Broken Cue

I actually just broke my mcdermott breaking a couple weeks ago. They have a lifetime too, but I haven't sent it in to them yet. This is the second time the shaft snapped at the joint on the "hustler" cue. First time they replaced the shaft no questions asked. Hope they do it again. Finally picked up a cheap j&j cue for breaking so I can quit abusing my poor bar cue!!
 
pescadoman said:
And dents and nicks are not always caused by misuse. That is absurd. How many of us have had some sort of nick "just show up"? I have...everyone who I know who plays pool has.
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I take very good care of my cues, as I do ANYTHING that I own. I do not misuse or abuse them. However, every cue that I have in my cue cases have some type of nick or dent in them somewhere in the butt section and I cannot for the life of me figure out where/what they came from. So I also have to respectfully disagree with scttybee.

Maniac
 
Fastolfe...B.S! I have been breaking with my playing cues for almost 40 yrs, with no harm to them whatsoever...whether they cost $200 or $10,000 (there were NO break cues when I started playing). I have been told by MANY famous cuemakers that if you can't break with your playing cue it isn't worth sh*t! Besides, the break is not about power anyway...it is about speed and timing.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Fastolfe said:
I should however point out that if your cue was your main player and not a break cue, I'm not all that surprised. Breaking is what break cues are for. Main playing cues aren't really meant to take the abuse, especially if you power-break.
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Lisa...You're one smart cookie, and absolutely correct!

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

ridewiththewind said:
This is total bunk! Break cues are a fairly recent development in the cue sports world. Until that time, most everyone broke with their playing cue...and many still do, choosing not to fall for the hype. They became very popular with the advent of the phenolic tip, and some utilized fatter 14mm shafts to get the job done.

I have owned two break cues. One I sold pretty immediately...I was less than impressed. The other I had won in a contest, and would have kept it for that reason only, except a friend and fellow player fell in love with the darn thing and kept begging me to sell it to him, which I eventually did....I have yet to have a regret about either. Truth be told, my hands-down best breaking cue I own is an old wrapless Helmstetter that I also use to play with...have picked up more 8 Ball breaks than I can remember now...and very rarely not pot a ball on the break.

You don't need to break as hard as possible to get an effective break...it's more about technique than power.

Lisa
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Easy and true!!
If i am breakin with my *Player* the only thing i should be afraid of is perhaps the tip (each tip i m using i press anyway again before using :p). I never broke a shaft, cue or even not a ferrule. If something like that happens...the quality was bullshit!


@Lisa
I could marry you for this sentence :p (no fear, just kiddin..but, lol)


lg and happy new year:)
Ingo


Scott Lee said:
Fastolfe...B.S! I have been breaking with my playing cues for almost 40 yrs, with no harm to them whatsoever...whether they cost $200 or $10,000 (there were NO break cues when I started playing). I have been told by MANY famous cuemakers that if you can't break with your playing cue it isn't worth sh*t! Besides, the break is not about power anyway...it is about speed and timing.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Warrantees are mostly useless. There are too many disclaimers that void everything.

Years ago a friend bought a pair of shoes and the stitching in the heel broke after one week. He took the shoes back. The salesperson looked at him and asked "DID YOU USE A SHOE HORN?" My buddy was shafted right there. He answered yeah. I always use one. The salesperson replied "That is what happened. You should never use one because it will break the threads." If he would have said no it would have also been the problem.

The disclaimer is to guarantee workmanship, and materials, but not abuse.

Try to prove against any of them. Also engineering or design is never covered. Those are left to government recall.
 
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