Anyone ever core the front of a forearm and leave it empty?.
I have a Huebler I'm trying to 1) move the BP back about 1.5" and 2) reduce the overall weight by approximately 2oz (give or take .5oz). The number one thing is I do NOT want to mess with the finish in anyway. My current thought is to remove the 5/16 - 18 pin and replace with a G10 or aluminum 3/8 x 10 - I'm sticking to the 3/8 because that's what all of my players have/will have. The 5/16 pin (according to my research) weighs approximately .5 oz while the G10 is .33oz and the aluminum is .4oz so I won't gain much, if any, benefit from that but I will have to remove more wood in the forearm for the larger joint pin. One thing I have considered is drilling/coring the forearm deeper than needed for the 3/8 pin and leaving it empty, similar to an LD shaft.
One other note: The shaft will lose a little weight because of the larger hole for the 3/8 pin, and the shaft needs to be re-tapered, it's pretty thick starting at about 12". I haven't put much thought into that part though so not sure how much weight I will lose, I would give it a rough guess of .25 to .5oz overall overall weight reduction, give or take .25oz? This can/will be done first so I have an idea of how much I need to modify the butt.
In essence, I'm trying to nickel and dime my way to the desired weight/BP.
Thoughts and ideas?
I have a Huebler I'm trying to 1) move the BP back about 1.5" and 2) reduce the overall weight by approximately 2oz (give or take .5oz). The number one thing is I do NOT want to mess with the finish in anyway. My current thought is to remove the 5/16 - 18 pin and replace with a G10 or aluminum 3/8 x 10 - I'm sticking to the 3/8 because that's what all of my players have/will have. The 5/16 pin (according to my research) weighs approximately .5 oz while the G10 is .33oz and the aluminum is .4oz so I won't gain much, if any, benefit from that but I will have to remove more wood in the forearm for the larger joint pin. One thing I have considered is drilling/coring the forearm deeper than needed for the 3/8 pin and leaving it empty, similar to an LD shaft.
One other note: The shaft will lose a little weight because of the larger hole for the 3/8 pin, and the shaft needs to be re-tapered, it's pretty thick starting at about 12". I haven't put much thought into that part though so not sure how much weight I will lose, I would give it a rough guess of .25 to .5oz overall overall weight reduction, give or take .25oz? This can/will be done first so I have an idea of how much I need to modify the butt.
In essence, I'm trying to nickel and dime my way to the desired weight/BP.
Thoughts and ideas?