You’re right - hang-the-9’s tip is really concave. He’s a pool player, so suing him is pointless...
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chgo
Dime Radius or Nickel Radius?
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chgo
Maybe the best tip would be a compound radius or even with a flat top but still sloping sides. Guitars can have compound radius necks to make fretting on the different areas easier and more comfortable, why not cue tips depending on what angle it would strike the ball at.
I think a "flat top" would make it easier to hit centerball, but harder to know exactly when you begin adding spin - you'd be hitting centerball until your tip is offset past the flat part.
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One of the best players at the room I play at uses an almost flat tip that's about a 1/4 inch wider than his ferrule. Looks like he's playing with a mushroom stuck on the end of his stick. Says he likes it like that but I think he's just too cheap to have someone install a tip correctly for him. Shoots really well with it, I'm thinking it might be super forgiving and helps you shoot straight. I'm tempted to try it.
There are some great scale drawings on that page. For those who don't want to click through, here is a scale drawing of the three curvatures with a cue ball for comparison. (N = nickel, etc.)
Nice illustration Bob. FYI, I added it to the tip size and shape resource page for easy future reference.
I really don’t know what radius I use. I put a tip on trim it down, round the tip, use a piece of sand paper for the finishing touch and then play with it until I decide it needs a touch up then I just use sand paper and eyeball it till it looks close enough to play with.
I'm 72 and have been playing since I was about 12. I've tried every brand of cue made, and probably almost every tip made. I've played with snooker cues and regular cues. I like wood to wood joints, and all my cues have a low deflection shaft with a 12.5 mm Kamuii clear black hard tip with a nickel profile. Some people like softer tips, some like a dime profile, but I can get all the english I need with that particular tip and shape and premium chalk, and don't have to worry about unintended english from a dime profile and a hit that's not perfect
I think that would be worrying about nothing anyway. Here's a pic to show how little difference the tip's shape makes in where you hit the CB.
pj
chgo
the more round a tip the less chalk you will use so if you are using a 200 dollar piece of specialty chalk it should last about 50 shots longer.
that is precisely why a dime is worth twice the amount of a nickel. a penny i havent figured out yet.
i suspect cocobolo cowboy may have insight into that.
that is precisely why a dime is worth twice the amount of a nickel. a penny i havent figured out yet.
i suspect cocobolo cowboy may have insight into that.
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
This is true for the moment of contact, but how does tip hardness and compression play into this effect? This tip distortion can be seen in that slow motion video. I would think as the tip compression on impact for a less curved tip would have a larger surface area of contact.
Maybe, although I doubt that it matters.
I was responding to the concern that rounder tips might be less forgiving at centerball.
pj
chgo
Nope, I do the same - home or at bar I rarely chalk when breaking, when I do it's out of habit. I also have a flat breaking tip.
Interesting. Thanks for posting that. What prompted the switch?
Won't the tip compress, rendering such small differences meaningless?
There you go again. Getting all scientific on us.
If you read through the resource page, you will see that the main point is: It doesn't really matter!
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If you read through the resource page, you will see that the main point is: It doesn't really matter!
Sometimes a thorough analysis yields simple and useful results.
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