Diameters of pool-shafts from professional players

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riedmich

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I know this question may be not too sensful, but I'm interested if there is a major tip diameter which the professional players prefer. Or which argument they have for certain tip diameters.

I know one can play with a 10 mm diameter as well as with a 13 mm diameter and more, and new cue-shafts are sold very often with diameter 13 mm when they are solid wood and 12,7 mm or less if they are so called low deflection shafts. But what is the most played diameter from the real profesionals, may be the top 500 of the world's best pool players.

Thanks

Michael
 
thin shaft

I read in book Earl the pearl shot with 11mm or smaller.
but I dont know for a fact what he uses.
if im wrong please correct me
MMike
 
I have a snooker cue with 9.5mm tip, and my snooker cue is a lot more solid than my 12.8mm pool cue.

I can't imagine how whippy a pool cue would be with a 10mm tip, with pool shaft taper.
 
I'm far from a professional but I shoot with a 11.75mm tip diameter because that's what I like. Tips and tip diameters are very subjective. You may not like what I like. So, who cares what SVB or Earl or anyone else uses. It's what you feel comfortable with that's important. Don't fall into that trap of copying someone else. That's my 2 cents, for what it's worth, and I do wish you good luck in finding the tip diameter that's optimum for you.
 
The pros play with whatever they personally prefer. Squirt etc. can always be dealt with however they please. They're professionals and they will play with whatever cue will pay them the most, but I'm sure that most of them are in the mid to high 12 mm range.
 
Autist said:
I have a snooker cue with 9.5mm tip, and my snooker cue is a lot more solid than my 12.8mm pool cue.

I can't imagine how whippy a pool cue would be with a 10mm tip, with pool shaft taper.
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That is because snooker cues are made with Ash and pool cues Maple. Ash is a harder wood compared to Maple.
 
Ok, thanks to all. I am not a professional, and I am playing a 12,3 mm tip. For me the tip size depends mainly on the feelind I have in my hand while playing a closed bridge, main factor of course is the taper. But with a 13 mm tip 1 also feel as if I see not sharp enough

May be that to such a question the expected answers may not exist. Let's see who else responds.

Have a nice time to all!

Michael
 
ShaunTanYK said:
That is because snooker cues are made with Ash and pool cues Maple. Ash is a harder wood compared to Maple.
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While ash is indeed harder wood than maple, the whippiness of a shaft is GREATLY connected with the taper of the shaft. A lot of snooker cues are also made of maple, and the difference compared to ash is almost non existent. This is from my personal experience.
 
They measured SVB cue at 12mm. Oscar D used to play with an 8.5mm, not sure what he's using now. Same with Ernesto.
I like the 12.4 to 12.7mm range.
 
John Schmidt's "Bobby Hunter " cue was 12.2mm for the first four inches of the shaft.
 
One of Efren's "bamboo, piece of s**t" cues had a shaft that was in the low 12mm. The shaft had a lot of cue ball squirt in it.
 
re/tip diameter

I always thought roick maple was harder than ash, usually by about 20%, hence its popularity with baseball bats. I wonder if the ash popularity in snooker cues had anything to do with tradtional availability of ash in the UK over maple. Anyway, I use 11.75 for pool and snooker(2 1/4" balls) but I think that would be a bit large for a traditional 2 1/6" snooker ball. It seems that very few pro snooker players ever use their snooker cues when they play pro pool. For what it's worth, what ever works go for it.
 
Ash has a kind of "curly grain" that lends itself well for baseball bats. Not really needed in pool cues.
 
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