Balance Question

[Rak9up]

First a few points that most agree on (maybe not but here goes)

1. Weight furtherest from the tip lowers the deflection

2. Weight directly under the hand adds to control (like a shorter hammer weight is closer to hand)

3. Weight in front of hand helps cue rest on the brigde and improves topspin

Since pool cues aren't designed like golf clubs (specific cues for specific shots-except breaking and jumping) whats the trade off

I guess you would want at least 6 1/4 ounces in front of my hand (weight of a cueball) but distrubuted as close to the hand as possible for control and the rest of the weight behind the hand but again close as possible to the hand

Some cuemakers use weight bolts and joint pins for "weight tweeking" but that is as far from the hand as it gets. Shouldn't most of the weight be in the handle area under and around the hand......... just a thought

Oh and Merry Christmas and happy New year

 

[conetip]

Good questions.

For myself, I measure the weightpoint or balance point from the tip.
I also measure a customers grip on the cue fron the tip also.
Then for the balance point, alot of people around here seem to like the balance point about 2 to 4 inches in front of where they are holding the cue.
As for concentration of weight, I place it under the hand holding area.
This creates a cue that is quite light on the bridge hand.

I can not say that the weight point or balance points gives more or less top spin. I think that is up to the persons stoke and ability to use a cue.

Neil

 

[RBC]

Rack9up

I don't really have any comments about most of your questions, except the first one. Your statement,
"Weight furtherest from the tip lowers the deflection"
is not exactly correct. Low "Tip End Mass" reduces cue ball deflection. If that is what you are talking about, then you need to know that weight changes more than about 6" from the tip have no real affect on cue ball deflection.


Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com

 

[dave sutton]

your questions are kinda hard to answer. every player is different. what i do is offer a longer cue to taller players. i dont pay attention to weight as much as ballance. i like mine in the 18-19'' range. again some like a cue butt heavier. some like it forward balanced. i make mostly 4 pointers with SS oints. traditional style. i try to get the cue as close to what the player wants then if i need to adjust i offer that for free obviously. thats about all we can do