Dime vs Nickel tip

[usakr]

Which tip radius is less likely to cause a miscue?

 

[9ball5032]

Either tip will miscue if the edge of the tip needs to be scruffed and can't hold chalk, or is not chalked. And the former problems are magnified if your hitting too far out from the center of the cue ball.

 

[Island Drive]

I'd ask Dr Dave....

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

I would say learning to applying Chalk is key, and 5 or 10 Cent is person preference.

 

[straightline]

Occurs to me a small tip requires less cue deviation from center line than a big tip. ???

 

[nataddrho]

Tip radius has nothing to do with a miscue. Also tip radius has much less effect on pretty much everything than you would think.

A miscue has much more to do with edge compression and chalk, out beyond whatever a radius will provide in terms of surface contact point.

 

[SSP]

Which tip radius is less likely to cause a miscue?

I don't believe tip radius causes miscues, I think tip size 12.5mm and above have a more natural nickel radius and 12.2mm and below have a more natural dime radius, not scientific, JMHO.....

 

[philly]

Which tip radius is less likely to cause a miscue?

Tips don't miscue.
Players miscue. They come out of their shots.
A slight head lift too early will change your entire stoke.
The body follows the head.

 

[Paul_#_]

From Dr Dave's Cue Tip Size and Shape Effects. Figure below shows cue tip hitting at the cue-ball's miscue limit. The cue ball will hit the 10mm cue-tip edge --- not the front surface of the tip ---if the tip is shaped to nickel versus some of the tip hitting cue ball if shaped to a dime. Mentioned at 4:51 at

 

[garczar]

Dime rad. will allow you to go a TIIIIIIIINY bit further out without mis-cuing. I can play good/bad with either shape.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

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I was about to post this pic (which I made years ago) to show that tip width and curvature are related: smaller tips need sharper curves to avoid hitting on their edge when applying maximum spin. There’s no other practical difference (except maybe a little less squirt with a smaller tip).

pj
chgo

 

[Matt_24]

Buddy Hall said it didn't matter because you're only using the edge of your tip.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Buddy Hall said it didn't matter because you're only using the edge of your tip.

Actually, unless your tip is too flat, you only use the edge of your tip with maximum English.

pj
chgo

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Occurs to me a small tip requires less cue deviation from center line than a big tip. ??

Yes, but the difference is so small it hardly matters. Here's an old post of mine about that...

pj
chgo

 

[straightline]

With BHE it might matter stroke wise - especially if you're trying to perfect it.

 

[RickLafayette]

Most dime radiuses will be nickel shaped after a number of racks.

 

[Chopdoc]

OK...but what about Euros? Pesos?

 

[usakr]

What are typical causes of the dreadful draw shot miscue. I swear I'm hitting it above the miscue limit but somehow I manage to hop that puppy.

 

[philly]

What are typical causes of the dreadful draw shot miscue. I swear I'm hitting it above the miscue limit but somehow I manage to hop that puppy.

You are lifting up starting with your head.
The sooner you stop blaming everything but yourself the sooner you will improve.
Look on the bright side.
You can blame yourself when you win too.
The tip didn't make you win. You did.

 

[mr3cushion]

What are typical causes of the dreadful draw shot miscue. I swear I'm hitting it above the miscue limit but somehow I manage to hop that puppy.

Not following through on the 'same plane the cue started on'!

On a Draw shots mediocre players 'Scoop down' too low on the CB.