Playing pool with snooker cue

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alojz_ferluga

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Does anybody use snooker cue to play pool?
I went on snooker table at the club few days ago and used friends nice snooker cue.
That cue (nothing special, quite cheap) feel was great, very stiff (harder wood maybe), with small 9mm tip.
I had much better feel whe aiming at the cue ball.
It is also much easier to get more action from the CB (follow, draw, english).

Any comments?
 
harder to find center ball and you will probably mushroom the tip and or split the shoulder for the ferrule.
 
When ever I see an opponent bringing a snooker cue to the table I smile. Then I leave them long straight shots and chalk my cue because I know I'm coming to the table soon.
 
alojz_ferluga said:
Does anybody use snooker cue to play pool?
I went on snooker table at the club few days ago and used friends nice snooker cue.
That cue (nothing special, quite cheap) feel was great, very stiff (harder wood maybe), with small 9mm tip.
I had much better feel whe aiming at the cue ball.
It is also much easier to get more action from the CB (follow, draw, english).

Any comments?
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It has a very low squirt on the cueball. Excellent for those looking for a low deflection.

I will have for a snooker cue maker built me a one piece cue in December with a larger diameter ferrule so it deflects like a conventional pool shaft but has the stiffness of a snooker cue .
 
Canadian Vince Chambers uses a snooker cue, and he ranks way up there in the best in the Midwest.
 
alojz_ferluga said:
That cue (nothing special, quite cheap) feel was great, very stiff (harder wood maybe), with small 9mm tip.
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A snooker cue's shaft has a conical taper, that's why it's stiff-hitting.

As for the rest, whatever you feel comfortable with will work for you. The tips won't last though. The smaller tip diameter and the increased weight of pool balls mean much more pressure and an Elk Master (standard snooker tip) will mushroom very quickly.




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Depends on the player. If they can play then they play. Doesnt matter what type of cue they use. Personally I can't stand them unless Im playing snooker.
 
alojz_ferluga said:
Does anybody use snooker cue to play pool?
I went on snooker table at the club few days ago and used friends nice snooker cue.
That cue (nothing special, quite cheap) feel was great, very stiff (harder wood maybe), with small 9mm tip.
I had much better feel whe aiming at the cue ball.
It is also much easier to get more action from the CB (follow, draw, english).

Any comments?
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I am playing with my snooker cue at the moment, due to an "accident" with my pool cue.

I like it. It's bad to do a looped bridge, but since I've been playing more snooker than pool anyway lately, I do almost all shots with open bridge.

It is stiffer not because of the harder wood, but because of the taper of the shaft.

I certainly would not suggest breaking with it. The tip will mushroom more.
Don't know how it will affect the ferrule, mine is fine so far.
 
supergreenman said:
When ever I see an opponent bringing a snooker cue to the table I smile. Then I leave them long straight shots and chalk my cue because I know I'm coming to the table soon.
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What is so difficult about shooting long straight shots with a snooker cue?

I think I play 95% of my abilities with a snooker cue.
 
Renegade_56 said:
If anything, the conical taper would make it shoot straighter!
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The taper doesn't make it shoot straighter, the shooter does. I think James' idea was the smaller the shaft & tip, the more difficult it is to hit the intended point on the cueball for many players. Most people who grab a snooker cue off the wall to play pool with don't realize it's not intended for pool and only choose snooker cues because they're less beat up than the regular ones.




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supergreenman said:
When ever I see an opponent bringing a snooker cue to the table I smile. Then I leave them long straight shots and chalk my cue because I know I'm coming to the table soon.
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I cannot argue with a 2005 member, true what you saying if the player is new and does not know what he is doing, but for expert who knows stun and role theory he will make the shot 99.9 % of times.

I play with 11 mm tip i love it, you are right though have to be careful about straight center hit shots for unintentional english.

One time i played Jackie Robinson, when he saw my tip he looked at me and smiled and said "good luck", luckily he is old now and lost some power, i managed to get a head a game.
 
There are many snooker tips available other than Elks.

I put a couple of Duds on for people. Other than that, I just took a 11mm Elk, pressed it in a vice for an hour and installed it on a team mates cue.

He likes it, shot a 40 the first night out.
 
Just be careful. I cracked my shaft on my snooker cue hitting a 2 1/4 inch CB. The brass ferrule just dug right in. They aren't made to hit a CB that heavy. 8mm tip + 2 1/4 CB = I'm stupid and deserved it.

That being said...they do play great! I do like an ash shaft. I play with an 11.5mm maple shaft right now but I've been looking around for a 11mm conical ash shaft with an American style ferrule for a while now. No luck!
 
HOF Player........

I saw Karen Corr up at ''The Turning Stone'' a few years back,,she was playing with a realy funky, beat up snooker cue that I noticed,,,

Later ,, I had the opportunity to talk to her as she just just hanging out so I asked her about why the snooker cue,,,,as she was aslo at the time playing with a McDaniel cue,,,she just shrugged and said ''No big deal to me if I'm playing any cue sport with either a pool or snooker cue'',,

Damn,,''No big deal'',,,,,,,No wonder she's one of the all time greats,,!!

Class act by the way,,,very gracious,,,,!

Alan Ende
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
There are many snooker tips available other than Elks. I put a couple of Duds on for people. Other than that, I just took a 11mm Elk, pressed it in a vice for an hour and installed it on a team mates cue. He likes it, shot a 40 the first night out.
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Since I've never worked on a snooker cue, perhaps I'm wrong, but can't any tip be installed on a snooker cue?
 
jschelin99 said:
Since I've never worked on a snooker cue, perhaps I'm wrong, but can't any tip be installed on a snooker cue?
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I don't work on many snooker cues myself and the few that I do, is just the odd tip.

Try and put a 14 mm on a 11 or a 10 mm shaft. You could put any tip on but you'd have to be doing some careful cutting. Thats what you meant, right.

I prefer to use a tip thats 1 mm over the shaft diameter. The other day, I only had a 14 mm Dud and a regular 12 mm Elk.

When I put the Dud up against the shaft, I thought maybe not a good idea. I didn't have any smaller Duds at the time so thats why I pressed the regular Elk in the vice.

For the odd snooker player around these parts that might get me to do a tip, its really not worth my while to stock anything other than Elks for them.

The other repair guy in town gets most of that work and I'm happy that he does for the most part.
 
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Kamui make a tip specifically for snooker cues. I have a Kamui black M on my snooker cue right now. Came as 11mm and its now on a 10mm shaft. John Higgins plays or played with one I believe.

But yeah, you can put any tip size on a snooker cue of any shaft size, you just need an experienced rapair guy.
 
Pidge said:
Kamui make a tip specifically for snooker cues. I have a Kamui black M on my snooker cue right now. Came as 11mm and its now on a 10mm shaft. John Higgins plays or played with one I believe.

But yeah, you can put any tip size on a snooker cue of any shaft size, you just need an experienced rapair guy.
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How do Kamui's play on snooker cues? I don't know anyone - even world champions - who will pay £10 for a tip. Snooker players and English 8 ballers think I'm crazy when I tell them how much American pool gear costs me.
 
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