Dr. Dave ....

Baby Huey said:
I’ve found that in OP when you need high side spin revolution and low speed for tricky take out of pocket shots, maple performs much better than CF. And in humid conditions even more so. This also holds true for bank shots where to need to hold your cue ball location but throw the object ball to the pocket.
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For me the results are similar but I have a maple shaft bias.😉 Carbon Fiber is great for golf shafts.
 
Baby Huey said:
I’ve found that in OP when you need high side spin revolution and low speed for tricky take out of pocket shots, maple performs much better than CF. And in humid conditions even more so. This also holds true for bank shots where to need to hold your cue ball location but throw the object ball to the pocket.
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Also the tip firmness as well.
 
Baby Huey said:
I’ve found that in OP when you need high side spin revolution and low speed for tricky take out of pocket shots, maple performs much better than CF. And in humid conditions even more so. This also holds true for bank shots where to need to hold your cue ball location but throw the object ball to the pocket.
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What you have experienced isn’t the material of the shaft that caused you to draw this conclusion, but instead the difference in end masses of the cues you happened to use in your comparison.
 
Baby Huey said:
I’ve found that in OP when you need high side spin revolution and low speed for tricky take out of pocket shots, maple performs much better than CF.
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nataddrho said:
What you have experienced isn’t the material of the shaft that caused you to draw this conclusion, but instead the difference in end masses of the cues you happened to use in your comparison.
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I'm pretty sure the spin/speed ratio is entirely determined by how far from center you hit the CB.

pj
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dr_dave said:
No.

For big masse shots, you want a very stiff shaft with a soft tip (and lots of weight in the short butt). That’s why Venom uses a really stiff carbon fiber shaft for these.
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Yes.

To add: A stiffer heavier shaft creates more tangential force on the cue ball which gives it more velocity, and makes it leave the “area of contact” faster. Also a stiffer shaft will oscillate with less amplitude, and won’t bend back as far towards the ball on the first negative cycle. Both of these together reduce the “clearance space” and the probability of a double hit.

Dr Dave probably has a diagram of this somewhere in his material.
 
Baby Huey said:
I’ve found that in OP when you need high side spin revolution and low speed for tricky take out of pocket shots, maple performs much better than CF. And in humid conditions even more so. This also holds true for bank shots where to need to hold your cue ball location but throw the object ball to the pocket.
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Nah it won't produce a higher spin to speed ratio
 
vincett said:
It wont, the wood shaft just allow for a better grip by contacting the cueball by a fraction of milliseconds longer.
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No. This would have much more to do with the tip properties than the material it is sitting on. You are now talking about the compression of wood compared to that of leather, which is significantly lower in durometer.

The miscue limit is about 55% ball radius for pretty much any type of chalked player cue tip, hard or soft, regardless of the cue it is on.

Also, Intermediate players have an accuracy variance of about 5% ball radius (or more), which swamps any tiny variances caused by equipment specifics, especially those caused by microsecond dynamics.
 
To bust some of the myths and misconceptions being repeated in this thread, here's the straight truth for typical pool shots using typical pool equipment:

A wood/carbon-fiber/LD shaft cannot put more spin on the CB.

A hard/soft playing-cue tip cannot put more spin on the CB.

A rounder tip cannot put more spin on the CB.​

Big massé shots are different, where a very stiff shaft on a short and heavy cue with soft tip can help.

Many supporting resources dispelling the myths and misconceptions can be found here:
 
dr_dave said:
To bust some of the myths and misconceptions being repeated in this thread, here's the straight truth for typical pool shots using typical pool equipment:

A wood/carbon-fiber/LD shaft cannot put more spin on the CB.

A hard/soft playing-cue tip cannot put more spin on the CB.

A rounder tip cannot put more spin on the CB.​

Big massé shots are different, where a very stiff shaft on a short and heavy cue with soft tip can help.

Many supporting resources dispelling the myths and misconceptions can be found here:
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Do I sense a Mythbuster video in the making? (y)👌

pj
chgo
 
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