Sorry, just saw this. Yes, the drawing is of a concave tip (which is what I answered about in my post).are you sure you guys are using convex and concave properly. patrick???
a normal cue tip is shaped sort of convex.
pj
chgo
Sorry, just saw this. Yes, the drawing is of a concave tip (which is what I answered about in my post).are you sure you guys are using convex and concave properly. patrick???
a normal cue tip is shaped sort of convex.
Truthfully, for 99.9% of us it makes no difference
I took a plastic tip sander and heated it with a heat gun, and made my own shape.I didn’t want to create new thread but here’s my result on experimenting with this on the same cue/tip
Nickel-
Pros: Better pocketing ability, more forgiving. I feel that everything goes in with that tip shape.
Cons: Can miscue when go offset to draw the ball and overall less spin and less draws on the cue ball even on low speed shots.
Dime-
The opposite. Being you can shoot at extreme offset and draw easily with power or even low speed draws. I don’t miscue with this shape
however the setback is that sometimes you miss shots with how the tip spins the ball.
All of this from personal testing. So you choose! Do you want more accuracy or more offset cue ball shooting and easier draw on the cue ball. I’m still undecided.
I think that's a false choice - max spin is better with a rounder tip, but a flatter tip isn't "more accurate" (more forgiving). See my post #50 in this thread.Do you want more accuracy or more offset cue ball shooting and easier draw on the cue ball.
Truthfully, for 99.9% of us it makes no differenc
I posted based purely on my own personal experiment and thats how I feel.I think that's a false choice - max spin is better with a rounder tip, but a flatter tip isn't "more accurate" (more forgiving). See my post #50 in this thread.
In other words, I think the rounder the tip the better.
pj
chgo
The most common reason players like flatter tips is that they believe slight stroke errors won't have as big an effect because a flatter tip hits closer to their intended tip/ball contact point than a rounder one would. That's technically true, but the difference is so tiny it's insignificant (as I illustrate in my diagram in post #50 of this thread).I'm unsure of the difference between "More accurate" and "More forgiving"
The most common reason players like flatter tips is that they believe slight stroke errors won't have as big an effect because a flatter tip hits closer to their intended tip/ball contact point than a rounder one would. That's technically true, but the difference is so tiny it's insignificant (as I illustrate in my diagram in post #50 of this thread).
Maybe you meant something else...?
pj
chgo
Of course one would (even me) - if it mattered and didn't cost too much.Why would one NOT want to hit “CLOSER to their INTENDED” target?
I'm in shock by this statement. Nobody here claiming that a shape is a big impediment, but even FOR YOU I'm sure you have one tip shape that you prefer and makes you perform better. I'm 100% certain that when you install a new tip you ask the guy to make it a certain shape, if that's the case then I don't understand your statement lol.If you think tip shape is a big impediment to your game, you probably have other things that need significantly more work than your tip.
I'm in shock by this statement. Nobody here claiming that a shape is a big impediment, but even FOR YOU I'm sure you have one tip shape that you prefer and makes you perform better. I'm 100% certain that when you install a new tip you ask the guy to make it a certain shape, if that's the case then I don't understand your statement lol.
Each person wants to experiment with shapes to find his own, its not so much of an impediment as in finding what you like/prefer. again I'm baffled by what you just said honestly. The ONLY way that your statement would make sense is if you come back and tell me that you don't care what tip shape the guy who installs your tip does, in other words you'd answer the guy "Hey man just shape it anyway you want". Then I'd understand your statement.
Good so tip shape is something you consider when you install a tip....then your previous comment made no sense but lets go past it.I am saying that I can play with either shape and adjust.
I prefer a larger tip than most people and I prefer a nickel.
It doesn’t take very long to figure out what you prefer.
It just takes hitting a few racks of balls.
I am already old.Good so tip shape is something you consider when you install a tip....then your previous comment made no sense but lets go past it.
You may hit few racks to figure out what you like, then grow older and try new shape and guess what there's a chance you will like another thing just like any other thing in life. All I am saying is that it is ok to hit few racks and find what you like but some other people may dig deeper into it for the fun of it, no impediment there at all.
Yes. It is only a slightly larger radius Then a dime. What so funny about it?Penny radius...lol
Jaden
nothing really. Just that it comes down to personal preference. quibbling over whether you like it closer to dime or nickel seems a little like deciding whether or not in n out or five guys have better burgers...Yes. It is only a slightly larger radius Then a dime. What so funny about it?