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Great suggestions! I'll give all that a try and will report back.

I've done a lot of tinkering over the years. The most interesting thing was using a laser to shine a line down on the ball and length of the cue to my hand a couple of years ago (posted some youtubes on that). It helped me find a true alignment. I haven't played much since then and am trying...

Those are two good points. You're saying the spin/speed ratio will be higher for draw due to friction slowing the cb down more by the time it gets to the rail. Also, angling the cue down for draw probably puts more masse on the ball than the same error on a follow shot, causing general mayhem...

I use a closed bridge for all shots. I would say there is no daylight in my grip but it is very relaxed, if not loose, anyway. I work very hard to keep my hand/forearm as relaxed as possible and my elbow still. I find that when I keep that elbow still for power shots they go in. If I let the...

Has Dr. Dave or anyone else shown why that is? Yes, things break down with more power for sure.

If I put the cue ball on the head spot and shoot straight down table with speed the majority of shots will come back and hit my tip close to dead on. I figure good mechanics. If I hit the same shot with a good amount of draw and with speed I'm not sure what will happen. I might get three in a...

Ditto. Regards!

I like you Larry but you never take a stand on anything, except maybe cue valuation. You see the forum as a place where people shouldn't ruffle any feathers. I see it as a resource where good information can be found. That requires calling out BS. CTE is, flat out, BS. It's been shown...

Minor comment. The two biggest CTE proponents are banned from posting here (for good reason). If CTE works it is not how and why Stan thinks it does. That has been demonstrated over and over by many of us yet the CTE proponents seem to be immune to reason. This is why newcomers are confused...

I believe I was using it correctly. I'm the only one playing in my basement so that's a very different situation than what you are doing. Maybe I'll try again, but like Tom just said it might be quicker to pull the hand vacuum out.

Wow. I bought mine 10 or 15 years ago for $25.

You bought 4?

I'm going to add one more to the list: The Simonis X-1 for removing chalk from the cloth. I've concluded that it cannot be doing anything because I've never seen any buildup of chalk on the pad other than a nominal amount when breaking it in. If the chalk isn't adhering to the X-1 pad then...

You've gotten good advice so far (imo, non instructor). The thing to realize is that nobody can ultimately figure out what is right for you. Relaxed is always good. It's up to you to figure out how to achieve that (and, actually, to realize what "relaxed" really means). It just takes time to...

Sounds about right but I still think the high end and rare cues will still be desirable. I'm talking about the $25,000 cues, not $2,500. Now, if Denny Glenn liquidates that's going to hurt values for awhile at least. I'm looking at the stamp collecting market that fell apart completely but...

I'm saying that if you use something that significantly reduces throw you may find it changes over the course of an evening. For example, when I tested Novus 1 for throw it was initially around 1 inch. After 25 or so trials the throw went up to 4 or 5 inches. That was some years ago so the...

Just be aware that whatever you use as a trial will be stuck in your cleaner pads. I had been using Novus 1 and had to replace all my pads when I found out it was no good to use. It only takes a little bit to mess things up, IMO.

In addition, the amount of throw can change dramatically over the course of an evening of play.

lol. Let's start over. We are on the same side. You mentioned that Maguire's takes an hour of play to wear off and I said Aramith plays well right out of the ball cleaner. You agreed. Now the confusion: Apparently, it was buckshot who duplicated my throw test and he said they threw the...

Please see post number 34. I was reacting to your comment about McGuires, not Brill. I was the one who did the throw test and I believe you're right about buckshot. He said McGuire's threw consistently which is at odds with your comment about the 1 hour break in period.