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Dominiak Dominator laminated shafts are pretty stiff. Their parent company is a lumber mill in upstate new york that will sell blanks and such. I had a shaft made for me by Ryan from Mueller's catalog (Rat Cues) and it is quite stiff coming from that company. initially had it at 12.75. After...

I thought I read somewhere in one of their adds that Mezz uses XTC material for their high performance shaft ferrules. $12 seems a bit high for XTC? Maybe some special construction inside? Used to have an XTC ferrule on a Lucasi break cue cue. Played kinda soft. Never played with a...

My point was that slate was super heavy and from what I know quite expensive to shape and ship and might be slightly dented by pool balls. I was thinking it might even be cheaper to use the super material.

G-10 for table? This thread reminded me of a conversation I had with some other players about denting tables when the balls came off the table and landed on the table again or when somebody takes the cue ball and smashes the head ball on a rack to make it stay in place. It came up that tables...

I thought the shaft played very well and was well constructed. Did you mean the product was poor only in the joint adapter or as a whole? I was hearing stuff online that they had a special adapter changing tool and that it was dangerous to change the joint without it. On another note, I was...

I checked my shaft after your reply, looking to see if I could remove the initial joint adapter, but I didn't see any seam. I emailed Seyberts.com and confirmed they had installed a permanent joint to the shaft, so it's a no go. Thanks for the information anyway. If anybody is interested...

Hello, Does anybody know if the 5/16 x 14 flat faced adapter for the universal smartshaft will fit into a Joss/schon butt? Also, how dangerous is it to replace an adapter without the special tool? Thanks, Luong Iowa