Recent content by Althair

Here's a way to record deflection off the center short rail, shooting from the headspot. Rub a little bit of chalk onto the nose of the short rail, putting perhaps 5 inches on each side of center. Mark a 10" piece of Scotch tape with a line across the center (so line is less than 1"). Place...

Unpacked a refinished butt shipped by Richard Hsu of RJH Custom Cues today. Here's some photos:

I have shipped to and from RJH CUSTOM CUES in Brooklyn and my home in Atlanta for years. I learned from Richard Hsu to enclose valuable cues or shafts in very inexpensive PVC tubing available at Home Depot and Lowes etc. I wrap cues in clean packing paper and then use foam or bubble wrap to...

Up until yesterday I had two versions of the app on my iPhone: The original from over 5 years ago with no graph except horizontal bars indicating 0—10 on various indicators. And a new version from 2025 with a circular graph in addition to now vertical bars. In some ways I preferred the...

He's a one man operation. Takes about 2 months to makes a Hsunami. If wait is 5 months that means he's getting orders faster than he can fulfill them. love Jacoby cues. Your desire is what it is but is also self contradicting. Kielwood is torrified. That drives all moisture out of the...

Richard's expertise, selection of wood, and a long slow bit by bit grinding down of the shaft to your desired specs. He let's a week or two pass before putting a shaft on the lathe again.

They make Radial and pretty much every other normal pin type plus offer fabulous selection of widths.

My Rhino shaft fits Uni-loc damn near perfectly.

Won't a heavier Kielwood shaft deflect more than a lighter one? As for builders, Hsu is a great player, a great man, and a great businessman. Once you purchase from him, he will be there for you for the life of the product.

While I presume I purchased from Amazon, I can't find a record of my purchase and therefore can't seem to leave a review. Also some pics I put up from the new App show the question I posted to you earlier: arrow pointing right but tip steer indicating Left 🤔. Congratulations on the new...

Yes but you can shoot long shots too. I think that you should get into regular stance and just lay your bridge hand a few inches away from the side of cueball so only difference is no bridge. Then advance on to open bridge and closed bridge and see how results change. But yes, cue ball needs...

I really like my DigiCue Blue but noticed some mixed reviews on Amazon. Mine is 6 years old and recently has become inconsistent about recording every shot, but really remains very useful. So what if it does not register each one: Just close the app and restart and it might get better. Or if...

Just want to add...and it's only been a few days...that I'm finding it difficult to transfer my improved scores on follow through to real game (practice) situations. I show some improvement but the four 10s in a row hasn't recurred yet. Still, during a zoom lesson with Bryan Mitchell of...

Just want to clarify after rereading post...Initially there's no object ball. You just shoot the cueball into a pocket. When I scored 10 4x in a row earlier yesterday, I was shooting cueball into third diamond and banking it into the side pocket next to me. Starting tomorrow I'll be resuming...