Cf break specs
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overall dia. is great.....just want to know the wall thickness, some are down around .7-8 mm, with a outside dia. of 13. or 12.8 mm....not great for a break shaft
Unless you want it to actually break
What I ordered was 1.2-1.3 average thickness......fingers crossed
Can’t wait to read your thoughts on them. I’ll pull the trigger on them based on that. Thanks.
Those will do fine, I've use the same thickness for break and jump shafts, no problems what so ever and these shafts are going on 3 years now.
Dave, I broke down and ordered a couple of shafts. One was turned into a back up for my Cynergy shaft and the other was to extend the life of a Viking cue (20 years old). Both shafts were straight and turned into great players. Hope you have great luck with yours.
I won't use anything under 1.0 mm wall thickness. I also prefer the Euro taper for break or jump
Recent had a ready-made ordered from China and it was extremely inflexible compared to the Revos and BKR shafts. I asked for a 12.9 and told him it was intended as a break shaft. I gave feedback after receiving it and he remarked that because I wanted a break shaft, he gave me a shaft with a wall thickness of 1.2mm.
I swear it works better as a bat, too stiff to flex and therefore form of control on the break. Might change to a medium or hard layered tip to see if it's better.
But what i guess im saying is, for break cues, probably 1.0mm wall thickness.
I swear it works better as a bat, too stiff to flex and therefore form of control on the break. Might change to a medium or hard layered tip to see if it's better.
But what i guess im saying is, for break cues, probably 1.0mm wall thickness.
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Hmmm . . in my opinion you don't want a break shaft to flex, that robs energy out of your shot. I think what you want is a different tip. I recommend BulletProof break tips to my customers. Cue rebounds off the tip and you get great control. Everyone of my customers is very happy with theirs.
YMMV
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
Haven’t broke with a CF yet but I fully agree with the Bulletproof tip. I really love mine and everyone I have installed for loves it too.
I tried flexing the BKR shaft and there is some flex in it, compared to mine which doesnt even budge.
Even the hardest of wood shafts have some flex, dont see why a carbon shaft meant for breaking shouldn't have some too, otherwise it'd be no different from a metal rod.
But in all honesty, as per my first sentence in this reply, i have tried to flex both physically and mine just doesnt have any flex in it. Right now it has the default black phenolic on it but i find myself losing control because of the taper.
How's the taper on the shaft in question?
It's a pro taper.