bazooka Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I was wondering if anyone had cut or knows how cutting the R9 F1 shaft would affect performance. I'm interested in 44.75, how would you add weight and so on? Any chance TS will just sell the R9 shafts offered as an upgrade...that would be huge! Gocchin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Cutting from butt of the shaft will have minimal impact on performance of the shaft itself. If you need to shorten it to get more consistent then that is the best thing to do. You will drop swing weight as you said. You either have to live with the lower swingweight or try and counter it by going with a much lighter grip or even more weight on the head. As of now TM has not said anything about selling just shafts with FCT. I hope they will or at least sell FCT sleeves but thats probably wishful thinking. (^_^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parputt Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Sleeves are available around the net and auction sites rather plentiful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Sleeves are available around the net and auction sites rather plentiful too. R9 Max or R9 Sleeves? Actual TM ones? That would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Ah yes I see them for the R9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonlui Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 yup, i have 5 shafts with sleeves so i can tinker away. geek heaven! cutting from the butt will make it feel stiffer but if you add weight back to the head (easily done with the R9), you will effectively soften the flex a little. If it's only an inch, it's really no big deal. The inch from the butt doesn't do too much to the total weight but adding some weight in the head to counteract the swingweight difference will effect the total weight. The good thing about the R9 is that you can add and take away weight easily without lead tape or plugs and try different weight shafts. That's the only way, imo, to combo nirvana. There's so many factors in finding a good combo, with total weight being one of them and getting the right flex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) yup, i have 5 shafts with sleeves so i can tinker away.geek heaven! cutting from the butt will make it feel stiffer but if you add weight back to the head (easily done with the R9), you will effectively soften the flex a little. If it's only an inch, it's really no big deal. The inch from the butt doesn't do too much to the total weight but adding some weight in the head to counteract the swingweight difference will effect the total weight. The good thing about the R9 is that you can add and take away weight easily without lead tape or plugs and try different weight shafts. That's the only way, imo, to combo nirvana. There's so many factors in finding a good combo, with total weight being one of them and getting the right flex. ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! This is AWESOME!!!. How does it work exactly... Thanx for the quick reply. Just slip the desired shaft into the sleeve with epoxy or .... Edited May 6, 2009 by bazooka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonlui Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 i had someone do it but it looks a lot easier than working with a normal head. just as you said, prep, epoxy, and stick it in aligned the way you want. that's it. the sleeve is so easy and fast to head up, much better for the shaft. i always have them use tour epoxy so it is easy to remove with very little heat and doesn't stick to the shaft that much, otherwise when you pull the shaft, you have to sand off the epoxy. If you use tour epoxy, the white stuff, you can just scrape and rub it off keeping the original shaft diameter in tact. it's really great for trying different shafts but when you play, you'll probably just stick to one. I plan on finding a few shafts that work for me that will go either left, right, high, and low so i can change them depending on the course conditions. great concept!! too bad Japan hasn't caught on yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 i had someone do it but it looks a lot easier than working with a normal head. just as you said, prep, epoxy, and stick it in aligned the way you want. that's it. the sleeve is so easy and fast to head up, much better for the shaft. i always have them use tour epoxy so it is easy to remove with very little heat and doesn't stick to the shaft that much, otherwise when you pull the shaft, you have to sand off the epoxy. If you use tour epoxy, the white stuff, you can just scrape and rub it off keeping the original shaft diameter in tact.it's really great for trying different shafts but when you play, you'll probably just stick to one. I plan on finding a few shafts that work for me that will go either left, right, high, and low so i can change them depending on the course conditions. great concept!! too bad Japan hasn't caught on yet. i hope TM or TS just sell that soon. It would be an even better WOAH experiment than the FCT for many golfers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 SERIOUSLY TOURSPEC, HOOK UP ALL THE CUSTOM SHAFTS FOR THE R9, I'M WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE OF THE ACTUAL SHAFT. HOOK ME UP!! LOOKING AT ALL THOSE OPTIONS IS CRUEL GUYS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnims29 Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 If you want to play a shorter driver TM made it really easy with their screw in weights. -1/2" off shaft -3 sw points 2grams heavier in the head +1 sw point 9 gram heavier shaft +1 sw point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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