converting a vapour xxx lite

[greenstripetowel 1]

I have a broken vapour xxx lite I'm trying to convert into a tapered shaft. I have already cut a lot off of the shaft and the inner walls still have a rounded shape and I can't fit a blade in. Has anyone converted one of these? Should I keep cutting more off? I feel like if I cut any more off it will ruin the benefits of the low kick point.

[All Flash 49]

imho i wouldnt bother

xxx lites are notoriously unwilling to take a square blade hosel in its round openings

[jrhky36 1]

i have converted a xxxlite to a shaft. i just rounded off the tenon of the tapered blade slightly.

[$m0k3 0]

Well its 0.47 tapered and almost all tapered blades are 0.52. I don't know if there is a point where it will eventually fit though but its not meant to. I would try to shave a bit of the blade if anything first, that way you don't mess with the shaft too much.

[interpathway 9]

Well its 0.47 tapered and almost all tapered blades are 0.52. I don't know if there is a point where it will eventually fit though but its not meant to. I would try to shave a bit of the blade if anything first, that way you don't mess with the shaft too much.

Well the shaft is broken and I'm assuming the blade is brand new. I'd prefer to mess with the shaft moreso than the blade.

[stuie7 6]

Well the shaft is broken and I'm assuming the blade is brand new. I'd prefer to mess with the shaft moreso than the blade.

With the shafts and blades in my house now, there's a lot more room for reducing the size of the of the blade tenon as opposed to the walls of the shaft. I've previously sanded down Mission pro-stock blades to fit in notoriously small Warrior Dolomite shafts without any detrimental effect to the blade (they all broke in the middle of the blade). I'd be scared of snapping the area of the shaft where the blades fit by making the 1-2mm(?) walls any thinner.

[MilleniumFalcon 5]

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