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What kind of taper?

A few years ago one of the local players infamously used an original Balabushka to move the tally beads above a table.

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Almost everything we buy is mass produced and machine made. Perhaps the few things we can buy that are customized are a bit of rebellion against this fact.

I bought one of these out of curiosity. It was fun to fool with. Not very useful.

Another potential winner. More details please.

Thank you. I remember us talking about this long ago, and quickly did my own similar shaft. Later modified to have a hollow end like Patrick's. Which diameter Revo did you choose?

I have another potential winner. I remembered that Oscar Dominguez used to play with a very small shaft. I don't know what he plays with now, but he sometimes used an 8mm shaft as shown in the attached link from 12 years ago. How low the squirt was would depend on the ferrule material, it's...

It's good to see a fellow experimenter. I've tried fishing poles, aluminum rod, etc. I even tried super ball material as a tip to see if I could increase the miscue limit. It was horrible.

Sort of. The laws of physics impose a limit. But cost isn't really what this thread is about. It's about the theoretical limit of what can be done with a playable shaft. Cost, "feel", etc don't matter.

This is interesting. I thought I remembered you playing with something similar to what Patrick Johnson uses. What made you change?

http://jjcue.com/cognoscenticues.htm

No need. Leave it hollow like Cuetec does.

Uh..."what if" thinking is the root of discovery. https://hatrabbits.com/en/what-if/

Thanks. I've included "useable" because it's possible to make a shaft that would cause very low squirt, but at the expense of other things that would make it unuseable. Aerogel, cotton, etc. P.S...

Thanks. I've seen this, as well as many of the other wonderful things you share gratis. And I bought your book long ago. Any thoughts on lowest useable low-squirt shafts for normal play?

Current winner. Any other takers?

Sure, but look at the improvements in equipment in other activities that require accuracy: golf, shooting, etc. Those great players would've been happy to use today's best, most accurate gear, wouldn't they? They achieved greatness--not because of their gear--but in spite of it. "You learn to...

Implied in the title to this thread. The question is about the lowest useable.