What's so great about 13mm shafts?

I like the taper formula you're referring to,

macguy said:
Do you have a formula for your taper? For many years I have been using a formula of
.001 of an inch per inch. In other words a 12.5 mm shaft at the tip will be around 12.75 mm at 10 inches from the tip and then goes up from there. Unless someone asks otherwise that is how I make shafts.
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Jim Odom here in Ft. Worth tapered my latest shaft and I really like it. He told me the dimensions, and I can't remember exactly what he said - I'll ask him later today when I get a chance.

I like the taper formula you're referring to, I'll bet that's very close to what mine is.
 
PhilosopherKing said:
it wasn't really a question. it was an opening to a discussion. your post is relevant to the subject. thank you for it.

for those of you who choose to play with a 13mm shaft, what are the qualities that make this your preference.
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I can pick up a basketball with one hand. Shafts smaller than 13mm just feel funny to me.
 
PhilosopherKing said:
I hear you.

what I don't understand is how all these people are playing with them.

Centerball players?
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I can draw the cb from one end of a nine footer to the other end and back down with a 13mm tip I'm also starting to beat the nine ball ghost without a spot on a regular basis which in its own right not easy at all with the same shift size

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I know a Chinese kid who refuses to buy a cue, or even accept my shitty old one as a gift, and plays with some of the worst house cues I've ever seen. He's snooker trained back on the mainland and has literally never complained about any difference between his snooker cues and these huge 13mm house cues. He plays fine.

I use a Chris Nitti cue, the best cue I have ever played with, and his shaft and his taper at 13mm. Last night I won my NAPA match 9-0 with 4 break and runs, and dogged my final shot during another run out that would have been 5. Would I have had 5 if I was used to a 11.75? I doubt it.

In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I like to play on the vertical axis (top, bottom, center), with TOI and TOO. When I -need- to change the angle off the rail to go between two balls or something like that is the only time I really ever need to use more than half a tip to a tip of real English. Though if I'm drunk 'Touch of Inside' becomes an avalanche of inside and I'll throw two tips of whatever I fancy even on straight-in shots for the giggles.

Maybe my hands are too big!
 
cuesblues said:
I think the original Meucci shafts were 13.25
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IIRC - and I'm pretty sure I do, the original Moochie Originals had 13 1/8 mm shafts
and 1 1/8 in ferrules. Bear in mind, this was in the time period before he realized the
myth of "Zero Deflection" was the way to cue buyers hearts.

FFIW - or may be worth, Dan James of Joss used(still uses?) 13.25 as a standard. His
thinking supposedly is 13.25 is big enough for 99% of players. For those who want a
smaller diameter, you can always have it turned down some.

Dale
 
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