:scratchhead: The way it was worded and the use of those little SMILEY'S wasn't a hint?Trust me....I can joke with the best.
Just exactly how was I supposed to know you were trying to be the class clown?![]()
:scratchhead: The way it was worded and the use of those little SMILEY'S wasn't a hint?Trust me....I can joke with the best.
Just exactly how was I supposed to know you were trying to be the class clown?![]()
This is what I'm doing right now, I messed with it last yr for a week or so,kinda helped but I only play for 5 months out of the yr.so this yr I'm gpin to try tp straighten itfor a month or two, this what I do, lay the cue on a flat surface,roll it find out where the joint raises only about 2mm.put a 15ld weight on both ends and we'll see, honestly it sickens me, because I really like this cue,I have other cues that Ican play with but this is a beautiful cue and l like to play with it once in a while,I'll updateI talked to a wood specialist last night during pool league and mentioned about warped pool cue.
He said make a rig to hold it from rolling and place warp curve UP and hang some weight, not a lot, on the warps center. Different woods and there thickness dictates the amount of weight. His guess was about 5 Lbs. for a cue butt.
A gallon milk jug 1/2 filled with water is usually handy and about 4 Lbs.
At first, roll check it twice a day. If no noticeable movement every couple days.
Wood will move in it's own time. Don't rush it, the wood cell fibers need gentile persuasion. Otherwise like others said, it can crack.
And since cues are sealed, moisture will take a very long time to infiltrate throughout, not worth that effort, he said.
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I never understand why people feel it necessary to roll their cue on the table. A little bit off won't bother your game but is probably going to get in you head.A little warp in the butt of the cue will not make any difference in how it aims or plays. As long as the shaft is 'playable' straight, you are good to go.
I've seen many good players ruined by rolling their cues...
Good luck with stopping that.I never understand why people feel it necessary to roll their cue on the table. A little bit off won't bother your game but is probably going to get in you head.
I don't want to, kinda like it when they person I'm about to play does it, specially if it rolls off a bit.Good luck with stopping that.
This is what I'm doing right now, I messed with it last yr for a week or so,kinda helped but I only play for 5 months out of the yr.so this yr I'm gpin to try tp straighten itfor a month or two, this what I do, lay the cue on a flat surface,roll it find out where the joint raises only about 2mm.put a 15ld weight on both ends and we'll see, honestly it sickens me, because I really like this cue,I have other cues that Ican play with but this is a beautiful cue and l like to play with it once in a while,I'll update
100% true!I never understand why people feel it necessary to roll their cue on the table. A little bit off won't bother your game but is probably going to get in you head.
Awww... I miss reading the posts of old timers like KJ.since this old post is still open.......
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Interesting way to put it ! ;-)I've seen many good players ruined by rolling their cues...
m'lady likes pool , I poke her a little sometimes by referring to her as "the misses" I've learned not to chance that sort of stuff on an empty belly though ;-)If you never shot a ball straight,
a straight stick won't make you miss-less,
it'll make you a (drum roll) . . . a master-misser. :thud:
Refacing the joint of the butt between centers minimizes the effect of a warped butt.Recently I discovered the butt of my cue got slightly warped. I never really bothered about checking so far, and even now I don't think it does influence the cue delivery line. Yet subconsciously, you know, it might get on me, especially if I it happens I miss a ball - and I sure will miss :grin-square:
So the question is
a) whether I should try to fix it
b) is there any way of doing that other than applying pressure to the "high point" of the warp?
Our local cuemaker (Russian cues, mind you, are built differently), who is very skilled at repairing all those warps these cues develop, likes to say that pool cues have a basic flaw in construction, and that's a point where the forearm is connected to the wrap/grip part - namely a tenon. Most often pool cue butts get warped in that point, and he says it is of no use to try to bend them back because one is likely to just break that weak part.
So he says in regard with that "flaw", pool cues are as good as they remain straight (and that might be forever), but as long as they get warped, that's it and there is nothing to do about that.
My cue butt warped a bit at this very point he talks about...
All that said, please share your opinion whether I should give it a try to apply some pressure on the warp or just leave it? I know how to repair the warps in general, but never tried to deal with pool butt sleeves so far.
How?Refacing the joint of the butt between centers minimizes the effect of a warped butt.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD GO TO THAT EXTREME,I can still play with this cue,but again it's still in the back of your mind if you miss a shotRefacing the joint of the butt between centers minimizes the effect of a warped butt.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD GO TO THAT EXTREME,I can still play with this cue,but again it's still in the back of your mind if you miss a shot
Yes I did the same many timesIt ain't the cue. I used to play a lot at a bar using a house cue that had a warp in the shaft that was visible from twenty feet. Didn't affect the play. I didn't clock the warp so it was always down or any of that BS. I just grabbed the cue and played.
A warped cue will affect the outcome about as much as a bug on the wing of Max Verstappen's car.
There's always the dreaded baloney steak bud!!m'lady likes pool , I poke her a little sometimes by referring to her as "the misses" I've learned not to chance that sort of stuff on an empty belly though ;-)