Intermediate Shaft now need blades

[Chanceb23 0]

My local hockey shop was selling brand new Easton Synthesis and Z-Bubble shafts. I picked up everyone they had since it brought back memories of my younger days and they were only $15 a piece. But now I need blades for these. I am putting them up to play around with my kids and for my kids when they are older. I know a senior blade doesn't fit so do I need to go junior blade or intermediate? Also where is a good place to buy them in RH since every blade I find are LH?

[Davideo 99]

Here's an old thread on the subject.

I thought intermediate shafts took senior blades, but according to the thread some Easton's take intermediate, which I've never seen and didn't ever really know ever existed as I jumped from junior shafts to senior shafts.

[Larry54 243]

3 hours ago, Chanceb23 said:

My local hockey shop was selling brand new Easton Synthesis and Z-Bubble shafts. I picked up everyone they had since it brought back memories of my younger days and they were only $15 a piece. But now I need blades for these. I am putting them up to play around with my kids and for my kids when they are older. I know a senior blade doesn't fit so do I need to go junior blade or intermediate? Also where is a good place to buy them in RH since every blade I find are LH?

According to the thread that Davideo posted above, Easton inter shafts require inter blades. Since those could be really hard to find, I would remove the glue from the standard blade, sand or file down the hosel ( I would use a belt sander for the most part) and re-apply some hot glue with a glue gun. Maybe someone else has an easier or better solution but that's what I would do, being handy with tools.

[Chanceb23 0]

14 hours ago, Larry54 said:

According to the thread that Davideo posted above, Easton inter shafts require inter blades. Since those could be really hard to find, I would remove the glue from the standard blade, sand or file down the hosel ( I would use a belt sander for the most part) and re-apply some hot glue with a glue gun. Maybe someone else has an easier or better solution but that's what I would do, being handy with tools.

I have some tapered senior blades were the talons fit width wise but not length wise. I am thinking that once I get the shaft hot and get the glue melted on the blade it may squeeze in there but I didn't want to try and damage the shaft without asking first.

[mickz 107]

On 12/13/2017 at 12:53 PM, Davideo said:

Here's an old thread on the subject.

I thought intermediate shafts took senior blades, but according to the thread some Easton's take intermediate, which I've never seen and didn't ever really know ever existed as I jumped from junior shafts to senior shafts.

That generation of Easton had intermediate blades as well.  I think there were a couple exceptions though.  I think the intermediate Mission L-2 used junior blades.

[Playmakersedge 58]

On 12/13/2017 at 3:25 PM, Chanceb23 said:

My local hockey shop was selling brand new Easton Synthesis and Z-Bubble shafts. I picked up everyone they had since it brought back memories of my younger days and they were only $15 a piece. But now I need blades for these. I am putting them up to play around with my kids and for my kids when they are older. I know a senior blade doesn't fit so do I need to go junior blade or intermediate? Also where is a good place to buy them in RH since every blade I find are LH?

If you can't find blades you can make them from wooden sticks.  Very simple; I did as a kid for my aluminum stick . You need a saw to cut the shaft , a dove tale saw ,and a rasp ,hot glue gun .  Cut the shaft , then cut a 1/16" cut around the the blade where you want the shoulder  that the shaft  ends up against.  Then cut a couple up each side as relief cuts to guide you .take the rasp and file that 1/16" off the remaining . You may have to file a little off the corners of the tang . Put hot glue on it and put it in the shaft.        Once you do one you can do them fast.         As a kid I used broken sticks to make them . Broken wooden sticks probably are not that prevalent any more  . 

[Cavs019 710]

The Z Bubble takes a standard senior blade, the Synthesis takes an intermediate tapered blade made specifically for those shafts (they had blue glue on the tenon). Cheers. 

[Playmakersedge 58]

15 hours ago, Cavs019 said:

The Z Bubble takes a standard senior blade, the Synthesis takes an intermediate tapered blade made specifically for those shafts (they had blue glue on the tenon). Cheers. 

Tennon, could not recall that word for the life of me.   The taper tennon  probably would not be that hard to produce.  Maybe make a template from metal use a router or use the rasp to it . 

[Chanceb23 0]

I noticed the senior blades I got from hockey stick man are the right width for the shaft just a touch too long. I'm going to try my luck at sanding down the tenon. My local shop has about 30 of the synthesis blades I need but left hand only and I need right.

[Playmakersedge 58]

1 hour ago, Chanceb23 said:

I noticed the senior blades I got from hockey stick man are the right width for the shaft just a touch too long. I'm going to try my luck at sanding down the tenon. My local shop has about 30 of the synthesis blades I need but left hand only and I need right.

Use a saw if you can.  Way less work. If you can't find blades they are really easy to make.  Perani's* has sticks in a barel ,you get so many sticks for $$ .    The composite non carbon sticks I don't know if they are hallow. If not you can make blades from them .  

I got an old Sherwood that I use that's lost all pop from being rained on snowed on . But I'm just using it to didle around and work with some kids .      I think I'm gonna get one of the carbon air or something like that