Can a Schon maple shaft be nade to have any LD properties?

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Shooter1

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I have a couple Schon cues I use, one is my primary player. I have a couple 314 pre-cat shafts I've used for years and like them. I think the 314's are about 12.6mm.

I also have three OEM maple Schon shafts I don't use anymore. These I believe are about 13mm and feel like I've screwed a club on the end of my cue, (and hit like it) since I've used the 314's for so long.

It is possible to take the Schon shafts down to match the 314 12.6mm od and shorten the Schoen ferrule to the 314 spec and improve the deflection of it? This would enable me to get some use out of one of them.

I also have a Schon Hybrid that plays about the same as the old OEM maple shafts even though it is a segmented shaft. I think it's about 13mm too with a longer ferrule than the 314's. Maybe this shaft is the one I should experiment with?

Any thoughts on potentially imparting some LD properties to one of the 13mm shafts by reducing the OD of it and shortening the ferrule would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
IMHO yes. But I would post this in the cue maker forum for expert specifics on what can be done.

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Reducing the diameter and ferrule length may reduce squirt some, but most of the predator LD properties come from the hollowed out area in the first 5-6 inches of the shaft under the tip. I have heard of other cuemakers drilling the front end of their shafts to lighten the front end and reduce squirt. This could probably be done with the Schon shafts but you want to put them in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. Even doing all of this is not going to guarantee that the shafts play the same as a predator. It may be more beneficial to leave them the way they are and sell them to buy more predators.
 
I would not modify the original shafts. They are only original once. Would you take a 60s Vette and spend 80,000 on replacing parts to make it run like a new one, or just buy a new one and keep the old one original? Yes it's a bit of a stretch as far as analogies go, but on a much smaller scale and collector value, it is similar.

You already have a few Predator shafts you like, so why mess with the shaft? Just out of curiosity?
 
I have and play with 15 Schon shafts or shafts that came with Schons, from every vintage of Schon shaft out there, including Predator 314, and I just sold my Schon/OB.
I'm sure the cuemaker section knows a hell of a lot more than I do, as well as the
answers to many other questions that collectors deal with on a daily basis.

As far as modifying a Schon shaft in an attempt to convert it to an LD type, I don't like it.
I have two Kenny Murrell shafts that fit Schon perfectly someone did that to and they are on the way back to me with the collars changed out to match Schon.
I don't see how shortening up the ferrule, turning it down, modifying the taper, and lightening up the front end of the shaft makes it hit better.
All of that has nothing to do with why I miss or make shots, or why one shaft plays better than the next.
My guess is a nice vintage Schon shaft, typically over 4 ounces will hit better, but we will see.
 
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