Shane VanBoening's LONG cue

nancewayne said:

I noticed a pic. on AZ Forum showing Shane at the Derby 2015 BIG FOOT tournament on a 10ft.table with a VERY LONG cue (it appears to have some type extension(s) on it.

Anybody know about this?

It looks like the regular Cuetec R-360 he plays, but WOW, what extension !!!

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Moet.1977 said:

If you look close at Shanes cue it looks like they put a exten under the metal joint.
I no how this sounds but I was 20 feet from his cue and it looked like a piece of maple
their. Check out pictures of this DCC maybe cuetech made him something special. Maybe he didnt like the extension between the joint and shaft, I don't no but it did look
werid.

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Kobachi said:

62" 25oz i heard an announcer chime.

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LuckyStroke said:

Being that the Cuetec cues are so affordable I decided to try one. I got the Cuetec 6" extension to go with it. It made the cue 64" and the extension added very little weight because it is mostly plastic. I think it could only be 25oz if the cue was 23oz to start with.

That is the same cue shane has been playing with for like the last six years, so it's really beat up. IIRC they showed a close up of it on TAR on time. That was three or so years ago and it was really beat up then.

Ben

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Cardigan Kid said:

On the TAR interview they weighed Efren and Shane cues and they were around 18--19 oz. He must have added weight somewhere along the way.

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DAVE_M said:

http://youtu.be/_kL9ena6j6M?t=57m13s

Shanes extension probably adds 6-7oz of weight.

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Cardigan Kid said:

The poster just above said the extension is made of plastic and adds little weight. But you are right, my guess is Shane has a wooden custom made extension by cuetec if it adds 6-7 oz.

My next question is.....I was told by a prominent cue maker that a heavier cue deadens the action on the cue ball, because more inertia is transferred to object ball. That's why professionals today go for lighter cues, but earl and Shane are going against that now.

So which one is it? Now I'm confused.

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Cardigan Kid said:

The poster just above said the extension is made of plastic and adds little weight. But you are right, my guess is Shane has a wooden custom made extension by cuetec if it adds 6-7 oz.

My next question is.....I was told by a prominent cue maker that a heavier cue deadens the action on the cue ball, because more inertia is transferred to object ball. That's why professionals today go for lighter cues, but earl and Shane are going against that now.

So which one is it? Now I'm confused.

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alphadog said:

Prominent cuemakers know more about cues then physics.
Where would more inertia for the object ball come from?

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DAVE_M said:

I play with a 18oz cue with no weight bolt, but I've played with a 23oz 64" cue and actually preferred it. Idk what cuemaker was telling you about inertia, but I think it's bull.

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Cardigan Kid said:

that's how I explain it, his words were "deadens the cue ball action" I don't have the exact quote memorized but that's what he was explaining. The transferring of inertia or the tendency of objectsTo keep moving in a straight line at a constant velocity.

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Cardigan Kid said:

I could go over to his shop this weekend and get an exact quote of you'd like. His belief that the cue should be lighter. I see you agree as well.

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