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Predator history?

iusedtoberich
carl.j said:
Piping in here. Does anyone know which series/models were the first Predator cues to use the Uni-Loc joint?
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They switched from 5/16-14 to Uni-Loc about 2001 or 2002. They've been that way since except for some special editions with Radial pins. The Predator Group bought the Uni-Loc company (makers of both the quick release Uni-Loc, and the Radial pin), sometime around there.
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Solid vs layered tips

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measureman said:
I know this subject has been beat to death but here is my personal take on it.
I have been using solid tips for many years.
Recently I decided to give a layered tip a try.
I had an Everest installed and can not tell the difference from a solid tip.
The layered tip was $40 installed vs a solid tip at $23 installed.
I'm not going to do this again.
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In my experience with layered tips is as they age the glue that holds the layers starts to cause glazing, I find that all leather tips get harder over time as well, I've been using Bulletproof Recoil tips since March of last year, it's a synthetic tip so the consistency from tip to tip is unreal, I'm using the Hard tip, there is another guy who went to the Med tip and said it played like a Med hard, my guess is you will start seeing changes after playing the new tip after a short while.
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Illuminated Cueing arts vs Projection Pro Billiards systems (ICATS vs PPB)

iusedtoberich
I doubt anyone has tried both. They are so obscure, and to have access to both systems would be a stretch.

I didn't like the built in drills on mine that much. I preferred to use it to mark a random rack, then practice getting out that rack over and over. I had about 10 racks I'd cycle between.

The PPB is a father-son team. The son is the programmer, the father is the player. They might have had a secretary at one point too. They were always super responsive to me in both email and FB, even when I was being an ass. I also screwed up the Raspberry pi trying to reinstall some software (my fault). They told me to sent it back to them and they fixed it for me in a day and then sent it back. (this was around 2022 or so). I'm quite surprised there are recent reports of poor communication. I'm in that FB group and saw those reports also.

The ICA system I'd bet is also just Robin developing the drills and a programmer he hired, so just as small a company.
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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

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HawaiianEye said:
I have hit with a lot of renown cue makers' high-dollar custom cues that sold for thousands of dollars and many of them didn't play and feel the way I like. Southwest is a name that comes to mind. I have never tried a Southwest that I thought suited me better that one of my own cues.

I buy cues to play with and every cue and shaft has its own unique qualities and none of them play exactly alike, even the same models with the same specs.

The same thing goes with production cues.

As for most of the cues that I currently own, I had the chance to play with them before I bought them, so I knew I what I was getting.

I don't buy cues for looks, so fancy and ornate cues don't excite me. They look pretty and may be well-made, but they look more like something to hang on the wall rather than being a tool to use.

I am looking for a "particular" hit and feel that "resonates" with me and I immediately know if I am going to like a cue after just playing with it for a short while.
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I feel the same way, every cue I have ever owned was like that except BeCue, I have 2 Prime II 12.0 shafts and they play exactly alike, I have the same tips on them so just to test them out I shot one shaft for about 10 minutes and then the other one, I didn't have to make any adjustments, if I pop a tip off during a tournament or can't get the tip replaced right away it's no big deal.
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