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I know this might be totally wrong, but I was considering extending the shafts of my irons. The "wrong" part is instead of increasing each club by say 1/2 inch, I'm thinking of increasing each club as follows: 2 iron +1/8, 3 iron +3/16, 4 iron +1/4.......until I get to the lob wedge which will be +3/4(I think). Does this make sense and if so has anyone ever tried it?
Also, will the addition of length change the lie to more upright? Any help will be appreciated.

I have seen some different ways of having lengths in the bag but this one is very unusual. IF you do this then yes the lies will be in need of adjusting. I have seen to where someone hit his 6 iron flush with a standard length and then the 5 iron was only 1/4" difference with the 4 and 3 iron following the 1/4" difference pattern. But his 7 iron thru wedges remained at 1/2" steps. The 1/2" step plays an important part in the distance that the club will hit. I had a 2 iron clubhead that was standard length and could not hit it farther then my 4 iron. Only to find out that it was a mis-stamped 5 iron so the extra 1 &1/2" length difference only made about a 5 yard difference. I am not sure you want to have such a small difference with your iron lengths.

Thanks Golfdawg. I don't know if I was clear in my idea. Anyway, if you read this again please respond and LMK if this makes more sense. I don't plan to have a set of clubs that aren't but 3/4" different from the 3 iron to the lob wedge. I plan on doing the following(with extensions for now) to my standard length clubs:
Club--Added length--Finished length
3i ----3/16----------38 15/16
4i-----1/4-----------38 1/2
5i-----5/16----------38 1/16
6i-----3/8-----------37 5/8
7i-----7/16----------37 3/16
8i-----1/2-----------36 3/4
9i-----9/16----------36 5/16
PW----5/8-----------36 1/8
SW----11/16---------35 15/16
LW----3/4------------35 3/4

Golfdawg is pretty much spot on. The increments are very unusual in that they're really small in the long irons and really big in the shorter irons. I'm not sure if you've figured in the but of the grip adding even more length to your extensions either. If not, then your clubs will be even longer than anticipated. To be honest, I'm not sure that I would do it this way because, as Golfdawg has already pointed out, for everything to be correct your lies will need to be adjusted. If the extensions won't fit you you'll know it right away. Simp

Thanks Simp. I had factored in the grips, so each increase is a finished length. I play with a set of clubs +2* now and was wondering if extra length would make a club more upright or flatter.I've tried the extensions(+1'') in a different set of clubs and found the shorter irons(7-PW) more comfortable to swing but the long irons were too long with the extra inch(tendency to ground the toe of the club) and that's why I was wondering about extending the shafts in the way I've explained.

Yes, the extra length will indeed make the clubs play just a bit flatter. Obviously, the longer the club the flatter it will play. But since you're not extending the long irons all that much then maybe there will be no need to flatten them even more. It sounds as if you're on the right track to making the clubs work for you then by not extending the long irons as much as the shorter irons. Simp

I see what you got going on now. As Simp and I agree that you will need to look at the lie when finished but that is easy to check and inexpensive. I would be very curious to the end result on your results swinging them. Wether or not they have improved your ball striking. That is what is most important, hitting it flush, center of face.From there you can adjust lofts and lies to correct any wild patterns of ball flight.

Simp,

I think you've got it backwards, the longer the club the more toe up the club will be because you'll move the club farther away from your body with the handle staying in the same place. At least that's how the club fitter explained it to me when I need a 1/2 inch added, the more upright the lie the more upright the club will be.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I think I'll try it to see.What's the best thing to use for bonding the extensions in the shaft? I was going to use an instant bonding glue from Golfsmith but I want to make sure that they could be easily removed with heat if this experiment fails.

That's correct, but he's lengthening his long irons and he will need to have the lies adjusted to play flatter than they are now or the club will be more "toe up" than needed. Simp

The Golf Smith club builders two-part epoxy works very well. To loosen it you can use a heat-gun (recommended) or you can hold it over the stove without letting the flame touch the metal and it'll come loose pretty quickly. Simp