Break/jump cue shaft size

poolandpokerman

poolandpokerman

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Just wanted a pro opinion, I have a break cue and the shaft is over 13, I was thinking of having a pro taper to about 12.75. My hands are kinda small and I feel I could get more power on my stroke. What do you folks think? Thanks in advance for you suggestions. Tom
 
poolandpokerman said:
Just wanted a pro opinion, I have a break cue and the shaft is over 13, I was thinking of having a pro taper to about 12.75. My hands are kinda small and I feel I could get more power on my stroke. What do you folks think? Thanks in advance for you suggestions. Tom
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Going from 13mm to 12.75mm will do nothing for your power on your stroke.

Stick with the 13mm with a pro taper. It is stiff enough.

Kim
 
Something to know about break-shafts.
If the shaft buckles on impact with the QB, that's lost energy that's not making it through the ball.
Doing a T/D on a break-shaft makes no sense to me, small hands, fat fingers or whatever.
You won't gain anything with a smaller dia. break-shaft.
What you will do is lose power in your break and turn an otherwise decent break-shaft into something
that is no longer suited to it's intended purpose.
JMO but then my break-shaft is 14mm.

KJ
 
KJ Cues said:
Something to know about break-shafts.
If the shaft buckles on impact with the QB, that's lost energy that's not making it through the ball.
Doing a T/D on a break-shaft makes no sense to me, small hands, fat fingers or whatever.
You won't gain anything with a smaller dia. break-shaft.
What you will do is lose power in your break and turn an otherwise decent break-shaft into something
that is no longer suited to it's intended purpose.
JMO but then my break-shaft is 14mm.

KJ
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I was told one time that a 14mm and 19oz cue was optimum for breaking. I didn't see any data to support this so I don't know if it was scientifically proven. But I have broke with a 14mm flat lam shaft and I could tell a little better pop.
 
KJ Cues said:
Something to know about break-shafts.
If the shaft buckles on impact with the QB, that's lost energy that's not making it through the ball.
Doing a T/D on a break-shaft makes no sense to me, small hands, fat fingers or whatever.
You won't gain anything with a smaller dia. break-shaft.
What you will do is lose power in your break and turn an otherwise decent break-shaft into something
that is no longer suited to it's intended purpose.
JMO but then my break-shaft is 14mm.

KJ
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What about jumping? A friend of mine has a Gulyassy, turned well down, and it jumps fantastically. I don't know how it compares to an unturned down shaft, but it's great.

Does turning it down hurt the break, but help the jump?
 
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