How to Change an Easton Blade

Sporting equipment company Easton makes nearly everything for the amateur or pro baseball player or archery enthusiast. Easton is also a well respected name in hockey, offering a full line of protective equipment for players as well as sticks, which run the gamut between one-piece composites to shafts with replaceable wooden or composite blades. Properly changing the blade on an Easton stick of the latter type ensures the stick will perform properly when game time comes.

Things You'll Need

  • Heat gun
  • Glue stick
  • Hockey tape
  • Replacement blade
  • Squeegee
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Instructions

    • 1

      Peel away and remove all the hockey tape around the existing blade on the shaft. Lay the stick on a wooden bench or chair or place the stick horizontally in a vice mounted on a workbench. Plug in the heat gun, turn it on and hold the end of the gun about four inches away from the joint between the blade and the shaft end, and make a pass with gun.

    • 2

      Move the gun up and down the shaft about five inches up from the joint. Do this slowly, but don't pause over one section too long or you'll run the risk of burning the wrapping that surrounds the shaft. This process evenly heats the aluminum or composite material to make sliding the blade out easier.

    • 3

      Pull on the blade slowly yet forcefully to see if the blade moves. If it does not, use more heat until the blade can be pulled out. Once done, wipe away the melted glue residue. Rub a glue stick over the plug on the end of the new replacement blade to coat the insertion point. Heat it slightly with the heat gun and firmly slide the blade into the opening in the shaft. Rub the glue stick over the joint between the shaft and blade.

    • 4

      Hold the stick upright with the blade pointing upward and press down on the bottom edge of the blade while slamming the butt end of the shaft on the floor. This forces the blade to form a tighter seal. Use a squeegee to scrape excess glue from the joint. Allow the glue and the heated shaft to cool for about 10 minutes before applying a band of hockey tape around the joint to strengthen it.