garczar said:

No. CF tube/rod down the center. That's what Oscar said and he uses that shaft. They aren't weaving cf fabric between the plys. Near impossible to do.

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Quick question. I hate to dig up this thread, but its less than a year old and don't wanna flood the forums with excessive topics.

On both the Lucasi and Pure X, when it comes to the tip end of the shaft, is the front end hollowed out like predator etc etc, then a cf tube, then hollow, or do they fill that void up front with foam? I am thinking about the Mezz HPII, or the new Predator Centro, where I believe the inside of the CF tube in the front of the shaft is hollow.

As always, thanks for the info everyone.

Iwishiwasrich said:

I think the op was talking wood shafts not carbon cored.

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Wood over a CF is what I am looking for. I'm open to other options, and after looking at a few of the ones mentioned here I'm really interested in the Kielwood and Kielwood over CF shafts.

fastone371 said:

Can layered tips be pressed and milked like a milk dud?

Maybe AZB needs an "Ask the Tip Maker" section??

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The problem with layered tips is the glue layer. As the tip wears the glue is at the point of contact at times. This changes the tip / ball interaction. Fly specks on whitey is evidence of the glue layer leaving the tip. The lost traction could be the fraction that caused a miss. Triangle is my go to tip.

Have we entered the Twilight Zone????

Stroke without a cue ball, key words include oily, soft, buttery, smoooooooooth.

In practice, stroke all the way back and through as if there's no cue ball.

Curious to see what anybody else has in just ebony/maple spliced cues, no veneers. Please post pics! Maybe some customs?

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People are going to get tired of seeing this one since i've posted a couple times in past, but since you asked:

Can layered tips be pressed and milked like a milk dud?

Maybe AZB needs an "Ask the Tip Maker" section??

I was just getting ready to ask if anyone knew who Mike was referring to.

There is one on ebay now.

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HereWeGo said:

Not really hidden but not labeled - see yellow arrow.
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Hah. I click on every link I can find on a Matchroom/WNT site because everything seems to buried. Somehow I never noticed this particular link. Thanks!

There's already a mascot

7stud said:

Not on the 9' (oval) Blue label Diamonds I play on. If I hit the facing too far out at medium-fast speed, the ball will rattle. At fast speed, the ball has to skim the long rail for the ball to drop.

As for shelf depth, there are balls that can hang on the edge of the shelf that you cannot reach hitting rail first from any direction.

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Line up 3 balls frozen to each other and the rail just past the side pocket. Hit the cue ball at break speed. The 3rd ball will drop, at break speed along the rail. This of course is assuming no one has altered the pockets from the factory cut or stacked any facings.