Phenolic tips cause serious scuff marks on the cue ball. This is easy to demonstrate on a new cue ball that you don't care about.... I kinda remember now hearing about some shafts/tips? etc that damaged cue balls when breaking.
Phenolic tips cause serious scuff marks on the cue ball. This is easy to demonstrate on a new cue ball that you don't care about.... I kinda remember now hearing about some shafts/tips? etc that damaged cue balls when breaking.
You must really live in the hills?Had a good friend over. Cleaned the ball set before play. Week later again, found permanent scratches in the New Belgium red circle that's 3 mths old. The scratches....There were 7 scrape lines, side by side in a row, like a mini pallet. After 4 + hr's play, the cue ball was not like it used to be. He came over again and I asked em to use another shaft with a different break tip. His shaft had not tip, it was part of the shaft, just round at the end.
All the underlined items are NO.
Gone thru 2 tips in 3 mths, and nary a scratch on that cue ball/then/ding.
The Break shaft is dome shaped at the end, has NO tip, the shaft is the tip. I kinda remember now hearing about some shafts/tips? etc that damaged cue balls when breaking.
Phenolic tips cause serious scuff marks on the cue ball. This is easy to demonstrate on a new cue ball that you don't care about.
What is it about phenolic tips that mar the surface, that a ball to ball contact can’t? Everything is still phenolic to phenolic contact.
Hmm. Polished surfaces. Lack of chalk between the balls. Different radius of contact surfaces.
That's 3 off the top of my head.
And ball resin is WAY different than rolled phenolic. So, that's 4.
Had a good friend over. Cleaned the ball set before play. Week later again, found permanent scratches in the New Belgium red circle that's 3 mths old. The scratches....There were 7 scrape lines, side by side in a row, like a mini pallet. After 4 + hr's play, the cue ball was not like it used to be. He came over again and I asked em to use another shaft with a different break tip. His shaft had not tip, it was part of the shaft, just round at the end.
Any cue ball that has been used for a while will show those half moon marks from impact with the rack. If you use a full leather tip for breaking, the marks still show up. Easy to prove or disprove. Start with a new cue ball and break 50 times with leather only.
Does not affect playability!!
Sounds like assumptions rather than facts.
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Sounds like assumptions rather than facts.
Top cue has a G10 ferrule. If Bill’s friend has a one piece g10 then obviously we know what the problem could be.
Top cue causes no issues as it has leather up top.Top cue has a G10 ferrule. If Bill’s friend has a one piece g10 then obviously we know what the problem could be.
Proven here on the azb.
You dont know and he didn't feel like taking you to the proof.
Top cue causes no issues as it has leather up top.
As you say: no tip is likely to result in cracks...like the bottom one pictured (phenolic) does.
i POSTED PICTURES OF MY BALLS. First has cracks and 2nd doesnt. First was the victim of phenolic break tip and the second one has never been struck by phenolic.
p.s. I think one would have to understand that below a certain strike speed, the phenolic doesn't damage pool balls.
G10 ferrule with a CE based canvas phenolic tip. So, how does the G10 come into play here?
Boy, that top tip sure looks like canvas phenolic....you're sure it's leather?
I think it is...guess i am not sure. Ive never been asked to discontinue its use at tournaments wher phenolic is banned?