Search results

No so much the yellowing, as more the final hardness of the finish. Some are claiming numbers I feel are much higher than their price reflects.

Well it is branded different, and a couple of them say they are UV proof and don’t require an extra UV proof finish like West System does.

So I’ve tried to find all relevant threads, and to search for good answers. What I’ve found is probably a bunch of outdated information. I’m not gonna link to one particular product, but it seems that the vast majority of new epoxy cast/mold products are claiming to be pure 100% clear when...

Always easier said than done. I have a Schon with a messed up pin that I’ve been trying to remove for a week now.

Care to share a picture of this “bolt”? 3/8x10 is only for cues, not a mass produced thread for just ‘bolts’.

They don’t guess. They have a computer overlay to help get it correct.

Take some time to check your cues alignment. You may have your vision centered, it the cue could be shifted. Do you feel you can get more side spin one way or the other? One can be aligned center ball, but still be shifted through the axis of the ball. Center ball and center tip is aligned...

I understand eliminating the possible debris on the cue, but what’s the correlation between oil and super glue for finish bonding that makes it not viable for tips? Far too many threads on super glue finishes that mention oil prep. I find that a little skin oil from my nose rubbed on the tip and...

Swoop strokes work but are useless, but not for that reason. Think of swing planes in golf. Coming across the ball adds the side spin to make it hook/slice. The distance a golf ball goes allows for that side spin to have an effect. The cue ball doesn’t have room to get that extra spin to matter...

I’ve complained of that issue since I tried an LD shaft. I can only assume it’s a combo between it’s LD properties, and front end materials. There are some that work, that pros demonstrate routinely in matches. And some that never work. Or is it all stroke? I can jump full cue no problem...

It doesn’t matter what their records are, it matters what their wins amounted to. Thourough ass kickings change your rating quicker than just barely winning.

I believe someone predicted this outcome on the first page....oh....it was me. Darn.

Let’s just say that when I could feel nearly every layer transition in the McDermott, and their little exposed carbon weave felt like washboard roads. Their product/methods need tweaking.

If we want to start with the price argument, let’s talk quality. I tried everyone I could, multiple times in August at the APA Nationals. The McDermott and Meucci are the roughest, non smooth shafts in this carbon composit market. They feel like an unfishished product. The Jacoby and Revo felt...

Those are the keyholes you see. Nothing that determines age or value. The lock can only be seen from the inside of the drawer.

To be fair, we don’t see any locks. Or anything that could show its real age/value. But from my history of watching Antiques Roadshow, that is not an antique. Might be a quality piece, but I don’t see anything that dictates antique. I’d say anything under $500 is a good deal. There should be...

A cue with a stiff hit needs far more than a pin change to make it a soft hit. A cue with a soft hit, is nearly impossible to change into a stiff hit. The hit of the cue is the same regardless of what the pin is. The feel of the cue changes based upon pin because it changes the balance point...

Now youre changing your tune. First you said it changed the hit. I said it did not. Now you’ve removed your usage of ‘hit’ and are now focusing on the balance point. Changing the balance point of the cue doesn’t change its hit. And as far as I am aware, no one has actually done any true robotic...

Am I allowed to place weights behind the g-10 pin and maintain the same balance point?

Both of those shops are well enough off, I’m sure they could make a cue with those pins and still get the same hit as their normal cues. Sure they’d have to modify certain procedures, but a Ebony/Ebony SW does not hit like a BEM/BEM does. Even with their 3/8-11 pins.