Tip cutting for say, .370 parralell shafts uncut shafts. R flex can be R were cutting the tip might be something like 1iron no cut, 2iron 1/2" cut and 1/2" each shorter iron. To make them Stiff you might cut an additional 1 1/2" each iron. Just a generalazation. Depends on the shaft. Ladies flex can be cut to senior flex. Some shafts can be cut to include all 4 flexes. .355 tapered shafts are not tipped cut. Wood shafts have their own specifications. There's enough info on the web to find what cut needs to be done..

So you don't want to spine find before you have tip cut to flex and butt cut to length. The spine will change after cutting.

If you're thinking about doing your own, read up it Golfsmith's website has decent info on building
http://www.golfsmith.com/cm/display_...um=cm_trimming
or maybe buy some new pull shafts from Ebay. They would be already cut to flex and many have new grips too..

If you have the clubs made don't worry too much about it. They guy knows how to cut them as for spining them, it's becoming more mainstream for clubmakers to do this...ask

OEM manufactured clubs, Callaway, Nike etc., none of the shafts are spined, hell up untill recently the shafts weren't even matched for consistancy of flex. And they still sell for close to a grand