i have not read any posts in this 131 so far post thread...
it started with savannah using a wood shaft with a question mark
as the title of the thread
whatever she used in her last tournament should answer the question
could someone give me the short version on why its 130 posts later and still going
thanks in advance

straightline said:

I recall Nelsonite is or contains carcinogens. IOW, circa 50s chemicals. These stabilizers I believe, allowed manufacturers to crank stuff out and guarantee straightness. Probably not the whole story but straight shafts are high on my list of stick qualities.

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The main chemical is Nelsonite that you don't want prolonged exposure to is Xylene. Stabilizers don't really let you make shafts faster. I've never heard a cuemaker guarantee a shaft will stay straight.

Fvalstounge said:

OMG... I've seen some garbage, but that's absurd.

Almost sold an 84-3 cue that I picked up. It has the straightest Originals shaft I've seen to date (including my own). Thank goodness it didn't pan out. The Kamui tip on mine delaminated while playing Friday night. Cleaned up the other one to use as a substitute last night and realized I'm gonna have to keep it. Just too damned straight and hits EXACTLY like my own. They all have a unique feel, even in the same model and series, IMO. Also realized I hate Kamui tips and I'm going back to a simple, cheap, medium Triangle tip. For me, my cues and my playing style, it's just a better option.

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Are you talking about the 84-3 you have on Ebay and here that's been refinished?

Birmingham has had a few Road Show biggies.

Whats your budget?

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that needs to take that seriously…

Probably about three balls apart and dead straight. About a half tip or so of follow as if my only goal in life is to make the cue ball itself. Roll it...

bradsh98 said:

The new Dynasphere Challenger ball sets are finally available. We've been using a set on our showroom/practice table, for the past couple of weeks. In fact, it's the open set that's pictured here. I'm very impressed with this set, and how clean the cue ball stays. Despite the use that they've seen, we didn't even need to run them through the polisher, prior to photographing.

With a MAP price of $131.39, this set is a great value.

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Looks better than the set they are peddling for WNT events

hmm...

I recall Nelsonite is or contains carcinogens. IOW, circa 50s chemicals. These stabilizers I believe, allowed manufacturers to crank stuff out and guarantee straightness. Probably not the whole story but straight shafts are high on my list of stick qualities.

GideonF said:

I like that system where the balls are near a rail but I find it hard to hit balls in the middle of the table. Maybe it’s just me.

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check your pm

bbb said:

plus 2 system has less variables and if you get familiar to the ball paths
you can pick your target

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I like that system where the balls are near a rail but I find it hard to hit balls in the middle of the table. Maybe it’s just me.

Lowell said:

Carlo Biado switched to a Revo (temporarily) and it didn't make his game better

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He probably switched for few days and went with the same thing i've said in the first post.

"Oh i didnt like the sound" or "I didn't like the feel" -- these guys usually hit one inside english shot and then miss it with a CF and go something along the lines of "Oh with wood I make this everytime with feel, i'm probably a wood player", its the ultimate thing that prevent them from advancing to the higher tier, biado would probably dominate the entire world if he switches with convection...but if he go with it for few days and go "no no i dont like the feel", then he'll be stuck in the past, winning tournys ofcourse cause he's great but very rarely, maybe one big tourny a year, instead of what he would have do if he switches, he'd probably dominate with 5-6 tournys a year.