How straight is your shaft?

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Cadillacjacques

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How straight is considered straight obviously 0 runout is the goal. Ive been working on this shaft for couple weeks. It was almost a quarter inch out. I got it with in .005
 

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I really don't think having that straight of a shaft matters. If in you pre-shot warm up you are constantly lining up with the exact same contact spot and don't spin the shaft you should be fine. The minute you rotate the shaft the pre-shot routine should be done again
 
Zerksies said:
I really don't think having that straight of a shaft matters. If in you pre-shot warm up you are constantly lining up with the exact same contact spot and don't spin the shaft you should be fine. The minute you rotate the shaft the pre-shot routine should be done again
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If rotating your shaft is making you miss shots, throw it away.

Throw all your stuff away.

Nobody on the planet has ever missed a ball because they rotated their shaft.

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So what I'm really trying to get at is . Is there a standard the Cue makers try to stick to . I get the shaft can move from day to day with atmospheric changes. Is there a thresh hold you will not accept in the straightness of your shafts.

P.S. Love the all the cheeky answers. No shortage of that in the billards world. You definitely meet some caricatures in this field whether it's for pleasure or business.
 
Cadillacjacques said:
So what I'm really trying to get at is . Is there a standard the Cue makers try to stick to . I get the shaft can move from day to day with atmospheric changes. Is there a thresh hold you will not accept in the straightness of your shafts.

P.S. Love the all the cheeky answers. No shortage of that in the billards world. You definitely meet some caricatures in this field whether it's for pleasure or business.
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As straight as you can get it, but gotta be realistic.. wood moves regularly...
 
A cuemaker can see and feel any curvature while it spinning in the lathe. As for me personally as long as it doesn't flop I'm not worried about it. As has been said wood moves, I've always said we take a piece of natural wood tun it down in a parabolic taper and then beat the hell out of pool balls with and expecting it to stay perfectly straight is a stretch.
 
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