STONG shim

[golfshooter]

Pity I can't shpele, I stumbled across this by chance and you fellas probably know anyway. I needed to shim a shaft recently and used nylon insect screen. I wasn't sure so I put a little on some mixed epoxy on one of those pieces of plastic that epoxy wont stick to. When I was done I peeled it off and there you have a piece of extremely reinforced epoxey shim.
golfshooter

[LowPost42]

Re: STONG shim

Remember that epoxy excels in torsion and fails in compression. Eventually the epoxy in the screen will turn to dust.

Next time, try using some snips on a pop can (soda can) to make a shim. Make sure to roughen up the surface before you epoxy for a strong bond.

[golfshooter]

Re: STONG shim

Why would aluminium or brass standard shims or stainless insect screen be any different? Are you saying the nylon will shift around and brake the bond? I give you that aluminium would be a nice fine shim, just need clarification on the other as I have used the standard brass on a driver.
golfshooter.

[LowPost42]

Re: STONG shim

Two knocks against nylon: It's inherently flexible. Inherently flexible is also inherently unstable. This will lead to epoxy deterioration and flying heads. The second knock is the low melting point of nylon. When you pull this shaft, you're going to have a goopy mess to deal with. Have fun with that. Contaminated hosels full of **** suck as they're a boatload of work to get clean again.

[golfshooter]

Re: STONG shim

Good reply LP, I really didn't I think that through, thanks