Best wood for a break shaft?

TXsouthpaw

TXsouthpaw

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What is it. Ive seen alot of purpleheart being used lately and heard of people using ash and lyptus. Any opinions on a good break shaft wood?

Anyone know what varney uses or even lomax. Tried both of those and they break like monsters just curious as to what it was.

and anyone recommend a certain taper?
 
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TXsouthpaw said:
What is it. Ive seen alot of purpleheart being used lately and heard of people using ash and lyptus. Any opinions on a good break shaft wood?

Anyone know what varney uses or even lomax. Tried both of those and they break like monsters just curious as to what it was.

and anyone recommend a certain taper?
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I don't think the type of wood is nearly as important as the the taper for a good break cue.

Dick
 
Maple,almost impossible to beat for weight and strength.i like low deflection to break with
 
Purple heart used to be one of my favorite breaking shaft woods. But after using the flat laminated maple, I found I like it better. It is not as heavy as the purple heart and falls right in between purple heart and regular maple in stiffness.
 
I agree with chris. I found over time that a lighter shaft breaks better bc you can throw it faster. Taper is important too. My shafts that are basically rejected playing shafts i use for breakers I find like a 13.5mm stiff taper but light side is my prefrence. I think ash would be nice too stiff and light but ugly.
 
ash

In ash baseball bats the cell structure breaks down and the bats get dead in a season or two at the pro level. The impact is different in a pool or snooker cue but I've wondered for years if the ash goes dead in a cue? Seems like if it would in any cue it would in a break cue.

In a playing cue I've wondered if the play of the older cues might actually be due in part to the same type of cell structure changes. No answers from this way, just questions. I don't think I'd choose ash to make a break cue shaft out of though.

Hu
 
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