Cue Extension vs. Shaft Extension
- Thread starter newcuer
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For me personally, I'm 6' tall with orangutan arms and prefer a long cue/bridge.
I shoot with a Jacoby cue and shaft and had them both made to 31" - then added a 6" extension in the middle.
I have a tried a couple of butt extensions before, but prefer the shaft extension.
That's me though.
I shoot with a Jacoby cue and shaft and had them both made to 31" - then added a 6" extension in the middle.
I have a tried a couple of butt extensions before, but prefer the shaft extension.
That's me though.
Logic wold say that a cue extension added to the bottom of a cue butt is for reach only- a long bridge substitute and an extension added between the butt and shaft would be for continuous play with that cue.
This will probably make no sense but here goes ,I hold the cue at the very end I play with a 4' mid cue ext it feels just like a longer cue when trying rear cue ext it feels like trying to shoot with a javelin IMHO
I would say the real answer is. It would depend on where you want the balance of the cue to be.
Here's the solution I found. It assumes that you want to use the extension full time.
I have a (plastic) butt extension with an aluminum pin. It weighs only 2.5 ounces. The cue's rubber bumper is removed from the cue and the extension screws into the threads made for the bumper. The bumper now screws into the extension instead. I removed the cue's weight bolt and the cue now weighs 19.5 ounces - same as before the extension - and the balance is identical to the original balance.