Break Cue legal weight
- Thread starter GoldCrown
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Funny because lighter cues generate more acceleration into the cue ball, powerful breaks are generated from control and applying momentum to the CB. By using a heavier cue dose not necessarily mean your going to break harder but it may just help you keep your cue on line. I personally play and break with an 18oz
I had a cuetec j/b that I had bored out and had molten lead poured into the butt end of it. I still have that cue laying around the house here...if anyone want to buy it
I did this of course, 15 yrs ago when I thought a heavier break cue would give me a better break :grin-square:
25 ozs in BCAPL Equipment Specifications 9-b and under WSR Equipment Specifications #17.
Don't count on the lack of a scale - there is one at any tournament I work, accurate to within 0.1 oz. Don't make me take it out of the box! :nono:
Buddy
Don't count on the lack of a scale - there is one at any tournament I work, accurate to within 0.1 oz. Don't make me take it out of the box! :nono:
Buddy
We had the discussion in our ClubHouse pool room. We were breaking with a cue extension attached and I raised the weight question. Thank you for the replies.
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Ray Schulers theory was the lighter the better, he made me a combination Break / Jump cue...
The cue is a plain jane Merry Widow based on the Rambow "Hub" cue, walnut forearm, linen wrap and a carom shaft for stiffness with the Schuler joint.
There is a another Schuler joint at the front end of the wrap, this allows you to un-screw the forearm from the butt and screw the shaft into wrap handle end, thus a short jump cue.
Ray talked about learning cue making from Rambow, Rambow invented the "Hub" cue, Ray took the "Hub" design to another level with the famous Schuler joint.
Joe
Ray Schulers theory was the lighter the better, he made me a combination Break / Jump cue...
The cue is a plain jane Merry Widow based on the Rambow "Hub" cue, walnut forearm, linen wrap and a carom shaft for stiffness with the Schuler joint.
There is a another Schuler joint at the front end of the wrap, this allows you to un-screw the forearm from the butt and screw the shaft into wrap handle end, thus a short jump cue.
Ray talked about learning cue making from Rambow, Rambow invented the "Hub" cue, Ray took the "Hub" design to another level with the famous Schuler joint.
Joe
Depending on league, 25 seems to be the upper limit.
While cue speed is paramount, physics cannot be denied. You might be able to accelerate a light break cue faster, but your acceleration gain between say a 17oz and a 25 oz is minuscule, but the other side of the equation, the weight/mass difference between a 17 and a 25 is enormous. Don't forget how the formulae works: mass x acceleration. A tiny difference on one side does not equal a huge gain on the other. Your arm/shoulder can hardly tell the a 8oz difference. There's a reason league rule sets have an upper weight limit but no lower weight limit.
While cue speed is paramount, physics cannot be denied. You might be able to accelerate a light break cue faster, but your acceleration gain between say a 17oz and a 25 oz is minuscule, but the other side of the equation, the weight/mass difference between a 17 and a 25 is enormous. Don't forget how the formulae works: mass x acceleration. A tiny difference on one side does not equal a huge gain on the other. Your arm/shoulder can hardly tell the a 8oz difference. There's a reason league rule sets have an upper weight limit but no lower weight limit.