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I’ve built a few iron sets where I need 8 gram tip weights. Most recently I’m building a set of PTM’s with UST DHI shafts. I largest tip weight I can find is 6 grams. The tip inside diameter is about 4mm. Does Golfworks offer a heavier tip weight? Is there another way besides lead tape. Currently I use the 6 gram weight and ram tungsten powder down the shaft. The rubber tungsten weights won’t fit, and are to costly for this particular build.

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Woody commented April 23, 2021

I’ve used the 8 and 10 grams rubberized tungsten successfully. What I did was snip the ends and weighed the snips to get to 7 grams or so. I preferred to do that rather than creating a sheer point.
Experimenting I’ve also mixed lead powder in 24 hr epoxy. Of course much more ballpark in weighting. I can’t contend what it did to the epoxy.

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I’ve used the 8 and 10 grams rubberized tungsten successfully. What I did was snip the ends and weighed the snips to get to 7 grams or so. I preferred to do that rather than creating a sheer point.
Experimenting I’ve also mixed lead powder in 24 hr epoxy. Of course much more ballpark in weighting. I can’t contend what it did to the epoxy.

Answer 1 · 2021-04-23T22:26:37+00:00

6 gram graphite tip weights are all we offer. You can actually use the tungsten tip weights by sanding the stem. Sean, our chief assembler says in the rare cases he needs more than 6 grams, he has been able to sand rubber tungsten stems enough to be able to use them. I can’t tell you, without actually trying it on the DHI shafts, if you can for that shaft, but it might be worth a try. You can also use soft lead rod if you can find 5/32″ or smaller. The one thing we always not when putting the weight up the shaft is that it can not go above the top of the hosel. This can create a shear point, and you don’t want that.

Britt Lindsey

thanks to all who offered advise. What I was able to do was pair a 6 gram lead weight with a 2 gram lead weight. I drilled out the two gram weight so the shank of the 6 gram weight would pass through. I lost about .2 grams when I drilled it out. I ended up with roughly 7.7 grams, that stacked 1/4″ high. I tip trimmed an additional 1/4″. Still gave me 1″ of shaft in the hosel of the PTM to hold epoxy.