Carbon Fiber Shafts ...
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It's a personal choice and as far as carbon fibre shafts go, they are not all created the same. You find the whole gambit from total crap to high quality and consistency. Carbon fibre shafts do play and feel differently from wood and the benefits we could read about in the beginning, like "carbon fibre shafts last forever, needs no maintenance etc" are all bogus claims. I repair as many carbon fibre shafts as wood shafts and they both do ding, crack, scratch and even warp! Fixing dings and scratches in carbon fibre shafts is more difficult and sometimes impossible..
Personally I still like how a well made wood shaft plays and the whole focus on low deflection is a bit overblown imo.
Personally I still like how a well made wood shaft plays and the whole focus on low deflection is a bit overblown imo.
To go from wood to cf is a learning curve for the player. I shoot with wood, i've tried cf a few times, just felt like i was going backwards and learning to shoot and aim all over again.
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dendweller
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I've read a few times about people gouging their cf shafts, in fact I bought one that was gouged, guy took it back.
There were differing opinions about what to do about a gouge in cf, some said fill it with ca, some said get a new one.
Kind of makes me want to stick with wood.
You sound like a player, not a cue maker.
What happened?
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Haven't been making cues ... only 2 in the last 12 months ... health and eye problems.
Getting better and perhaps I will make a few new cues this year.
I noticed that a lot of the pros still play with a wood shaft.
Not that I would ever play that good no matter what shaft I used.
Just curious as to what has been learned about them now that they have been round for a few years.
Not a maker but i tried a bunch and recently got a Rhino. Adjusted to it very quickly. No that much difference, a tad more power but that's about it. Love the slick finish, the taper of the Rhino(12.8). The current crop of CF shafts out there right now is quite good overall.
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I finished and sold a bunch of them, but stopped. Carbon fiber is dirty, I don't like working with it.
I prefer playing with wood, but the low maintenance aspect of carbon shafts is appealing. Not much else about them is, in my opinion.
Plenty of people like them and play well with them, so it just boils down to personal choice.
I prefer playing with wood, but the low maintenance aspect of carbon shafts is appealing. Not much else about them is, in my opinion.
Plenty of people like them and play well with them, so it just boils down to personal choice.
dendweller
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Yeah, surprises me how many people jump on board and start sanding that stuff. Read the msds sheet on working with cf, said if you sand it dispose of your cloths. That's enough for me.