sekerbs Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I acquired seven TaylorMade SLDR 57g senior iron shafts, 41.5″, no trimming instructions included. I am building 5 thru GW with Adams XTD heads for a left-handed 75 yr old. He is a former professional tennis player and a good athlete. He usually shoots even to 4 over on our local 3200yd 9-hole track. He would like the clubs to be as stiff as possible. How should I tip trim the shafts to achieve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 26 minutes ago, sekerbs said: I acquired seven TaylorMade SLDR 57g senior iron shafts, 41.5″, no trimming instructions included. I am building 5 thru GW with Adams XTD heads for a left-handed 75 yr old. He is a former professional tennis player and a good athlete. He usually shoots even to 4 over on our local 3200yd 9-hole track. He would like the clubs to be as stiff as possible. How should I tip trim the shafts to achieve this? Closest information i could find is 1" starting at 4 iron and then it half inch increments, up to 4" for wedges, and the butt trim to length. Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sekerbs Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Thanks. That would be to keep the shafts in senior flex correct? So if I wanted to make them a bit stiffer I could tip trim .5" more on each club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckymeyer Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Just to clarify, are these 7 .370 parallel tip shafts? Or are they .355 taper tip? If parallel then you can tip trim to adjust the stiffness. If they are taper tip then you have seven of the same iron shaft and shouldn't be used in a full set build. McGolf 1 Quote Driver: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black 3w: '16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82 5w: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow Hybrid: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black Irons: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Wedges: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Putter: Red 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, hckymeyer said: Just to clarify, are these 7 .370 parallel tip shafts? Or are they .355 taper tip? If parallel then you can tip trim to adjust the stiffness. If they are taper tip then you have seven of the same iron shaft and shouldn't be used in a full set build. I had assumed that they were parallel shafts, but makes sense to never assume Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 TaylorMade SLDR used Fujikura .370 shafts. What I don't know is how long the tip section is. I think it's 6" but not positive. Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI_Redneck Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 A cheap set of calipers from Home Depot will tell you. BT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGolf Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 1:44 PM, RI_Redneck said: A cheap set of calipers from Home Depot will tell you. BT and unit to measure flex. Quote Driver - 44.5" 5.0 flex 10.5 deg Graphite Design XC 6S GP MCC4+ 1 deg closed Irons - 5-pw, GW stnd length 5.0 flex same grip 1 deg flat. Type low medium offset cavity back, no diggers Wedges - 56 and 60 tour grind wedge spinner and mcc4+ grip 2 flat 10 and 8 in bounce Putter - Makefield VS LH Ball - truvis Carried in a Sun Mountain C-130 USA bag - BE PROUD. HC - LH but 85 is a good number, playing in Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, McGolf said: and unit to measure flex. Slightly off-topic of this thread, but it took me a while to connect that the videos of club building on youtube that I have been watching are you. MattF and cnosil 2 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camille Bissarro Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 3:22 PM, dlow206 said: Slightly off-topic of this thread, but it took me a while to connect that the videos of club building on youtube that I have been watching are you. @McGolf One of my favorite channels! Thanks for the great tutorials! Quote Callaway Epic Speed + Mitsubishi MMT TaylorMade SIM Titanium + Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue Titleist U510 20* + Paderson Kinetixx Ballistic Mizuno 919 Forged + Paderson Kinetixx TS-I Cleveland CBX2 54*, Vokey SM8 58* TaylorMade Spider Tour Black Pro V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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