flat spot on cue tip?

[evergruven]

anybody intentionally play with a flat spot on the center of their cue tip?
I never thought about it, but heard recently that some like it for straight-in shots

 

[GoldCrown]

I get flat spots on the tires when storing the car for long periods
Honestly it sound ridiculous but it if works so be it

 

[Bob Jewett]

Pat Fleming tried a beveled/slanted tip so you could get more contact area when playing with side spin. He didn't find it useful.

A flat tip with quick rounding at the shoulders would take a while to get used to for side spin.

 

[evergruven]

Pat Fleming tried a beveled/slanted tip so you could get more contact area when playing with side spin. He didn't find it useful.

A flat tip with quick rounding at the shoulders would take a while to get used to for side spin.

yea, in my mind I'm wondering, what if I hit the spot where the flat part meets the curve?

otherwise, I've always admired pat's pool curiosity/inventiveness..bolstered by his own experimentation, I just had a cue cut to 54"

 

[Patrick Johnson]

...what if I hit the spot where the flat part meets the curve?

That'd be about like hitting on the edge of the tip - less contact area, harder to judge exactly. And you'd hit that spot on the tip for more shots than any other spot.

For example, if the tip's flat part is half the width of your tip, you'll probably be hitting on that "edge" with any side spin up to about half of maximum (depending on the actual width/curvature).

I'd work on my tip/ball accuracy instead.

pj
chgo

 

[evergruven]

That'd be about like hitting on the edge of the tip - less contact area, harder to judge exactly.

I'd work on my tip/ball accuracy instead.

thanks pat, and agreed!

 

[MitchAlsup]

anybody intentionally play with a flat spot on the center of their cue tip?
I never thought about it, but heard recently that some like it for straight-in shots

What this does is deaden the center CB strike.

Instead of a progressive addition of side spin as the cue tip impact moves more laterally,
you get a dead zone where no change in spin happens, and then all of a sudden you start getting spin (somewhat unpredictably.)

 

[Fatboy]

Tips compress when they hit the ball. So when you hit center ball, the tip is flat during contact until the CB leaves the tip.

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