cue weight sos

Are there any obvious differences to your other cue? For example the pin (steel instead of G10?), the wood your cue is made of or the type of the shaft? If not, the forearm could be cored with a heavier wood, which also gives the cue a more forward-balanced feel.
If you've been playing with a very rear-balanced cue, then anything more forward-balanced may feel lighter in your hands (especially in your back hand).

Take 3 bowls. Fill one with warm water, one with cold water and the last one with room temperature water. Put one hand in the warm bowl, the other one in the cold bowl and after a few seconds put both hands in the room temperature bowl. What are you feeling?

Julian

Catalin said:

Take 3 bowls. Fill one with warm water, one with cold water and the last one with room temperature water. Put one hand in the warm bowl, the other one in the cold bowl and after a few seconds put both hands in the room temperature bowl. What are you feeling?

Julian

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I don't know. I pee'd my britches before I could finish. lol

At your age that's not surprising. You should still see your doctor.

Julian

It's like a horse trailer. Put one horse up front and your truck's bumper is dragging but put two all the way back behind the axle and you can barely keep the rear wheels of the truck on the ground.

The second is of course a heavier load but the first feels heavier....parked anyhow.

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If the balance point of your cue is exactly where you hold it with your back hand, all of the weight of the cue will be carried by that one hand. As the balance point moves forward, some of the weight of the cue is carried by your bridge hand and less by your back hand. To the extent that you judge weight by your back hand, it will seem lighter even though it is not.

evergruven said:

got a new cue..for some reason, the cue feels, and hits light to me,
but it actually weighs more (both shaft and butt), and has a more forward-facing balance point than what I've been using-
how might this be?
thanks for any suggestions..

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As previous poster stated its all about the balance-point. Forward-balance puts more weight in your left-arm/hand(if rt. handed) so cue feels lighter. I prefer cues this way. Hate butt heavy cues.

I have a break cue that has a large diameter butt, and even though it's 2 oz heavier than my player, it always feels lighter to me.

evergruven said:

got a new cue..for some reason, the cue feels, and hits light to me,
but it actually weighs more (both shaft and butt), and has a more forward-facing balance point than what I've been using-
how might this be?
thanks for any suggestions..

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Your cue is in good company....my Szamboti was 20.25 oz....most people thought it was
18 oz....I like a cue that’s heavier than it feels......balance!

So just get used to it

Cues are just like women. The perfect weight at first and then they start to pack on the weight like a cannibal is fattening them up for a feast.

Imo.....

Weight proportionality of the cue’s anatomy, i.e., shaft and butt weight.

Take your other cue(s) and individually weigh the shaft(s) & butt.
Divide the weight of the shaft by the assembled weight of the cue.

Do the same thing for your new cue. Also check the pin thread for
differences, see if there was a cheater (weight) bolt in the cue(s),
compare the taper length of the cue shafts and lastly, verify the tip
is the same hardness as your cues. All of these can be a factor but
the weight relationship of the shaft to cue butt enormously influences
the feel of the cue. The best ratio falls within a 5% range (18% to 23%).

The cues I’ve ordered were built using 20% as the min. and 22% as max.
for the shaft/cue weight proportionality. And the cue-makers did not rely
on sticking a weight bolt in the butt either. Two of my cues are sans any
weight bolts as it would have made the cue heavier than what I specified.

Take a close look at the weight relationship of your cues because it affects
the balance, that in turn affects the feel, which in turn affects your tactile
sense of the stroke. Cue anatomy involves a lot more than just screwing
two halves it together as any cue-maker will confirm. The type of wood is
also a consideration (old growth shafts) which are more dense and heavier.
Take a closer look at what you have and you might discover more than subtle
differences in your pool cues. Anyway, that’s my advice, especially if you are
having a custom built now so do pay close attention to the weight proportionality.

Matt B.

forget all that stuff and play pool

i have yet to meet a really good player who talked about details like this

if you like it fine,if not sell it

Great to see Dean bouncing back and he’s right.
The Forum is a less interesting without Deanoc.
If you find a cue you like, that’s all that matters.

The only catch is as the price of a cue increases,
your expectations of satisfaction similarly go up.
It helps to know what you like and why before dropping
a lot of cash on having a cue made. You can’t return it.

Then there’s the waiting period on getting the cue and
you don’t want to repeat that experience. So if you can
help the cue-maker get your cue dialed in, it makes sense.

Now with Dean, he pretty much let’s his cue buyers know
If the cue he sells them isn’t as described or they are not
satisfied, just return it because Dean stands behind his word.

Cue-makers are a different proposition than the resale market.
In any event, when you find a cue you really like, I think it is
relatively important to know what was different. This way you
know what to look for in any future cues instead of happenstance.

The weigh it's balanced.

Johnny Rosato said:

I don't know. I pee'd my britches before I could finish. lol

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Now thar ritdar ^^^^ is funny!

evergruven said:

got a new cue..for some reason, the cue feels, and hits light to me,
but it actually weighs more (both shaft and butt), and has a more forward-facing balance point than what I've been using-
how might this be?
thanks for any suggestions..

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Forward weighted cues have been my better playing cues for a while now.

Thats one reason i started using mid cue extensions.

Thats also one reason i like heavy pins and heavy wood in the nose.

Its all about two things to me:

Balance and Balance.

jimmyco said:

The weigh it's balanced.

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This is a thread about cues.....no puns allowed...



Gonna have to write you a ticket

On a 58" cue, what is considered a forward balanced cue and a back balance cue? Many variables come into play, but generally speaking..

Buckzapper said:

Cues are just like women. The perfect weight at first and then they start to pack on the weight

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the reason I get a new cue every few years, and don't get married to it