Hey golfworks guys:
First of all been orderin shafts, supplies, grips, ferrules, epoxy, etc…for years from you guys from up here in northeast ohio…you guys are top notch. So I have an aldila rogue 95 black 60 in a stiff flex…68 gram weight…to be installed in a taylormade M2…in fact i came to this site for the adapter.
After reading about butt trim only shafts of which your W18 trim code indicates, I came across a lot of guys talking about adding lead tape to get the swing weight back up if you were going to butt cutt it. Now I thought that was if you were butt trimming a driver that was already assembled with an OEM shaft or other. I know you cant just hack the butt off and not affect swing weight.
However, if I bought this shaft uncut at 46 inches and after the adapter is installed and inserted into the head, I want to measure and cutt the butt end only (as per the W18 code) to play the driver at 44.75, I will be cutting a decent piece of the shaft off. If the W18 code is correct, I can cutt the butt end and not affect the shaft…or did I? I will essentially be taking a 68 gram shaft and if I cut say 2 inches off to get it to 44.75 on my club ruler…do i need to add weight to the head? I know like 1/2 inch is like 3 sw points, but I always thought a butt trim only shaft was able to be cut at the preferred playing length and not affect the profile or playability. I’m so confused…if I need 12 sw points if I take approx. 2 inches off would I need to grams of weight to the head?
My question is…if a shaft is butt trim only (as per the W18 code)…can it be butt trimmed close to 2 inches and still retain playability. Your trim codes say nothing of adding weight for butt trim only shafts. I realize that the 68 gram raw shaft will essentially be lighter, but if a shaft is butt trim only, this should be ok…or is it?
HELP?
Britt,
Thank you kindly sir…class act to respond within one day…ordering that adapter right now to get that build going.