The history of predator low defection.. interesting video

[Patrick Johnson]

How important is the very stiff conical taper in making the shaft low deflection?

Mostly irrelevant - just along for the feel.

pj
chgo

 

[dendweller]

I took apart a couple of my personal 314-1 that had broken (due to my anger of smashing on the table) and saw how they were built personally. This was around 2000. I still have one that I had bandsawed in half lengthwise in my basement. (not near me now)

i've owned all iterations of the 314 and still use the pre-cat as my main player. the wood in the 3rd gen was of poor qua

I have a question for people that have played different versions of the 314, do you see much of a difference in the deflection from the precat to the 3? I have an early one from around 2000, was thinking about getting a newer one. Thanks

 

[skogstokig]

I have a question for people that have played different versions of the 314, do you see much of a difference in the deflection from the precat to the 3? I have an early one from around 2000, was thinking about getting a newer one. Thanks

nope. i've turned mine down to 12.2mm though.

on that topic i saw kaci is back to his old 314-2

 

[middleofnowhere]

I have never bought a Hi-Tech Hype shaft. Maple works for me, when I plsy great it is on me, when I play bad it is on me.

Pool is a game of skill, not who has best tools.

JMHO.

With all due respect, I saw Parica lose several thousand. The spot was he had to use a house cue and not his own cue.
The way it came about was he was banging balls around on a table and a guy he had just beat said, " I'll play you the same game but you have to use that cue". Parica agreed.

Big mistake. It flipped what was a pretty close game with Parica having the edge to a lopsided loss. The cue made that much difference.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I have a question for people that have played different versions of the 314, do you see much of a difference in the deflection from the precat to the 3? I have an early one from around 2000, was thinking about getting a newer one. Thanks

No. I’ve had multiples of pre cat 314, cat 314-1, 314-2, z-1, z-2 (skipped all the -3’s), Revo 11.8, 12.4, 12.9. I personally think the whole family lineage squirts almost the same (and significantly less than anything else).