can typical break cue characteristics can be improved

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evergruven

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I noticed most I've seen seem to share the following attributes:
~conical taper
thicker cue/shaft diameter
bigger, flatter, and harder tip

stiffer, stronger cue makes sense
but I question the thicker shaft/tip
and wonder if with a conical taper
~12mm hard-tipped cue couldn't do a nice job?

control on the break is obviously important
just like with a playing cue, a smaller tip could help with sighting on the cb
but again, with a nice, strong cue taper
perhaps the energy transfer would still be good?
better?

just an idea..thoughts? how would you improve the break cue?
 
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Ģüśţāṿ

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My break cue has a conical taper and a 12.2mm tip. It works great! Smashes them as good as any other break cue I've tried. I put a pressed triangle on it and shaped it like a quarter.
 
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Hits 'em Hard

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evergruven said:
I noticed most I've seen seem to share the following attributes:
~conical taper
thicker cue/shaft diameter
bigger, flatter, and harder tip

stiffer, stronger cue makes sense
but I question the thicker shaft/tip
and wonder if with a conical taper
~12mm hard-tipped cue couldn't do a nice job?

control on the break is obviously important
just like with a playing cue, a smaller tip could help with sighting on the cb
but again, with a nice, strong cue taper
perhaps the energy transfer would still be good?
better?

just an idea..thoughts? how would you improve the break cue?
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Those are attributes to the cheaper end break cues. The mass produced crap. Once you get into the middle/high end break cues, most of what you described is not found on the cue. They have near pro tapers, 12.8mm on average for tip size, a better quality ferrule to help the tips stay one. Cheap break cues use thermoform ferrules, which leads to many ferrule replacements.
 
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