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IMHO, it's gonna be a tough sell because: (1) 12mm is too small for the average pool cue, so a snooker cue repair guy might want them, (2) With all the laminated tips on the market, installation of solid tips are falling by the way-side, (3) The longer you've had them, the more they're drying...

I can't speak for the strength of Kamui tips or Predator ferrules, but it sounds to me like your friend is flirting with danger. I have replaced countless cracked ferrules (including Predators), and *every* time it's been because of a thin tip. I tell my customers not to let their tip shoulder...

Some shafts have threaded inserts (5/16-14, 5/16-18, Uni-loc, etc.) and some just have a threaded hole in the wood (3/8-10, Radial, etc.). Each type gives a distinctive feel. Each type have pros and cons. The one con to a threaded hole in the shaft is that over time they tend to loosen up...

Sorry to hijack the thread, but... There's a very simple truth to miscues that many players refuse to believe: If you 1) have a decent tip and 2) chalk the tip enough to grip the cue ball, miscues are almost 100% the fault of a bad stroke. Fancy tips and magical chalk isn't going to change the...

Tip thickness does effect the feel of the hit: a brand new tip will hit softer and as it wears down and/or is ground down the hit will get firmer. But, I wouldn't recommend letting the side thickness (aka shoulder) get smaller than the thickness of a nickel. Unless you also want to risk cracking...

I've been running a large pool league for almost 20 years now (Wow, has it really been that long!). Along the way, I've picked things up here and there, and created some things myself. One thing I discovered was how to create a round-robin schedule without the use of a scheduling program. With...

What makes the sound of a cue? Is it the tip, the ferrule, the shaft, the joint, the wood, and/or the construction method? The short answer is: Yes.

Yes, it's possible to make one cue feel just like another, but it's not an easy task. A cue's feel is determined by every single piece used to make it. Furthermore, two identically built cues, using the exact same materials could feel differently due to subtle differences in the densities of the...

Paul Mottey Cue Value? I'm thinking of adding this Paul Mottey to my collection. I've heard his name many times, and I know he makes very nice cues. I've never seen one in real life. I'm just not sure about values. I did a Google search and found quite a few Mottey's. Big prices! That's okay if...

I use BobCAD v24, and I think it's great! Then again, I haven't used any other CAD/CAM programs, so maybe there's something better out there? I'm not a school-trained machinist - I just learned by trial and error, and watched the training DVD's. Five years later, the only two things I'm limited...

I ran into the *EXACT* problem on a third-hand, worn out CNC machine once years ago, and finally figured it out. After checking everything everybody is talking about above, I noticed that the end mill bit wobbled just a tiny bit when I started up the spindle. There was just a hint of slop in the...

Yowser! That's cue looks nice. Is it for sale?

A machinist friend told me years ago, whenever you can use a live center, use it. They were invented to stabilize the material being machined in order to make a safer and more precise cut/pass/turn/whatever. Of course, depending on the material, the machine, and the operation being performed...

Never heard of that method before. Seems odd to me, but what do I know? I can see that the dampened leather would probably cut easier, but I wonder if there's any amount of swelling due to the moisture, then shrinkage later as it dries. Then again, we're just talking a tiny bit of water, not...

Yup. Many times a person's preconceived ideas will prevent them from progressing. I'm sure every cue guy has had more than one customer come to them wanting their shaft turned down because it's too big and they can't get any draw. "My old cue was 12.75mm and I could get all the English in the...

There are a couple different kinds of Elforyn, one purposefully has streaks in it to look like the grain in real Ivory. I don't know what they do to make those streaks. I'd assume they add something to the molten plastic just before they form it (I've seen stuff like that on "How It's Made" - I...

Call Royce at OB Cues. Here's why: I had a customer a few years ago who wanted an OB for his 5280. I assumed it was a Radial pin cuz it looked like it. I made the shaft and it threaded on very snuggly. A few months later he came back cuz the shaft cracked just above the joint rings. I called...

Those black specks are actually the inner structure of the ferrule. Many different types of ferrules are rolled fabric impregnated with plastic. The fabric inside makes the plastic stronger than it would be alone, just like rebar inside concrete. Phenolic rod is strengthened by either canvas or...

I guess we're just gonna have to agree to disagree. For instance, I switched to an engineered shaft quite a few years ago because I liked how it felt when I struck the cue ball. My brain determined that the tactile sensation that traveled up my arm when I shot with the shaft felt good. As I...

To Pre-Flag Master: I must have misunderstood you, because in the 2nd sentence of your original post you wrote: "I think it partly has to do with less weight - wood is lighter than most ferrule materials." I took that to mean you thought the *weight difference* changes the feel. But, you must...