carbon fiber shafts

what shaft actually produces no delection,or squirt

i keep getting confused

are they claim i can hit inside english and the cue ball goes exactly where i am?
 
Are they better than these graphite shafts I'm seeing on these fine cues from champion Steve Mizerak?
 
what shaft actually produces no delection,or squirt

i keep getting confused

are they claim i can hit inside english and the cue ball goes exactly where i am?

That's not their claim, but they claim extremely low cueball deflection. On a firm, no swerve shot with inside english, it does go closer to straight than any other shaft.

But I teach a method to compensate for that amount of English. Are you saying this would be the first you hear of this also????
 
Chris...Don't know if you know this, but Steel Stix were the prototypes for Cuetec. They came out of the same factory in China, and were imported to the USA by the same person, just prior to Cuetec. I sold a whole bunch of Steel Stix cues in MT in the 80's...and then a bunch of Cuetecs in the 90's. Strickland's white Cuetec was a really hot seller...everybody wanted to own the cue that Earl Strickland played with. :D When Cuetec became established, the company (J.S.Sales) discontinued production of Steel Stix cues.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

Steel Stix were selling like hotcakes back in the 80's. I believe they were some sort of composite over the maple shaft?
You could bang em on the edge of the table without fear of putting a ding in the shaft.
Not sure what happened to them?

Revo seems to be a stepped up version of this concept. Many players are switching and love them.
Time will tell if they are just a fad or the wave of the future.
 
Squirt

what shaft actually produces no delection,or squirt

i keep getting confused

are they claim i can hit inside english and the cue ball goes exactly where i am?

Physically not possible because, anytime you hit a full tip off center horizontally, their ''has'' to be a slight cue ball squirt left or right.

Where is Iron Willie when ya need em?


Amateurs are not able yet to notice this ''finite'' difference, but it's there.
 
I've never tried a revo shaft but I'm a B+ to a A player on my better days, so what u guys seem to
be saying is that if I get a carbon fiber shaft? The sky will be the limit. Lol
 
funny i never got that idea

i mean the extreme improvement

but i have never even seen one

i have to admit i hope potter buys one
so i can borrow it and try it for free

serve him right
 
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any one try one or know if they are any good

I just heard it mentioned and know nothing
dean

I'm guessing you are making a joke; however, I haven't read a single revo thread - there are plenty of threads that I never open because the subject doesn't interest me. I have always used a wood shaft and can't imagine putting a dark grey shaft on the end of any of my cues, which are mostly maple forearm. Having said that, your thread got me curious and I just got back from hitting with my friend's revo. I have to say - it was pretty amazing. I didn't like the slightly dull hit, but there wasn't any deflection - it was simple to pocket balls.

It makes me wonder if wooden shafts will eventually go the way of wooden golf club shafts and wooden tennis rackets.
 
I'm guessing you are making a joke; however, I haven't read a single revo thread - there are plenty of threads that I never open because the subject doesn't interest me. I have always used a wood shaft and can't imagine putting a dark grey shaft on the end of any of my cues, which are mostly maple forearm. Having said that, your thread got me curious and I just got back from hitting with my friend's revo. I have to say - it was pretty amazing. I didn't like the slightly dull hit, but there wasn't any deflection - it was simple to pocket balls.

It makes me wonder if wooden shafts will eventually go the way of wooden golf club shafts and wooden tennis rackets.
Doubt it.
Just as wood acoustic guitars are not going carbon fiber.
 
jack potter will be testing them out thoroughly tomorrow

i think we can honestly expect a good report

of course there is personal preference and adjustment

i have never owned any high tech cue or shaft
other than thev maple pie shafts paul mottey used to make


i have hit one from time to time when asked to at the pool room
but the feel was missing for me


i never really understood squirt ,deflection and such so i
pretty much avoided inide english except when the object ball was frozen to the rail

or the ball was very close to the pocket,i even missed them once in a while


in answer to the ?, I was not joking about this question

i confess,i don't read many of the threads on tech questions
 
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Doubt it.
Just as wood acoustic guitars are not going carbon fiber.

John Brumback uses maple....my thinking, better feel of the shot when banking. What I did notice tho at the US Open and DCC this year.....when a player would elevate over a ball and shoot a draw shot, these types of shafts seemed to create allot more draw than a maple shaft. Also, when the pros had a draw shot, where the object ball was 3-5' away from the object ball, there was more spin remaining on the cue ball when it hit the target ball, than maple ever could/did. I was often surprised when seeing a shot hit pure, the cue ball movement when compared to maple. If I was starting out I think an LD shaft would be a good starting point but make sure your taper is what you want. After a couple years of playing/improving then try one out.
 
That's apples and oranges, lack of dings don't make you play better.

I'm not ranting for like or dislike of Revo shafts, but saying they are the future because of no dings is pretty specious reasoning. They don't play "better" and don't help the player perform better. You still have to adjust for the amount of squirt regardless of what shaft you use.

you don't see the fact that they don't ding as an advantage?
 
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