Trouble with Easton A/G silvertip shaft

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Have an Easton A/G silvertip shaft with a brand new easton fibre plus blade in it that my lhs put into the shaft(did this before I got a heat gun). I have some new shafts coming and want to pull the blade out. Can't get it to budge to save my life and I heated the heck out of the aluminum part of the shaft. Any ideas?

[titand19 0]

Pull out the butt end and force it out from the other side with a thin metal rod of some sort. Home depot has them, not sure what they are called in hardware section.

Obviously after you heat it.

[Scotty 8]

Pull out the butt end and force it out from the other side with a thin metal rod of some sort. Home depot has them, not sure what they are called in hardware section.

Obviously after you heat it.

This is the best way to do it. My A/G and other aluminum Easton shafts always held onto whatever blades were in them for dear life. It's going to take a lot of heat and some serious pounding.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

This is the best way to do it. My A/G and other aluminum Easton shafts always held onto whatever blades were in them for dear life. It's going to take a lot of heat and some serious pounding.

thanks for the tips guys. I thought my lhs superglued the blade in :lol:

[shotty 7]

a long piece of re-bar is a cheap solution. heat the hosel, insert the re-bar through the butt end and pound it against a solid surface.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

a long piece of re-bar is a cheap solution. heat the hosel, insert the re-bar through the butt end and pound it against a solid surface.

Great idea. I think home depot sells it which would be continent.

[jimmy 194]

Heat it up good, then go over to a door and put the upper hosel in the door and close the door on it. Have someone hold the door tight while you pull. This method removes most stuck blades.

[Shayno 1]

Thanks.......had the same problem with old aluminum...old piece of re-bar from work and heat!!! Took some doing though!

[JR Boucicaut 3815]

Heat it up good, then go over to a door and put the upper hosel in the door and close the door on it. Have someone hold the door tight while you pull. This method removes most stuck blades.

...and if you do it often enough, you need to buy a new door.

We killed the door to the sharpening room at my old store like that :)

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Send it to mack; he'll get the blade out for you. :D

Been waiting for him to chime in since he still uses a/g's and a/c's

[Krev 86]

Heating it up and using a clamp that's bolted down also works. Just make sure you have some space so you don't jab yourself in the stomach and then back into a wall doubling the original effect.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

random question...............can a bad endplug throw off the feel of a stick?

I took an endplug out of an old franklin shaft that I got at a yardsale and stuck it in a dolo. It was heavier and looked darker than any other end plug I've seen.

Felt more dense too. My hands killed after taking a few slapshots. Never had a problem with an endplug before

[Scotty 8]

Send it to mack; he'll get the blade out for you. :D

I don't know if it's the model he likes. He really likes the old A/Cs and this one is an A/G 6000, which basically looked like an UltraLite with some black/yellow striping and a gold tip. He's seen pics of it, but not sure if he's a fan of them.

[shotty 7]

random question...............can a bad endplug throw off the feel of a stick?

I took an endplug out of an old franklin shaft that I got at a yardsale and stuck it in a dolo. It was heavier and looked darker than any other end plug I've seen.

Felt more dense too. My hands killed after taking a few slapshots. Never had a problem with an endplug before

that's weird.

the only issue I've ever had with endplugs besides them rattling or shifting around is the shape (esp. with concave shafts). but I suppose if tge plug is long and made out of a harder wood, it might cause some problems with vibration.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

3 in plug, just made of a wood I've never seen used for plugs before. It's an a/g 7000 if anyone was wondering

[greech 4]

I had a really dense wooden end plug back in one of my old Int. Synergies back in the day. Found the thing in the garage today and the balance felt way off compared to the same stick with the same length plug in it, albeit the usual wood plug.

[jimmy 194]

...and if you do it often enough, you need to buy a new door.

We killed the door to the sharpening room at my old store like that :)

haha, know what you mean. At my current store though, we have a nice metal door! He's only doing it once so shouldn't be a problem.

[JR Boucicaut 3815]

Think we killed the metal door within 3 years. They never replaced it.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Think we killed the metal door within 3 years. They never replaced it.

Will that method work for removeing stubborn end plugs? I couldn't get one out one time to cut the stick, so I cut the stick and a piece of the tenon from the end plug got stuck in the stick lol.

[chippa13 1844]

Heat it up good, then go over to a door and put the upper hosel in the door and close the door on it. Have someone hold the door tight while you pull. This method removes most stuck blades.

I always found the foot on blade method to work well with stuck blades, saves doors, too.

[jimmy 194]

I always found the foot on blade method to work well with stuck blades, saves doors, too.

Not much "door saving" needed now-a-days, with OPS the big seller, blade/shafts are a thing of the past.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

update

switched out end plug on my shaft. Feels much better now. I had another stuck blade in my dolo shaft. Blade wouldn't budge. Door didn't work. I heated it and put it under my tire..........no use. Cut the blade at the tenon, then tried to knock the tenon out after heating it. No luck. Ended up breaking the shaft. I'm done with letting other people install blades for me.

[white91 0]

Good to see some Silver Tips still around. My Easton Cyclone Alu is still going strong, maybe I should keep an eye out for a composite Cyclone