Recent content by Straightpool_99

For pool I don't think it's critical to have an extremely loose grip. When you're playing straight rail carom there are shots where if the grip and wrist are not lose, I don't think it's even possible to make the shot consistently, your speed will be off. You are killing your feel on the ultra...

Most english snooker and pool cues are made by splicing in blocks of wood to the butt section, gluing and clamping and then planing off the excess to make it round. In theory it should be possible to repair a shaft with a huge splinter cut out of it the same way. Would it feel the same? I doubt...

I don't believe there is any way to make a leather tip hard enough to damage a cue ball. I've tried a lot of methods, pressing, boiling, boiling and pressing, soaking in all sorts of liquids. Not to damage cue balls obviously, but to make the perfect jump tip. I haven't even found a way to make...

I don't think proper phenolic tips do this. I do remember G10 tips doing this. For a while cueballs had cracks, half moon marks and dents. Even the sound of breaking with a G10 is horrendous. With a monster break it sounds almost like glass breaking. G10 can allegedly have different hardness, so...

I'm shocked and apalled that nobody on here has asked to hold a hundo yet, as is tradition on Azb when someone tells a story about getting hustled or got the bite put on them. That sucks about your cue, but if I remember rightly this Scnooter guy was the person who would bet giant bags of...

Dreadful stroke. With fundamentals like that, it's just a matter of time before you miss. Maybe he has a legitimate complaint against the person moving, but if his fundamentals were solid, he probably wouldn't have missed.

Well, I'm not sure about the US, but I personally own a 760 in powder blue, so they do or did make them. I live in Europe.

This has never been proven and even if it was somehow true, most people are playing with soft tips on their carbon shafts, anyway, negating whatever small effect could be discerned from the shaft. You want a "more efficient" transfer of power, put on a rock hard tip. It will do more for the...

You have the right idea. Pool is about enjoyment. And yes, his table looks like a bog standard GC (5 inch pocket), it will probably be easier than yours, if for no other reason that the shelf is more shallow on the GC but the opening being larger will also contribute.

That will help you move the cue faster. The cueball is gone too fast for the grip on the cue to matter. It has been proven many times. Sure it does p=mv. The problem is that as the weight increases your ability to move the cue fast decreases. So there is a weight beyond which it is not...

It's resistant to minor dings. If you hit one too hard or just the wrong way, it breaks or chips and repairs are not straight forward or guaranteed to work. It probably shouldn't happen if you are careful with your cue, but it can happen. I guess the cue being solid has value if you chuck it in...

He said the tip job cost more than the cue. The wrap is probably double the cue price maybe even treble and the warping fix I have no idea. He also mentioned retapering the shaft... It won't be worth it, mostly because he started with a shaft that wasn't all that great and had a big crack in it...

Apple green looks good in pictures, but I worry it might be a bit bright in real life. I had powder blue on my table when I had one. It's a subtle color that goes well with many interiors and is not harsh on the eyes. They played World Championships on it back in the day: If I had a mansion...

Some people do not have passcodes on their phones, or have ones that are ridiculously easy to guess, like 1234 or similar. Also, in close families, people sometimes borrow each others phones. What is an apology without making an attempt of redeeming oneself? Just empty words from people who...

I used to be very naive back in the day. Now I don't trust anyone but myself. As far as I'm concerned all matchups of this sort are rigged, until proven otherwise. It's still despicable and deserving of contempt, though.