Any of you aiming guys switch over to the carbon fiber shafts? Results or opinions about them?
Any of you aiming guys switch over to the carbon fiber shafts? Results or opinions about them?
James played with a mezz before he used the SW.I have not switched nor do I intend to at the moment.
I've been allowing for deflection for years and it has become part of my game.
I think that Josh Filler switched to CF and then went back.
James Aranas is trying out a CF Mezz.
Not me but I have tried Revo and BE when I had them here for repair.
They do squirt the cue ball less than maple . Maybe a little less that regular Pred 314. I've had maybe 6-7 here for repair. Re-tips and re-plug/re-thread.
I have yet to see one that is really straight. They all seem to have a little roll on them. Some have spun really wild on the lathe. I was expecting them to roll really true.
A soft tip on them really makes them dead feeling.
Since I'm a wood tinkerer, I made me two reduced end-mass shafts too.
One with carbon fiber tube at the end and one just drilled ( bigger hole than the 314's hole ) with paper micarta ferrule and carbon fiber backing.
The one with carbon fiber tube hits crisper but the deflection reduction isn't much.
The drilled hole only has a lot less cue ball squirt. I can allow a little deflection on an almost straight in shot with the OB frozen on the #2 diamond of the side rail and cue ball about 40 inches away ( one ball away from being frozen ) and get the cue ball go forward and spin to the opposite #3 diamond.
The thing is if you want to really take advantage of the low deflection on heavy english shots, you will need a longer and looser bridge. Not hard to learn but it is that way. If you bridge short, you're impeding the tip from deflecting off the cue ball .
But, I think CF shafts are here to stay. They are ugly to me . I cannot see it peripherally .
Because they squirt the cue ball a lot less, your inside english shots might have to be aimed a differently ( on short distances ). They grab the ball a lot more than they deflect off the tip.
James played with a mezz before he used the SW.
I didn't know that.
I just heard that he was trying out the Mezz hybrid pro.