carbon fiber shafts
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deanoc,
Try the Becue with the Prime shaft and their extension and you'll sell all your other stuff.
Try the Becue with the Prime shaft and their extension and you'll sell all your other stuff.
I'm pretty sure Dean is going to sell all his stuff no matter what, if past history is a guide anyway.
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Predator - Iron Willie
Meucci - Myth Destroyer
Both have been discussed a hundred times over in the last 15+ years. I and others have discussed as nauseum what’s wrong with the Myth Destoyer’s design.
Freddie <~~~ they invented 10-ball yesterday
Not everyone's been on here since phones still had dials.
There’s no realized advantage you can’t get with a wooden shaft besides the no dings and higher quality control/waste I’m sure since it’s a man made product.
If I owned a large production company I’d only make either a splices design or a carbon if I were keen enough to be able to build one.
I see the future being quickly gown high quality shaftwoood in labs like they can grow meat and such.....
I’d like to see some of those Kielwood shafts and how they perform as torrification does weaken the modulus of rupture and modulus of elasticity, tho it does harden the surface quite a bit.
The tech developed for baseball bats using liquid nitrogen to freeze wood to absolute zero and a special thawing process that remove the internal stresses of the wood.
Carbon ain’t the answer......wood is so much more connected at the cellular level, carbon will always lack some feel.
That’s probably why they actually basically made the revo hollow so it would have an echo chamber like structure on the inside to induce more feel to the hit.....because carbon is dead, same thing in bikes they ride like a dead body.
I can’t be the only one who noticed and could hear my stroke pretty loud when using one....not condemning just recognizing the oddity
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Damn!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like this carbon shaft business has the pool community whipped into a lather.
What in the hell is Predator waiting for?
They better start making more of them before people figure out it ain't the shaft but rather-
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
Sounds like this carbon shaft business has the pool community whipped into a lather.
What in the hell is Predator waiting for?
They better start making more of them before people figure out it ain't the shaft but rather-
It's in the way that you use it
It comes and it goes
It's in the way that you use it
Boy don't you know
The REVO and the Becue play very differently.
To ME, the Becue feels and plays more like a wooden shaft, but "better".
I have an Ultra-skin soft tip on mine and it plays "quiet". Their is no "loud" sound while stroking or when the tip hits the cue ball.
You can trap him at one pocket. He can't play that game.
I just ordered a Revo 12.4 Uniloc from Seyberts. So it looks like Predator might be getting some shipments out.
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For many purist, playing with a synthetic shaft is akin to a MLB player using an aluminium bat. Some "advances" in technology are like a 3 dollar bill.
Interesting assessment. Every major league player would use an aluminum bat if it were allowed. It is forbidden by the rules because the increase in performance (aka ball speed coming off the bat) was considered to be too dangerous. Aluminum bats are a vastly superior tool for striking a baseball.
KMRUNOUT
Hey Patrick, nice to see you posting again.
Interesting idea. I'm curious: do you believe that a Revo shaft has more or less squirt than a typical solid maple shaft when using a shorter bridge. Say an 8" bridge. Also, lets say both are 12.9mm, and have the same tip. I'm not talking about effective squirt using any techniques like backhand english or the like. What do you think?
Thanks,
KMRUNOUT
Same here.
The Becue I was able test was not smooth at all and had around 2 credit cards thickness of taper roll.
The taper roll and smoothness was a deal breaker for me.
As far as feel and performance, they were extremely close.
All the people claiming to find a BIG difference must be MONSTER players because I can beat the living crap out of the 9 and 10 ball ghost on 9' pro-am and can't tell a difference between the revo and Becue cues...
Thanks.
I think a low-squirt Revo squirts less than a normal-squirt maple shaft. Not sure what bridge length has to do with it...?
pj
chgo
Perhaps he has in mind that some minor shaft flex is part of the equation to produce low deflection. Then perhaps he is thinking a shorter bridge prevents that flex.
Could be; it's a popular idea. I don't think it can matter unless the bridge is much more tight and rigid than a human hand.
pj
chgo
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Yes I agree, and I was very surprised how the Becue goes through the ball .. feels like maple pretty much. I have a hard ultra-skin on my Becue shafts and there is no loud or clicking sound. Just sounds and feels solid.
This cue has really impressed me. I bought it because I suppose I am a sucker for new technology as it applies to pool. I thought it would be nice to own a cue that would never warp. Leave it in a hot car no problem, leave it in a freezing car, no problem.
And the thought that at least theoretically, it should last a person a lifetime while offering completely consistent characteristics when playing. So far, after about 1 year, this cue has lived up to my expectations.
I would say, I will buy another one, but I doubt that I will have to.