I like mine the radius of a 3 cent piece
Dime Radius or Nickel Radius?
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We have a local friend who is a very good player (777 fargo), and he suggested it. So we gave it a go and it's worked out well for us.
I shape my SS Black Kamui to a dime knowing it will be a nickel after a few hours of play.
As others have said here, I doubt that it worked out well because of the tip shape - my guess is that changing the shape made you pay a little closer attention to where you're hitting the CB. That's better if true, because then you can continue doing it and improving.
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No, actually your wrong about paying closer attention, we always pay close attention and we are very structured as we train all week, only compete on some weekends.
I always had the impression you coach and your son plays. How do you know if he takes a mental rep off?
In my own personal experience, I can tell I’m not giving full focus when the cue ball reacts differently than expected. For example, I want to play a shot down the long rail with low and outside, but the cueball comes directly across the table. I might have made the shot , but there’s a difference between ACCURACY and PRECISION. It’s time to buckle down and focus because I’m getting lazy.
I dunno, maybe Jin’s a robot, but I would think that you might run into scenarios where focus can get a little lax.
Bob,Blame it on inflation.Why does the penny never get any respect?
And why is the one worth twice as much actually the smaller one?Why does the penny never get any respect?
And I've been scraping my tip with a nickle for an hour and if anything it is actually concave now.
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Keep scraping. Eventually it will have a nickel radius curvature. As for convex or concave, it probably doesn't matter.
Spoken like a balanced individual.
If changing your tip didn't make you pay closer attention, then you are doing it wrong
OK, I skipped over about sixty posts, wouldn't want facts to interfere with my opinion! I played my best pool long ago with tips that were flat in the center with rounded edges. Play with the tip awhile and it will shape to where it needs to be.
Now, when we lay a nickel and a dime side by side we see a pretty major difference in size. However, if you were to start cutting on both, cut down until you are looking at the part that makes contact on one side of a tip, there is only a tiny difference in shape! In truth, the difference between a dime and a nickel radius is much ado about nothing. When I leave my tip alone awhile it settles to something more resembling a quarter radius.
I really think I should go back to the flat center and rounding the sides just a little then let the tip find it's own shape. This may not work with layered tips though, I don't know.
Hu
Now, when we lay a nickel and a dime side by side we see a pretty major difference in size. However, if you were to start cutting on both, cut down until you are looking at the part that makes contact on one side of a tip, there is only a tiny difference in shape! In truth, the difference between a dime and a nickel radius is much ado about nothing. When I leave my tip alone awhile it settles to something more resembling a quarter radius.
I really think I should go back to the flat center and rounding the sides just a little then let the tip find it's own shape. This may not work with layered tips though, I don't know.
Hu
Was tempted to try that bell shape with the ferrule and tip. Specifically illegal in some rule set years ago when I considered doing it. I don't remember which now though. Some snooker players still put an oversized tip on and beat it to crap letting it mushroom well outside the ferrule, I think getting much the same effect as the bell ferrule and tip.
Hu
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I also prefer a dime radius , the nickel radius doesn't register as being able to work in my mind for whatever reason .
