Lightening Hurleys

Damokc

Hey lads, just wondering how do ye go about lightening yer hurleys? The broken piece of glass method or just belt sanding the shìte out of it? is there any other ways like extreme drying? I know that would make it weaker but like they say if you pull fast enough you'll never break a hurley!:D

DublinGAA96

Damokc wrote: »

Hey lads, just wondering how do ye go about lightening yer hurleys? The broken piece of glass method or just belt sanding the shìte out of it? is there any other ways like extreme drying? I know that would make it weaker but like they say if you pull fast enough you'll never break a hurley!:D

Use a sander to shave a bit off of it until your happy. Its the easiest and most effective method and not time consuming. Bring it to your hurley maker.

Damokc

DublinGAA96 wrote: »

Use a sander to shave a bit off of it until your happy. Its the easiest and most effective method and not time consuming. Bring it to your hurley maker.

I dont really have a hurley maker. I kinda sort out my own to my own liking.
It's just in my club Senior membership includes two hurleys....which are usually cat! Nice shape but woefully heavy!

Clareman

Ahhh, 2 hurleys at the start of the season, how you love them, you take the insulation tape and the crap grip off them, you remove all the glue, you might even thing you might varnish them, after all, these pieces or beauty are going to last you a full year.

Then you consider taking off the hoop, are you really going to take the tack/staple out, after all you will need to replace it if you take it off, you leave it.

First match/training session/whatever any hurley you look after is going to be broken. The best piece of advice I could give anyone about hurleys is trust a maker and leave it at that.

For anyone that thinks I'm odd, I just went out to the shed, I had 15 handles and 28 bosses of hurleys that I've collected that I think would make the perfect hurley.

I have just thrown them all in the bin, I can't guarantee that they won't be pulled out by the end of the weekend

Damokc

Clareman wrote: »

Ahhh, 2 hurleys at the start of the season, how you love them, you take the insulation tape and the crap grip off them, you remove all the glue, you might even thing you might varnish them, after all, these pieces or beauty are going to last you a full year.

Then you consider taking off the hoop, are you really going to take the tack/staple out, after all you will need to replace it if you take it off, you leave it.

First match/training session/whatever any hurley you look after is going to be broken. The best piece of advice I could give anyone about hurleys is trust a maker and leave it at that.

For anyone that thinks I'm odd, I just went out to the shed, I had 15 handles and 28 bosses of hurleys that I've collected that I think would make the perfect hurley.

I have just thrown them all in the bin, I can't guarantee that they won't be pulled out by the end of the weekend

What the hell was that all about?

Clareman

Damokc wrote: »

What the hell was that all about?

I honestly can't remember which post I was replying to, I was hoping to give some advice on how to prepare a hurley

DublinGAA96

Clareman wrote: »

Ahhh, 2 hurleys at the start of the season, how you love them, you take the insulation tape and the crap grip off them, you remove all the glue, you might even thing you might varnish them, after all, these pieces or beauty are going to last you a full year.

Then you consider taking off the hoop, are you really going to take the tack/staple out, after all you will need to replace it if you take it off, you leave it.

First match/training session/whatever any hurley you look after is going to be broken. The best piece of advice I could give anyone about hurleys is trust a maker and leave it at that.

For anyone that thinks I'm odd, I just went out to the shed, I had 15 handles and 28 bosses of hurleys that I've collected that I think would make the perfect hurley.

I have just thrown them all in the bin, I can't guarantee that they won't be pulled out by the end of the weekend

What was that mumbo jumbo about.

Damokc

All I wanted to know was any methods of lightening a hurley besides sanding. Like can it be dried or something.

DublinGAA96

Damokc wrote: »

All I wanted to know was any methods of lightening a hurley besides sanding. Like can it be dried or something.

No as far as I know it can't be dried that won't do anything.

Jimbobjoeyman

drying them will just make them more likely to break.
best way of lightening them is to use a wood plane and start planing it but dont go crazy

nice_guy80

lighten them, then apply copious amounts of linseed oil

put some linseed oil in a flat container and stand the heel of the hurleys in it for a few days. the grain will soak it up

Sindri

I wouldn't go sanding a hurl yourself. You'd be liable to weaken it if you took to much off it. Buy a new one or make your own.

Peace

I used an electric plane to trim down a hurley i had that was waaay to heavey for me. Used the sander to give a nice smooth finish.

Don't see any problems with it.