about 77.5 give or take a bit for variance in the woods stiffness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xtra 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 I made my Easton SE16 85 flex into a 70-75 flex by adding a wooden plug. It has more "WHIP" to it when I added the butt which some what caused my snap shots to weaken...Just keep in mind that if you're not used to a certain flex... it may force you to take a tad bit of time to get used to a flex that has more whip.This is just MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. Not saying that this may be true for everyone but I know that my snap shot suffered & I had to learn how to properly snap the puck again with a lower flex... sigh.This was discussed before in another thread - but out of curiousity... What does the COMPOSITE plug end offer that the wooden plug ends don't? At the recent San Jose Sharks gear sale, some of the sticks for sale had a plug in the stick already. They were all wooden plugs.Souray, on the other hand, claims that he uses a composite plug? ;-x I only have the wooden ends myself on my stick but I'm starting to see TPS composite plugs at my local stores & at hockeymonkey.com - - - thinking about picking one up but I'm not too sure if the 24$ price tag is worth it if the plug is only going to offer light weight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatwabbit 93 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 do you want more flex? Maybe you can use an Oggie grip to give you more flex? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kicksave 1 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 Let me see if I understand this? I have a 85 flex o stick with a full leagnth plug it in because I'm 6"5, does that mean the flex is really 75? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K9 Unit 1 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 o sticks flex rating is a little off...coz the holes stiffen the shaft a little bit so to me a 85 flex feels like just under 100...but the general rule still applies if you stick a plug in it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted July 3, 2009 3" is equivalent to 5 flex difference according to all the newer easton sticks with the rating at the top. so ur probably at about 77.5 give or take a bit for variance in the woods stiffnessIt will change very little given the stiffness of the wood. If he's lucky it will be back at 85, but I wouldn't count on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vitaminZ 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2009 3" is equivalent to 5 flex difference according to all the newer easton sticks with the rating at the top. so ur probably at about 77.5 give or take a bit for variance in the woods stiffnessIt will change very little given the stiffness of the wood. If he's lucky it will be back at 85, but I wouldn't count on it.1.5" of composite = 5" of wood???Sorry but I have a hard time believing that, its more about leverage than material when you are talking the very end of the shaft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted July 3, 2009 3" is equivalent to 5 flex difference according to all the newer easton sticks with the rating at the top. so ur probably at about 77.5 give or take a bit for variance in the woods stiffnessIt will change very little given the stiffness of the wood. If he's lucky it will be back at 85, but I wouldn't count on it.1.5" of composite = 5" of wood???Sorry but I have a hard time believing that, its more about leverage than material when you are talking the very end of the shaftFirst of all, an inch and a half shouldn't have taken a stick from 85 to 95. Second, I looked at the three inch number mentioned above, not the six inch number from the OP. It's more likely that the 1.5 inches off the stick resulted in the stiffness going to 86 or 87 at most and the six inch plug would bring it back down to 80 or so. Of course that will depend on the stick being tapered or standard. A three inch wood plug would do very little in terms of flex on a composite stick.Joe from Oggie did some testing and I seem to recall that his results showed that wood plugs did not replace the flex in a similar ratio to composite sticks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vitaminZ 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2009 3" is equivalent to 5 flex difference according to all the newer easton sticks with the rating at the top. so ur probably at about 77.5 give or take a bit for variance in the woods stiffnessIt will change very little given the stiffness of the wood. If he's lucky it will be back at 85, but I wouldn't count on it.1.5" of composite = 5" of wood???Sorry but I have a hard time believing that, its more about leverage than material when you are talking the very end of the shaftFirst of all, an inch and a half shouldn't have taken a stick from 85 to 95. Second, I looked at the three inch number mentioned above, not the six inch number from the OP. It's more likely that the 1.5 inches off the stick resulted in the stiffness going to 86 or 87 at most and the six inch plug would bring it back down to 80 or so. Of course that will depend on the stick being tapered or standard. A three inch wood plug would do very little in terms of flex on a composite stick.Joe from Oggie did some testing and I seem to recall that his results showed that wood plugs did not replace the flex in a similar ratio to composite sticks.ah, sorry I thought you were referring to the OP. That sounds a lot more resonable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_sock 1 Report post Posted July 17, 2009 Yeah, if you have a higher end OPS with a lower kickpoint, technically speaking, putting whatever butt end would not change the flex because most vendors have a more stiff upper half or 3/4 of the shaft with the lower end of the shaft softer for the flex. Easton rep had a graph to compare the flex of OPS at different points of the shaft and most had stiff upper shafts with the flex softer closer to the hosel (found interesting that some high end OPS actually bow throughout the stick, which would defeat the purpose of a low kickpoint OPS).I put a wooden butt end on my Z-Bubble and of course, it made the stick less blade heavy and better handling. I would recommend using a wooden butt end to help make any stick less blade heavy, but hey, that's just me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted July 17, 2009 Yeah, if you have a higher end OPS with a lower kickpoint, technically speaking, putting whatever butt end would not change the flex because most vendors have a more stiff upper half or 3/4 of the shaft with the lower end of the shaft softer for the flex. Easton rep had a graph to compare the flex of OPS at different points of the shaft and most had stiff upper shafts with the flex softer closer to the hosel (found interesting that some high end OPS actually bow throughout the stick, which would defeat the purpose of a low kickpoint OPS).I put a wooden butt end on my Z-Bubble and of course, it made the stick less blade heavy and better handling. I would recommend using a wooden butt end to help make any stick less blade heavy, but hey, that's just me.Sticks with lower kickpoints tend to feel stiffer than other tapered sticks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_sock 1 Report post Posted July 17, 2009 True, I tried the 10K OPS and found it so stiff at the regular that I couldn't load it properly for my slapshot, I preferred the ONE95 but I only take clappers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites