Carbon Fiber

I Have made carbon front ends, 10 mm shaft with brass and with aluminum ferrules. I have also weighted the front end.
I am not great shot , but from my testing, The lighter the front end the less the offset was. Aso different tips have a more or a less offset.
A 15 gram change to the front end made about 1/2 inch change in the offset over about a 6foot shhot length. We tried shooting the same setup, using gauges to set up the ball on the same position on the table. There still is the person hitting etc, but people are hitting them not machines.
The carbon front ends are 1.4 mm wat tapered tube. It is not a cheap layup. But I am happy with what I have. The carbon front ends hit alot harder than a wood front end.
Neil
 
SPINDOKTOR said:
Oh, this is not about me?..lol Im playing just fine... Im just wondering why Carbon fiber is not being used, its properties has a use IMHO in cue making, for those who want "HIGH TECH" there are always going to be players who prefere the traditional cue, you cant deny with the success of laminated shafts that the High Tech has appeal.


I look at it from a racers point of view, we want our race cars superlight, and even if there is a weight limmit I want the advantage to be able to add or remove weight where I want it. BY using light weight materials, if indeed removing weight from the tip helps, do it, I say exploit all oportunities/possibilities.. Surely someone is willing to take a step towards the future?

Why? a cue is not a peice of furniture for some players, it is a tool, and like all tools we should inovate and invent. I dont have the equipment to make cues, nor the know how. Will it improve somones game? Maybe, maybe not, you can give a player confidence, right there, is enough to improve ones game.

Im off to glue a tip onto a peice of PVC to truely understand what Whippy really means...lol

SPINDOKTOR
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Because it doesn't help, mostly.

Dale
 
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