Does a cue butt have a finite amount of hits in it?

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Magyar19

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In other words, can you have the same butt your whole life, playing every day, just changing shafts when needed, or does the butt lose something little by little over time?
 
Take good care of your cue and all you ever really need to change is the tip.
After 16 years, I'm still on my first one and it plays just as good as the day I bought it.
 
Been playing with my Schon for 23 years now and it plays as good today as it did when purchased in '91. It's been refinished once (by Schon), and I have 3 different shafts for it, one is a new factory shaft from Schon I purchased and had fitted when it was refinished a little over a year ago. The other two are original and play as good as the new one if not better. Have played through various stages of cue tips over the years including Schon factory tips, triangle tips, lepro, moori, and currently use sniper tips. The cue itself has played very consistently throughout, with the only change being in the play of the tips.

After all these years, I still find it to be one of the best hitting and balanced cues I've ever played with. Take care of your cue and if it's well made it will last you a very long time. That's just my personal experience and opinion on it.
 
Don't know for sure about Cue Butts ... However, plenty of Butts in San Francisco
have been "hit" bizillions of times ... (not certain if they can still hold "mud" though ?)

Sorry ... The Devil made me do it ...
 
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thats a BIG yes

cue builders like myself build a self destruct into each cue so after a certain amount of time it will start to deteriorate,so when you notice that you are missing shots that you always made in the past, that is a signal for you to buy yourself another cue.

this is the reason all of us builders are filthy rich !!!!!!!!!!



chuck ' moneybags ' starkey
 
victorl said:
Take good care of your cue and all you ever really need to change is the tip.
After 16 years, I'm still on my first one and it plays just as good as the day I bought it.
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I agree with the post above,that I quoted,and I would add that a cloth or leather wrap may need replacing over time,as well as the bumper.If you take care of the cue,it should last for many decades with new tips as needed.There are cues listed on here that are over 100 years old,and they still play/function well.And wood gets a better hit over time,due to aging.I actually prefer some older cues b/c the shafts usually play better.
Marc
 
Magyar19 said:
In other words, can you have the same butt your whole life, playing every day, just changing shafts when needed, or does the butt lose something little by little over time?
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The notion you are looking for is "Finite but Unbounded". This term denotes a count that is extrememly large, but still well below infinite.

But, yes, you can use one cue for your entire life, if you take care of it--shaft included.

You cannot make an infinite number of shots with it, but no expressibly countable number can accurately state how many hits you can take.
 
My Schon STL17 is over 20 years old and has a lot of miles on it...not a single ding or mark on the cue, looks brand new and I swear it even hits better now than it did before. Shafts and butt still roll laser straight together or apart. Always keep your cues in the same comfortable conditions you like to live in, don't slam them around or drop them, treat them nice and they'll out live you. I wouldn't be the least surprised to see SVB still playing with that CueTech butt 10 years from now.
 
I have failed 2 drivers over the years (caved the face in on one, hairline crack in another), both were replaced by their respective manufacturers....I would think if I could swing my cue 115 mph I'd go thru some ferrules and tips, and likely some shafts, but I'd expect the butt to be just fine :cool:
 
Magyar19 said:
In other words, can you have the same butt your whole life, playing every day, just changing shafts when needed, or does the butt lose something little by little over time?
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For some reason my cue butt has mostly misses in it. I am trying to get all of those out as much as I can to get to the hits that make the ball go it, but having a tough time.

I am thinking since there are are so many hits in my cue, it will take another 10 years before I can get though the missed hits to the good ones.
 
I had a digital counter put in mine so I'd know when I run out, I have 4,395,732 hits left, ofcourse it's like a gas gauge, heavier eats can sometimes eat a few off the counter, it's not perfect. Should last me a good 35-40 years I figure. Lesser quality cues naturally have less hit life, get yourself a counter, you'll rest easier
 
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hang-the-9 said:
For some reason my cue butt has mostly misses in it. I am trying to get all of those out as much as I can to get to the hits that make the ball go it, but having a tough time.

I am thinking since there are are so many hits in my cue, it will take another 10 years before I can get though the missed hits to the good ones.
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haha, I have a buddy that gets a new driver every other year, and when he goes to sell his old one, he tells everyone it's virtually new, since he has never hit the sweet spot on the face. :p
 
desi2960 said:
cue builders like myself build a self destruct into each cue so after a certain amount of time it will start to deteriorate,so when you notice that you are missing shots that you always made in the past, that is a signal for you to buy yourself another cue.

this is the reason all of us builders are filthy rich !!!!!!!!!!



chuck ' moneybags ' starkey
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My cues typically last for 18- months before the cueball starts acting funny.
I missed the warning signs this time, and lucky for me I just happened to have a
Runde with me that still had all 18-months of it's playability left.
 
"I missed that shot because my cue butt lost a little weight and diameter
after years of heavy use. I would have made it if the butt was still new."

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