Compound tapers

[rhncue]

Who, here in this forum, using a "double- angle/ compund" taper?
If you don't mind me asking......PM if you'd like.

Thanks in advance.
Chris

At present I use a single angle taper but am in the process of building a new CNC shaft machine that will also cut butts just so that I can incorporate a compound taper.

Dick

 

[BHQ]

i just cut my first cue with a compund taper
experimental effort
we'll see how it turns out soon
i have been using a .400 taper until today
crossing my fingers now ​

 

[santorno]

I have a custom made cue that is brand new, and one day after I had played a few games I thought to roll it just to see the straightness, and to my surprise the joint bounced up and down, and I know some have said this is no way to check a cue. But if something is straight it will roll flat across a flat surface, well this cue does not. Well I sent the cue back to the cuemaker, which in return told me that the cue was perfectly straight and the bounce I was seeing was the compound taper that he uses on the cues, My question to you all is? what is the purpose of a compound taper? and what cue makers are known to use them? And if your cue has a compound taper does it bounce up and down as it is rolled across a flat surface? Thanks for any insight.

bcm cue - brian mort cue?

 

[JoeyInCali]

Who, here in this forum, using a "double- angle/ compund" taper?
If you don't mind me asking......PM if you'd like.

Thanks in advance.
Chris

I do. So do a lot of makers.