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Common misconceptions
- Thread starter ratcues
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Maybe I am in an arguing mood, but......
Your pre-shot routine should be consistent with each shot. Chalking up is part of mine.
Are you saying that you should get something that costs a lot more, or that it doesn't matter what you shoot with? A well built cue that hits well and fells good will cost more than $100.
Are you saying there isn't any technology in OB shafts?
Your pre-shot routine should be consistent with each shot. Chalking up is part of mine.
Are you saying that you should get something that costs a lot more, or that it doesn't matter what you shoot with? A well built cue that hits well and fells good will cost more than $100.
Are you saying there isn't any technology in OB shafts?
"You've changed a wrap before right?" Or telling me, my pin was a 3/8-10 modified pin and not a 3/8-11. When his 3/8-10 shaft didnt fit, then suddenly it must be an acme pin ?! ...Dumass.
I believe that players attitudes about cues, accessories, aiming systems, etc. , etc.... are all like medications (prescribed, otc, herbal, etc). They all have have a placebo effect. If they believe something true enough, their mind makes it true.
Respect, Courage, and Commitment!
Respect, Courage, and Commitment!
let's bring this one back to life
JC
Coos Cues
If cue speed and plane, contact point on the cue ball, tip material, follow through and everything else is equal, a heavier cue transfers more kinetic energy to the cue ball than a lighter one. This is not opinion, it's physics. And it isn't variable.
That doesn't mean a given person due to their strength and technique can't break harder with a lighter cue than they can with a heavier one. It's all relative to the speed the mass of the cue is moving at upon contact.
JC
It was around 1997. I walked in Classic Billiards and this guy was being a PIA to my cue making partner Rich. Rich decided to have me try to get the guy off his back.
The story was if the guy went to the Glades and killed a Gator would we use it to make a wrap.
I looked him dead in the eyes and told him he didn't want a Gator wrap, to Scaley but I had a better idea.
Go out and catch a thousand Chameleons. We would pull the hide off them and stitch it togeather (the guy seemed into this, I think he just liked killing things so I said what the heck and continued)
I told the guy it would be a one of a kind and the interesting fact was.......if he put blue chalk on the wrap would turn blue, Red chalk wrap would turn red, gold chalk, wrap would turn gold.
The guy was getting into this, decided it was the way to go.
I told him I needed to give him fair warning though. If he used blue chalk and shot on a table with red cloth there was a good chance the wrap would explode and we could not warranty that.
He said "I can understand that" and left in search of his Chameleons.
Never did end up making that cue
The story was if the guy went to the Glades and killed a Gator would we use it to make a wrap.
I looked him dead in the eyes and told him he didn't want a Gator wrap, to Scaley but I had a better idea.
Go out and catch a thousand Chameleons. We would pull the hide off them and stitch it togeather (the guy seemed into this, I think he just liked killing things so I said what the heck and continued)
I told the guy it would be a one of a kind and the interesting fact was.......if he put blue chalk on the wrap would turn blue, Red chalk wrap would turn red, gold chalk, wrap would turn gold.
The guy was getting into this, decided it was the way to go.
I told him I needed to give him fair warning though. If he used blue chalk and shot on a table with red cloth there was a good chance the wrap would explode and we could not warranty that.
He said "I can understand that" and left in search of his Chameleons.
Never did end up making that cue
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Good one!
Good one!
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I am reluctant to say this cause I know I am opening myself to ridicule but ...
I have shafts that I cut over 10 years ago and are still straight and true.
I assure you i did not spend more than 30 days cutting them.
Good shaft wood is good and bad wood is bad ... no matter how slow or fast you cut it.
The shaft wood characteristics will dictate how long you should let it rest between cuts.
Willee
Did you throw away all of your shaft woods that moved 30 days after cutting ?
Even if they were way over sized?
Sure, but in what universe does the speed of the cue not vary?
Force = (mass x speed) and the variable factor is multiplication.
This means that an increase in speed will pay big dividends, since that factor is much more variable than weight.
This is why a lighter cue (which a good player can move FASTER) will give a faster break. In the end, cue ball speed is all that matters, since its weight doesn't change, or care how heavy the cue is.
RBC
Deceased
I wish I knew how to find the old article in one of the pool magazines. It tested cue ball break speeds allowing each breaker to use different weight cues from something like 18 to 22 ounce and there was very little variance in cue ball speed no matter which cue the players used.
Joey, actually anything that moved after the third cut was tossed or used for other things. Those pieces just had to much stress to ever be right.
A lot of those shafts I made back then were from old house cue maple, bowling alley wood, or dowels I got from Chris Hightower.
I do recommend buying wood from Chris Hightower ... he knows his wood and is a very honest person.
Joey, is there still some good shaft wood available?
Who would you recommend as a supply?
Willee
CH would be your best bet .