Ģüśţāṿ said:

I was constantly steaming out dings in my wood shafts, I hated that part. I've tried wood hardening products, but no luck, it all still dings. CF doesn't feel as nice as wood to me, but no issues with dings!

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I repair shafts for players all the time and am aghast at the mistreatment their cues get. I very seldom have to treat any nicks, dents,, scrapes or scuffs of my cues’ shafts. I did in early 2025 when someone tried a cue of mine and tapped object balls & CB using the shaft to move the balls. It was one of my original maple shafts and was easily repaired but that person will never touch my cues again. Now KW shafts are more resistant to doing that but still it’s hardly reason to ever do that with your pool cues. Treat your pool cues and equipment with respect like in every other sports endeavor.

At this moment I have 4 KW shafts that were built the way I wanted them made. I had to search long and hard to find cue makers to build what I wanted but it was definitely worth the effort. I was told by many cue makers it can’t be done and I learned a lot of cue builders aren’t as talented as I originally thought. Kielwood is the salvation of wood cue shafts
because CF was dominating the cue market. Wood shafts feel, sound & play better when it’s Kielwood vs. orig. maple.

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Patrick Johnson said:

So, slightly less speed (like any shot with a heavier cue) and slightly different aim. Doesn’t sound like enough of a difference to make the shot noticeably “easier”.

And I’ve jumped many times with only a shaft - seems easier, not harder (that’s why we used to do it) - didn’t notice it requiring “much more” speed.

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Jumping with only a shaft is easier because your acceleration is greater due to less mass. "That's why we used to do it" many years ago with high detection shafts

It's certainly not a difficult concept to understand but I know you cannot accept it because you refuse to be wrong, so you will argue endlessly until the other person gives up.

Your knowledge is vast on the topic of pool, I only wish you would be a little less....difficult...to your peers. We are all in this for the love of the game.

Go masse and jump with your ultra low squirt 0.5mm custom shaft, switch to a 13mm standard deflection on the same butt and they'll me they're the same. I've made more custom taper /different ferrule configurations with and without holes drilled in the end than I care to think about and it always has the same outcome. However, I am certainly no expert on these topics, I only speak from experience.

Meh...

Nothing bad, just meh...

Patrick Johnson said:

So, slightly less speed (like any shot with a heavier cue) and slightly different aim. Doesn’t sound like enough of a difference to make the shot noticeably “easier”.

pj
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If what you say is the case, then why get a low deflection shaft in the first place if it's only going to make a tiny bit of deflection difference? Masse is another way of looking at deflection I believe, I also believe you get a bit more torque from a maple shaft over a load deflection carbon fiber shaft. This makes working the cue ball a little bit easier when you want to put massé, side spin, or any action on the cue ball.

Patrick Johnson said:

So, slightly less speed (like any shot with a heavier cue) and slightly different aim. Doesn’t sound like enough of a difference to make the shot noticeably “easier”.

And I’ve jumped many times with only a shaft - seems easier, not harder (that’s why we used to do it) - didn’t notice it requiring “much more” speed.

pj
chgo

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Why do trick shot artists use heavy cues with stiff thick shafts and large diameter tips to do masse shots?

Siz said:

The exquisite skill of this shot was in its accuracy at that distance. ...

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Do you think the player was playing that path to the back of the green? Was that his intended shot?

vincett said:

Why is there a wood insert in meucci carbon pro at the shaft ferrule ?

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You'd have to ask Bob. I don't know the particulars of that design, so I could only speculate. I will say that Bob Meucci was the forefront of shaft design so I would expect there to be a lot of research and testing in whatever benefits are claimed.

It could be similar to my design of a wooden ld shaft. My first design incorporated a center dowel mounted into the back of the ferule and then glued into the center of the shaft at the back of the core. It mimicked a full shaft feel and hit while still allowing for reduced end mass and lower squirt by having the area around the center dowel cored out.

I HAVE AN ORIGINAL RS CUE. THE SIGNATURE IS VERY CLEAR AND HAS BEEN RESTORED BY JACOBY. PERSONAL CALL IS ACCEPTABLE.
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Jaden said:

Absolutely, the strength and stiffness of cf simply allows for thinner walls while maintaining stability allowing for reduced end mass by the reduction of the wall thickness.

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Why is there a wood insert in meucci carbon pro at the shaft ferrule ?

ShootingArts said:

(3-rail kick test) ... Had to quit, I gave too much indication of speed away.

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You did it wrong. Shoot to 3 to come in a diamond short, then complain about the dead cushions when it goes exactly where you expected.

Ģüśţāṿ said:

I'm not deflecting, I'm simply responding the way you do.

Deflection pushes the cue out way of your natural aim point, right? So a shaft with more endmass will push the cue out of way easier, with less shaft speed, than an LD shaft.

With an LD shaft, you need to hit a bit harder, usually with more elevation, and aim further outside of the object ball to achieve a similar result.

I can swerve and masse with any shaft, but it's easier with a high LD shaft because less effort is required. This is why masse and jump cues typically are 13-14mm, the endmass helps for both.

Ever try to jump with a revo shaft versus a standard maple? It can be done with both, but requires much more speed with the revo.

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So, slightly less speed (like any shot with a heavier cue) and slightly different aim. Doesn’t sound like enough of a difference to make the shot noticeably “easier”.

And I’ve jumped many times with only a shaft - seems easier, not harder (that’s why we used to do it) - didn’t notice it requiring “much more” speed.

pj
chgo

Kris_b1104 said:

The way he coddles Fedor is very strange. I understand being his manager and all, but he's on another level.

Fedor has a better 10ball break so of course he would want an edge over Filler. It would be nice to hear these things come out of Fedor's mouth directly, instead of him trying to be a spokesperson for Fedor. He sounds like a diva.

No one wants to watch a long race 9ball money match where there will be slop everywhere. Filler should be jumping up out of his seat to play 10ball, he's the best player on the planet. But we will never know the real side of his perspective because it's coming from a 3rd party.

I kind of don't want to see Fedor vs SVB for the 3rd time, it's gotten stale.

I much prefer hearing from the players themselves as opposed to their manager/backer. Bro thinks he's a celebrity

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Slop everywhere? thats one of the most absurd things ive ever read on here.

Just when I was starting to like you

datnodude said:

For any that doesn't know Jason sword is Fedor's "business partner"/ backer whatever. He appeared on the doggin It podcast and was asked what's the deal with the fedor v filler match.

I'll take him as a representative of Fedor. He goes on the claim filler is the best 9ball player of all time. Seconds later, goes on about filler soft breaking at Derby and Fred would never cheat the game by doing such. Then it's fedor wants to play 10 ball, filler wants to play 9ball. He suggested maybe Fedor plays Shane again. Enough blah blah blah. These guys are supposed to be the top 5, top 1-2 however you want to list them

They' re scared to play each other, or scared to be embarrassed it's a joke. I didn't see earl, or busty, Efren ducking anyone in mega matches.

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Didn't see Shane ducking anybody either