RIduffer Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have a Attas Tour 4 iron shaft that I tried in a hybrid club and would like to recycle it into a wedge if possible... Other than graphics getting potentially covered, is there actually a performance difference between a butt cut 4i shaft and a PW shaft? Any ideas.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 a PW has a high kick point to keep the ball down and a 4 iron would have a low kickpoint to get the ball up.....if u ever look at a set of dynamic gold irons, you can see this in the step pattern........im sure there is a market for a graphite shaft of 4 iron length ( perhaps a driving iron ) but a 4 iron cut down to PW length is worthless.......if these were rifle parallel tips or MFS 115 parallels, the 4 iron could be TIP trimmed into a PW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 As much as I like seeing your avatar that was bad news... Thanks for the info anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ucan actuallycut the tip. Ido this all the time with some iron shafts If u have a 3 iron shaft and pw shaft, just align the steps and tip trim. You will get the same shaft in the end. Now with a graphite shaft it's a bit tricky since their are no steps.. Try aligning the labels and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 haha....u cant cut the tips.......they are actually walled differently as well too....and with taper tips they wont even fit into the hosel if u trim more than a quarter inch off........to align the steps from 4 iron to PW, you would have to trim about 16 inches or so from the tip ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 haha....u cant cut the tips.......they are actually walled differently as well too....and with taper tips they wont even fit into the hosel if u trim more than a quarter inch off........to align the steps from 4 iron to PW, you would have to trim about 16 inches or so from the tip ! i only trimmed 3 inches from 4 iron to pw. do note that you also but trim after getting the same alignment in the steps. playing length of a 4=38.25 pw= 35.25 based on a 38" 5i. ive used 3iron and 4 iron pulls and made them wedge shafts. the steps align and the thickness of the tips are exactly the same thickness. and yes i am doing these on taper tip shafts. have tried em in nspros, protos and even DG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) the tips on taper tips are the same size 3inches up the shaft ???? and the steps line up on a 4 iron to PW.........OK u win....I will never post in or on another thread again in this website for this lifetime........... *In fact please tell Chris to ban me for life. Thank you Edited October 3, 2012 by robbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 the tips on taper tips are the same size 3inches up the shaft ???? and the steps line up on a 4 iron to PW.........OK u win....I will never post in or on another thread again in this website for this lifetime........... *In fact please tell Chris to ban me for life. Thank you i get your point. all im saying is that i was able to do this with a super peening blue and nspro proto shaft. this was an experiment. i lined up the steps on my 4i and pw and cut the excess tip of the 4i. did the same with an extra proto shaft from a 3i. cut the tips. and they fit inside the hosel of my wedges. they are an excact fit. did not have to bore my wedges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleUK Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 the tips on taper tips are the same size 3inches up the shaft ???? and the steps line up on a 4 iron to PW.........OK u win....I will never post in or on another thread again in this website for this lifetime........... *In fact please tell Chris to ban me for life. Thank you Really?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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