Carbon fiber shaft tolerances?
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Most of them don't
I've test hit about seven different cf shafts. All were dead straight, on and off the cue.
My Jacoby Blak rolls straight together, apart, and on the lathe.
Mine seems a bit off screwed together, seems to roll perfect apart. Could be the face of the shaft isn't perfect, could be the face of the butt. It could also be a tiny bit of trash on the face or butt. Could be the butt slightly warped also but I have used it a lot of years with no issues.
Hu
Oh, your butt is definitely warped.
Could be. Exwives, exgirlfriends, and excoworkers probably can't all be wrong!
Hu
Ive seen many CF shafts, rogue, revo, cuetec and jacoby.
I have yet to seen one that wobbles, seriously and Ive seen many revos, all CF shafts are straight by default I think. It is a great invention some people want to stick to wood but I think in 20-30 yrs the CF shafts will be the main shaft, and those that will have wood in 30 yrs are the minority.
I understand that it is very hard to jump ship, some of the wood shaft players are still convinced that their wooded shafts is better than CF but its all in their heads I believe. You know sometimes its very very difficult to leave something that you've believed for all of your life, its not easy to let go, thats basically it.
I have yet to seen one that wobbles, seriously and Ive seen many revos, all CF shafts are straight by default I think. It is a great invention some people want to stick to wood but I think in 20-30 yrs the CF shafts will be the main shaft, and those that will have wood in 30 yrs are the minority.
I understand that it is very hard to jump ship, some of the wood shaft players are still convinced that their wooded shafts is better than CF but its all in their heads I believe. You know sometimes its very very difficult to leave something that you've believed for all of your life, its not easy to let go, thats basically it.
I would like to respectfully disagree, my good sir.
CF has emerged as an alternative, but I don't feel that it is the sole future. It's been out a for while and after observing that some pros have eschewed CF after a trial period and have gone back to wood indicates to me, at least, that there is something about the feeling of good shaftwood that just can't be replaced.
Maple is used in guitars, violins and all types of resonating instruments. It has been used traditionally and overwhelmingly continues to be used today. There have been synthetics and CF "performance" alternatives that have been introduced among those instruments, but they have not been able to usurp the place that maple has held.
I feel that your cue is your instrument. It is more than just a tool. It has a resonance and harmonic component that when it is mated to your sensibility and hand, it just feels right. It is something that synthetic materials cannot replicate.
I don't agree when someone introduces the "whatabout golf clubs...?" comparison. In golf, the use of synthetics helps to hit the ball further, and hitting further shortens the hole for the player. On a 9' table, we don't need to hit the ball any harder than good solid maple can already produce. We do miss the touch, sensitivity and feeling that is lost when synthetics are used, however.
I think CF is more than just a fad, but I don't think it's the only future. Maple shafts are not going to disappear like when Big Bertha came to town.
Humbly and respectfully,
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