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On that bases, most cues don't have ferrules either. The only cues with a true ferrule are Snooker cues, with a brass ferrule. In the world or marketing and hype, it is perception that a ferrule makes a cue have more front end mass and more deflection. It is a play on words. All Carbon cue...

The Revo shafts do have a ferrule.It is just not a normal ferrule like what is used on wood shafts.

Very sad news, but so glad that I got to meet with him several times. RIP Dennis. I have a few great memories with him. Neil

Very sad to hear of Dale passing. I will miss him for sure. RIP Dale and thinking of your family.

Carbon fibre is not guaranteed to be straight either. My carbon cue shafts are not perfectly straight, but are straight enough for pool. The max total error will be in the range of up to a 0.010 inch error , that will be somewhere in the middle of the shaft. The front 8 inches will be within...

What actually happens, is the shaft bounces off the cue ball, while it is being depressed into the table surface. Then the cue is clear of the ball, and the ball free to move from the energy that was imparted to it. LD jump shafts work. It was discovered for me, when I just got my play shaft...

This is my J-100 jump cue. Made from one of my carbon shafts , but with our jump tip material , not a playing tip. The cue weighs 100 grams. All my carbon shafts are LD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJDM04rE-5g&ab_channel=DavidLihou...

Fresh Ca helps. For some ferrules the PU glues do work, or toughened epoxies. 406 loctite for difficult to bond materials works very well, as does the 454. Having Flat surfaces on the ferrule and the tip is important. If the tip can rock even the slightest amount when put against the ferrule...

That is what my J100 jumpcue is. Look youtube for J100 , there are some videos of jump shots with it. Yeah it was lets try this and see what happens. Turned out better than expected. Lighter was better , not the other way around...

The next generation of carbon shafts will be more expensive and play better than a wood cue shaft. Part of that will be vibration dampening technologies within the fibre structure itself. Like low deflection jump cues cues for example with this new technology. Already been made since 2012, but...

I too am looking at other options, mainly because as the technology moves along, buying an replacement MB is either near impossible to get or is horrendously expensive. What interested me with some of the other systems is their software cam packages and their ease of use,(apparently), and the...

Mine had no filling material , and did not require it either. On the last series I made, did add some material near the joint end, for the shaft balance point and to get the shaft weight up to match that of the replacement wood shaft so that the cue balance point remains approximately at the...

If you are sanding/refinishing a carbon shaft, bright shiny will not make it smooth to the feel of the skin. I do not recommend modifying or sanding of any carbon shafts. In my view the carbon shafts actually need more care and attention than wood shafts. So no knocking against the table etc...

For tips it will be fine. They are great little lathes. You can't have too many lathes anyway. Having a small one just for tips and small parts is great. Plus they can do screw cutting and you can easily set up live tooling for threading etc. All good things. Especially if you already have one...

A golf shaft construction for a pool cue shaft does not work. I know, been there done that and it failed. There was a lot of work I did to create the carbon shafts I have been making since 07. Unfortunately, due to health issues, (Not related to composite manufacturing) have had to stop making...

Thanks for the input and the highlighting of some potential limitations. Neil

Is anyone using a Centroid for a router or any cnc machines?If so what are your thoughts? How does Centroid compare to Mach3? Is Mach 4 worth looking at? Any ideas or input will be appreciated. Neil Lickfold

Make sure the thread is concentric in the collar to start with,, so the threading operation is done at the same time as the outer reference. Also face the end, and make the faced end, the glue side, then part off the collar. Check that the thread on the handle is also concentric, and the glue...

I have seen an insert come out like that when the end of the pin bottoms out in the shaft . The ball end of the pin hits the bottom of the hole, and then the joint insert will get jacked out of the hole. It may not be the issue in your situation. But looking down into the joint insert, is there...

Drill with the largest shortest drill for the job that will not cut oversize as the 1st drill. The largest drill will be the most ridgid , like in a set of stub drills, or use a decent sized centre drill 1st. Depending on the wood and grain position, sometimes it will not drill straight even...