What is better then the other and why do you think that?? Thanks
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Difference in Nickel/Dime tip radius
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I use a nickel for the break cue and a dime for the playing cue. It allows the tip ti hit a little lower giving slightly better draw or english abilities. That said what ever works for you is what you should use. I know people whose tip looks like a pancake and it works for them.
Not just the radius...
I don't believe that nickel or dime is the critical issue, I do believe that having your tip shaped exactly is critical.
Having tried both nickel and dime I find that they play pretty close. And when I mean having tried both I mean an exact shape from a precise tool
What you want to avoid is having a flat or sharp spot on your tip where your own tip is inconsistent from shot to shot depending on where you hold the cue. It's not like we play with snooker cues that have a flat spot on the butt so you can always orientate the cue the same way
Europeans, Asians, Pinoys, etc... Don't have nickels or dimes to use as a reference when shaping their tips but they seem to play pretty well. A well shaped and maintained tip is more important than the specific radius.
Get a shaper and make sure whatever radius you choose is consistent across the tip
I don't believe that nickel or dime is the critical issue, I do believe that having your tip shaped exactly is critical.
Having tried both nickel and dime I find that they play pretty close. And when I mean having tried both I mean an exact shape from a precise tool
What you want to avoid is having a flat or sharp spot on your tip where your own tip is inconsistent from shot to shot depending on where you hold the cue. It's not like we play with snooker cues that have a flat spot on the butt so you can always orientate the cue the same way
Europeans, Asians, Pinoys, etc... Don't have nickels or dimes to use as a reference when shaping their tips but they seem to play pretty well. A well shaped and maintained tip is more important than the specific radius.
Get a shaper and make sure whatever radius you choose is consistent across the tip
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One thing that was not mentioned in the answers is something that may or
may not be obvious to you. You can not have a dime radius tip if your shaft is a, for example 13mm shaft at the ferrul or vise versa you can't very well have a nickel radius if for example your using a Z2 shaft that is 11.75mm
diameter. In other words you need a larger diameter shaft if you're going for the nickel radius and a smaller diameter shaft if you're looking to use a dime radius on your tip. Hope this helps. If you already realized this please
ignore.
True story. I knew a guy who played lights out and I mean LIGHTS OUT with a tip that was almost completely flat. He was a true hustler and unfortunately he died a while back of cancer. He taught me alot.
Not trying to be argumentative but you can have any radius with any shaft size. the larger the radius and the smaller the shaft the flatter the tip will appear, but the radius is still the radius.
The only limitation is a small radius on a large shaft. too small a radius and too fat a shaft and it will undercut itself:grin:
The only limitation is a small radius on a large shaft. too small a radius and too fat a shaft and it will undercut itself:grin:
i agree with thommy
you can have either dime or nickle . not to argue either.
MMike
you can have either dime or nickle . not to argue either.
MMike
itsfroze...It wasn't mentioned because it's not true. Any shaft size will support any tip shape...nickle, dime or otherwise. As mentioned, tip shape matters little, in terms of action delivered...it's all in the stroke.
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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Mine is somewhere around a nickle or penny. Truth is some like a dime because they think they get more spin. If so its so minute it doesn't matter. Most players never get outside far enough often enough so they keep reshaping. They wear out a tip thinking they need the dime but they do not. There's lots of players with a Quarter or more. They hardly ever hit the ball with much offset.
Rod
Rod
Absolutely incorrect
You can put a nickel or dime radius on any tip out there from a tiny snooker cue to a fat jump break
That's exactly why I said you "can't very well" have a nickle radius on a Z2 shaft, we're agreeing here I think.
Actually you can't put a dime radius on a 13mm shaft, but I am not going to argue the point, if that's what you think fine.
Wrong again... You can put a nickel on a Z2
The only limit is that the shaft diameter cannot exceed the coin diameter.
Your right have a nice day!:wink:
The diameter of a dime is 17.9mm so clearly you can shape that radius on a 13mm tip with ease
This is correct. Since the diameter of a dime is about 18 mm, you would have to have a pretty huge shaft before it became an issue. (I know, that's what she said
)
That's cool...Ooops, point already made. Either I didn't see page 2 or I type REALLY slow.
He doesn't believe me, maybe he will believe you.
