Diagrams for ferrule aiming

peteypooldude

peteypooldude

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I thought someone posted some diagrams at 1 time on "The Mullen Method"
If so would you repost them please
Thanks
 
It probably works better if you don't have a diagram! lol
If you are cutting a ball to the right, just stroke the right edge of your cue directly at the contact point on the object ball.
Don't even ask me how it works, sometimes it just does. :)
 
To me it is like any other aiming system. If you think it works, it can.
If you don't, it wont. :)
 
Petey,

If you'd like, I can draw up a few diagrams for you. Give me a little time because I'm real busy with work right now. There's a lot more to the system than just aiming one side of the ferrule to a contact point. And the drawings posted so far are not accurate.

It works in unison with Geno's Perfect Aim technique.

Best,
Mike
 
peteypooldude said:
I thought someone posted some diagrams at 1 time on "The Mullen Method"
If so would you repost them please
Thanks
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I posted this when studying SVB sample shot.

When you need to shoot the inside edge of the ferrule to the outside edge of the OB...you are on your own...where to aim the side of the ferrule for thinner cut angles?

ferrule view 1.jpg

:wink:
 
The simplest version of stick aiming that I've heard of is to simply aim the side of your stick at the contact point. Of course, that only works exactly for one cut angle (in this case a 13-degree cut with a 1/2" shaft), and most are way off.

pj
chgo

stick aiming.jpg
 
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Damnit PJ...... That means as my cue wears out and my shaft and ferrule get thinner I am going to start undercutting balls.... Wonder if that's been why Shane has not been the old Shane lately.. He's lost some diameter or the new Cuetec has a different diameter ferrule.......

Good observation on size tho I think most people would just jump in on the LAMas drawing and take the angles to heart... Now I need to take a micrometer to my cue and redo the drawing LAMas did....

Not a knock on LAMas... A knock on myself for not really digesting the info.. I have yet to try the ferrule method so I haven't had anything positive or negative to say about it...

Thanks for the insight.....
 
The Renfro said:
Damnit PJ...... That means as my cue wears out and my shaft and ferrule get thinner I am going to start undercutting balls.... Wonder if that's been why Shane has not been the old Shane lately.. He's lost some diameter or the new Cuetec has a different diameter ferrule.......

Good observation on size tho I think most people would just jump in on the LAMas drawing and take the angles to heart... Now I need to take a micrometer to my cue and redo the drawing LAMas did....

Not a knock on LAMas... A knock on myself for not really digesting the info.. I have yet to try the ferrule method so I haven't had anything positive or negative to say about it...

Thanks for the insight.....
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Since it isn't legal or practical to take a protractor to the table to measure the cut angle at hand, one needs to absorb the concept of increasing cut angle approximations...is it thinner or thicker?

You are correct that a 13mm diameter ferrule will yield slightly different cut angles than will an 11mm diameter.

If one can commit what these angles look like...the 30 degree cut angle is like the included angle between the middle and index finger on an outstretched hand. The angle from a corner pocket to the spot and a CB in the middle of the table would be ~45 degrees.

There are diagrams that show one how to derive angles by using the diamonds around the table.

As I said, this was the result of an academic study of what SVB was proffering in the one shot that he demonstrated....and missed by a hair.

Just sayin.
Be well:smile:
 
You don t need to study rocket science to measure the cut-angle of CB and OB on a billiardtable.
 
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