Predator Revo Shaft 12.4mm WVP 29 inch VS 30 inch difference

I have both. They play and feel exactly the same. The only difference is you have 1” of extra room on the butt cap if you are taller and need it.

I’ve also had both lengths of the 314 series and the same was true there.

Yeah, this. I had both at one time as well and noticed no difference other than one was an inch longer.


I'm not playing Revos anymore but I am now firmly in the 30" camp just because it seems a better fit for me and that 1" difference feels like a bigger difference when it comes to running out of room on the cue when taking my stance. All my playing shafts are now 30" and don't suspect I'll ever go back.

Do you ever get the feeling that the Fargo Rate of a player just does not seem right?

Nice thing about being up in years the desire to got to local Bars or Rooms to compete is gone. Figured out even if you win the hours spent v/s money won just dont justify the effort, gas, aggravation, and dealing with BS.

Arizona Rating System was like Fargo, as one guy said the BETTER I GOT, the HIGHER I WAS RATED, the Less Tournaments I could play.

Working hard, getting better, was rewarded with being removed from opportunity to compete, and got to point only OPEN TOURNAMENTS (NO Handicapped) were open to him.

FARGO or AZ RATING System all have faults.

JMHO
Pool is not an investment, its entertainment. If you look at it as anything other than entertainment its probably not the pastime for you.

$1.5M first place prize for Chinese tournament next week

Pretty good overview of Wu's journey: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ZQtFSPgr/. The second half is basically paraphrasing what he said in the post-match interviews.

I found this part very interesting
45 Days of Silence
Before 2026, Wu trained for 45 days in secrecy with Xue Zhenqi.

I feel like you don't often hear about direct competitors training like this together (outside of practicing for doubles), especially in the US.

profoundly stupid question

OK- I have a mancave/barndominium 150 yards from house that the Lord gives me great peace in. Diamond professional 8'. I take great care of my stuff...keep my pool room pretty spotless.......My 14 year old daughter had a few friends over and wanted to go shoot pool with her friends...without dad, of course......

What say ye?
Absolutely let her and her friends shoot pool, just find a way to explain the ground rules like no food/drinks on the table, ever!!!! Put away your best cues, ask them if any have ever played pool before and spend 5 minutes going over the basics. My kids are adults now but whenever we have company and end up on the table I leave all of my cues out and let people know they are free to use any cue. I also let them know that the nicer looking ones are more expensive and its easy to damage a cue if it falls over and lands on the ground, just be careful with them. More often than not people choose the house cues even if I offer something better.

Temu HOW tip

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe there is more than just one "Chinese" language variant vs one English that I know of. I also believe that English is probably the most popular second language so I have a hard time believing that it would be that tough to find someone to translate it. Not to mention things like computers and AI that may be able to help. If one has the means to manufacture tips its hard to believe that the task of correctly translating what you write on said tips would be that much more difficult. Just sayin.

On the first point, my understanding is there one written form of Chinese. The characters are ideographic (representing ideas of the word) and don’t sound out the words at all. So a Cantonese speaker would have a different spoken word than a Mandarin speaker but they would write the word the same way. (I also believe there is also a simplified vs traditional form of the writing, but that’s again not language specific).

As to the second point, you can find many, many examples on the web of clueless translations where someone obviously put the word into a program and just wrote (or miswrote) whatever came out. So actual understanding wasn’t present.

profoundly stupid question

This brings back fond memories. While in high school I dated a young lady who had a beautiful home in Brentwood, TN with a bonus/game room. I was from the other side of the tracks, for sure (Antioch, TN). I was already a pool player by this time (at least I was good for my age and could beat all of my friends, but in the pool room still a slug compared to real players).

We had a really fun friend group that generally consisted of my degenerate male friends, along with this young lady and her girlfriends, along with her older sister (who was in love with my best friend).

She had a nice little 8 foot table with good chalk and house cues. She was always telling me how good her dad was. He got home from the office one day and she told him how nobody could beat me, so he came up to "show me a thing or two". I murdered him, LOL, showing him no respect (on the table). He was a competitive person (successful business man) and really liked that.

Her family was always fine with us playing there (we took good care of his table). Sometimes we would be out, and one of my friends would get a bug up his tail, and want to challenge me to a money match and we'd drive over to her house in Brentwood at random times, and the parents would let us come in and play, LOL. (Whether the girls were there or not). It was a good friend group. Her dad even gave me the keys to his brand new Chevy Blazer for Prom Night. I took my girl, her sister went with my best friend, plus a few other couples. Ahhh....the 90s.

Anyhow, will the girls even want to play? Let them play. It's only a pool table and some house cues. If you own a personal barndeminium just for your personal entertainment, I'm sure you can afford to recover the table, or replace a house cue if an accident happens. It's only STUFF. Let your daughter have fun and create some cool memories. Anyhow, that is my advice!
Good stuff. I actually lived in the barndominium for 7 years saving money before I built my house. Built it in 92. Let quite a few live there rent free over the past 23 years before the last one moved out. Then I decided it would be a great man cave.

New flexible collet design

They are flexible but still solid, unlike the set of 3D printed ones that were very rigid.

It slips over easy, snugs up to fit the diameter and taper. A raised lip on one end would be nice to bump up against the jaws, but not that big of a deal. I'll get used to that.

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Nice. Shouldn't there be a Purpleheart break shaft in that machine?
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Jim Pierce - Radial - Flawless

I bought this gorgeous Jim Pierce cue brand new late Dec. and have only played maybe 10 racks with it. I absolutely love his work but this cue is solid coco un-cored and a little bit heavy for me at 16.5 oz….i didn’t know the weight when I bought it and just couldn’t get used to it.

Actually I’m the mkt for another one of his cored cues.

solid cocobolo, gorgeous ring work, comes with kill wood shaft and one of his extensions which are great.

This cue is radial which is kinda rare and has an upgraded real lizard wrap.

Condition is basically new although shaft has been chalked - maybe 10 racks

I paid $1775 and asking $1500 plus shipping. If you have interest just call me and happy to do a zooM or whatever. Best, Robert

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profoundly stupid question

Those parents saw the opportunity to be the cool parents and grabbed it with both hands. Good on them. They'll live long after they escape this mortal coil.
They are both in heaven now. They were definitely "upper crust", compared to me, but they were extremely smart, funny, classy, and kind. I'll never forget them.

profoundly stupid question

This brings back fond memories. While in high school I dated a young lady who had a beautiful home in Brentwood, TN with a bonus/game room. I was from the other side of the tracks, for sure (Antioch, TN). I was already a pool player by this time (at least I was good for my age and could beat all of my friends, but in the pool room still a slug compared to real players).

We had a really fun friend group that generally consisted of my degenerate male friends, along with this young lady and her girlfriends, along with her older sister (who was in love with my best friend).

She had a nice little 8 foot table with good chalk and house cues. She was always telling me how good her dad was. He got home from the office one day and she told him how nobody could beat me, so he came up to "show me a thing or two". I murdered him, LOL, showing him no respect (on the table). He was a competitive person (successful business man) and really liked that.

Her family was always fine with us playing there (we took good care of his table). Sometimes we would be out, and one of my friends would get a bug up his tail, and want to challenge me to a money match and we'd drive over to her house in Brentwood at random times, and the parents would let us come in and play, LOL. (Whether the girls were there or not). It was a good friend group. Her dad even gave me the keys to his brand new Chevy Blazer for Prom Night. I took my girl, her sister went with my best friend, plus a few other couples. Ahhh....the 90s.

Those parents saw the opportunity to be the cool parents and grabbed it with both hands. Good on them. They'll live long after they escape this mortal coil.

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