HawaiianEye said:

I have 50-year-old shafts with thousands of hours of play and thousands of games on them and none of them have dings.

What are you doing to ding them up?

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macbookmike said:

I understand that using top and bottom will change the path of the cue ball after hitting the object ball. But what about after it hits a rail? I think the common saying is that, without sidespin, angle in equals angle out. But does having a lot of top spin or bottom spin on the cue ball when it hits the rail affect its path after it comes off said rail?

I know that using bottom / top on kick shots will shorten or lengthen the kick but I haven't noticed that the top/bottom affects the cue ball after it hits a rail after shooting at an object ball.

Here's an example shot where if I shoot with maximum high, it seems the angle in really equals angle out without the top spin affecting the cue ball after rail contact. https://www.chalkysticks.com/diagram/CF244cY.png

So why is it so apparent on kick shots but not on shots where you hit an object ball?

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HawaiianEye said:

I have 50-year-old shafts with thousands of hours of play and thousands of games on them and none of them have dings.

What are you doing to ding them up?

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cue fix said:

So why do you not show it with some kind of measuring tool. Are we suppose to guess where the one inch mark is?

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Bavafongoul said:

All of the cues in my case have matching specs so switching cues is much easier since the cues play similarly.

When I open my case, I often choose a different cue than the last time I played pool. If one of my friends stops
by the pool hall on the way home from work or while running around doing errands, they know they can pick any
cue in my case to play with. But the main reason is if I carried a 2x4 or 3x6 case, I really don’t know which 2 or 3
cues I’d choose to carry. By the time I got to the pool room, I’d be thinking I should have taken both my Owen cues
or included my Scruggs. I have some great cues to play with and so I want them with me when I play pool.

Unless I am playing a match, I probably will play with 3 cues in the course of 3-4 hours. I play 8 ball, 9 ball and 10 ball
and 14.1 matches at the pool room. I often will change cues when playing match with a different format. Heck, the sole reason for having multiple cues is you get to play with them or else thin your collection since cues really aren’t art. A pool
was meant to be played with otherwise just go buy some posters of pool cues if you don’t intend to play with your cues.

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Flakeandrun said:

"Who you know, who you blow" - "Hierarchy of importance and it's impact on relationships"
Google says this;
"Guanxi is a term used in Chinese culture to describe an individual's social network of mutually beneficial personal and business relationships"

Not really sure of the exact way I would translate it. But it sucks when it affects you negatively, and is pretty good when it works in your favour... Most people spend their lives trying to put themselves the right side of important people. The amount of times I have seen someone agree with the most incredulous nonsense, or get given opportunities thrown at them, simply for their percieved importance

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HawaiianEye said:

I have 50-year-old shafts with thousands of hours of play and thousands of games on them and none of them have dings.

What are you doing to ding them up?

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