Cue Weight Tolerances...

[bbb]

If I send it back I would expect they'll just add the weight bolt and ship it back, no?

The weight bolts are on the way free of charge...

i dont know
look at it from their side

they have lots of cues in the weight you want
they want you to be happy
so you buy a cue case
then kamui chalk
tip tool
when you buy a table
set of aramith pro
you get the idea
they want you as a customer
i would discuss that with them
also even if they did the weight bolt thing
i would think they are better at it than you
no disrespect intended
just my 2 cents

 

[Xnotedgeanymore]

The cue really felt like a toy. Does anyone actually like a cue so light?

I do. My player's butt weighs less than 14oz! 13.92 in fact. The 4.3oz shaft totals up to 18.22. This cue had a .95oz weight bolt in it when I got it, which I removed before these weighs were taken.

You should see how hard of a time I have adjusting to get position with a 20oz cue..

 

[Fatboy]

If you order a cue that is listed as 19 oz., but when you get it, it weighs in at 18.5 oz., would you care?

My girlfriend bought her first cue, I took some hits with it and felt that it seemed lighter than my 19 oz. breaking cue and she was surprised at how much different it felt than my 20 oz. playing cue...

Easy fix, sure, but was just curious how particular people are about cue weights on a new cue. (For those interested it's the Meucci demo cue with a Predator 314 shaft purchased from budgetcues.com)

yes i'd care .5 ounces is a ton. IMO

Best
eric:smile:

 

[droveto]

i dont know
look at it from their side

they have lots of cues in the weight you want
they want you to be happy
so you buy a cue case
then kamui chalk
tip tool
when you buy a table
set of aramith pro
you get the idea
they want you as a customer
i would discuss that with them
also even if they did the weight bolt thing
i would think they are better at it than you
no disrespect intended
just my 2 cents

And from my side if I send them a cue back, I'm without the cue, have to deal with shipping it, then being here again to sign for the UPS delivery, etc... If they just send the bolts USPS, I pull rubber stopper off, I screw in weight bolts, I replace rubber stopper and it can't be any easier than that... Just my perspective and it's my girlfriends only cue so being without it would be sad for her.

 

[HueblerHustler7]

Glad to see im not the only one that shoots with a 17oz cue, Everyone that asks to see my cue and hold it instantly looks up at me like Why? I say I dont know it just works for me.

 

[bbb]

And from my side if I send them a cue back, I'm without the cue, have to deal with shipping it, then being here again to sign for the UPS delivery, etc... If they just send the bolts USPS, I pull rubber stopper off, I screw in weight bolts, I replace rubber stopper and it can't be any easier than that... Just my perspective and it's my girlfriends only cue so being without it would be sad for her.

hope alls well that ends well

 

[nineballsafety8]

weight vs balance

Here is my $.02

as a general rule... i like a 17.5-18.4oz cue... but that is a SECOND spec that i consider when having a cue built. the first and utmost important to me is BALANCE.

I did not fully understand how much I cared about balance until shooting the Sh*t with a local cue maker in Tucson (Glen Graham). We were discussing my next cue design and somehow went off on a tangent about how most dont really even know what they want.

He pulled a few cues out of his case and had me hit some balls with all of them. He then asked me to lay the cues next to eachother on the table, from lightest to heaviest. So I did.

He then laughed and said, "are you sure thats the right order"

I nodded. And was then humbled, as every cue that he handed me was within .1 oz of 19. The difference was where the weight of the cue was centered.

It seems that the more forward the balance point the lighter the cue feels, and the closer to the butt the balance point the heaveir and "slow" the cue feels as you play.

So to me I ask for a weight that "makes me feel good about knowing what it is", but I have found that I definitely like a cue that is more front weighted.

A$$ heavy cues feel like I am dragging them through the mud on every shot, even light ones.

just my opinion though.