I'm looking for advice from clubmakers on where to cut down an iron shaft. I recently purchased a set of MX-23's from s golf store that was going out of business. They are brand new and still in their box...which was marked as "standard length, loft ,and lie". However, when I went to wrap them as an Xmas gift for my son, I took one out of the box and noticed that they felt strange. After measuring them, I found them all 3 inches longer than standard...and the store that I bought them from is now closed. I need to cut them down to 1/4 inch over standard, but don't know where to cut from. Can they be cut 2 3/4 inches off on the top (grip end), or do the heads need to be removed to cut there???
They need to be cut at the butt. Mizuno uses .355" taper tip iron shafts and cutting the tips off would ruin the taper section. I have a cutoff wheel and a jig that holds the shaft. I think you can probably cut them successfully with a dremel and a cutoff wheel.
I have a cutoff wheel and a jig myself, but for what he is asking I would suggest a wheel tubing cutter instead. You can find them for less than $5 in the plumbing section of any hardware store.
It sounds like you got a set of irons that were shipped full length so the shop could cut them to fit any customer that wanted to buy them. You need to cut them down to size at the butt end. A tubing cutter will work, but it's takes a good deal to time to cut a full set. You might want to borrow a cut-off saw. It takes only a few seconds to cut a shaft with this saw, and it very easy to use. You get the saw at Harbor Freight for about $30 or less, and the time it will save you will be worth the money, And then you'll have the saw for the next time you need to cut off a shaft or other metal objects. Good luck and have fun with the new toys.
It almost goes without saying, but watch you don't jag yourself on a sharp edge of the surface that was cut, especially if you're slipping the grips on yourself.
I tried a tubing cutting I got from Golfsmith to cut steel shafts. It does an okay job on the tip end, but on the butt end, the thin wall thickness of the shaft can be a problem, and the shaft can break, rather than be cut cleanly. Another down side is the shafts are made out of hardened steel and the cutter wheel gets dull pretty fast. Works okay if you only want to cut one or so shafts. but if I had a whole set of irons to cut. I'd get a cut off saw and save a lot of work and frustration.
December 17th, 2007, 11:59 PM
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