Info on thickness of CF shaft walls

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Is there any info out on the thickness of the walls of the various carbon fiber shafts?

Has anyone tried re-tapering or taking down one of these?

Would trying to bring a 12.4 Revo down to 12mm eventually be catastrophic or even possible without it turning to dust?

How would the thinner walls potentially change deflection properties, playability, and overall soundness?
 
It would take one heck of an adventurous cuemaker and customer to mess with the taper/diameter of a carbon fiber shaft.

I bet if anyone did try it, they would make sure they were not responsible for any damage to it, so basically you are going to be putting a $500 gamble on doing anything like that.

Maybe making it thinner a tiny bit would work, changing taper may not work out so well since you would need to be digging into some parts more than others, making the stress points uneven and creating new weak spots. Bad idea IMHO.
 
My experience

I believe revo are about 1 mm thick walls.

I make mine with a 1.5 mm thick wall, and have no problem, sanding one from 12.5 to 12 mm.

I don't think it would be advisable to try to retaper a c.f. shaft using a router like you would use to retaper wood.

It can be done by sanding, but it is really a big mess. I will never do it again.
 
what!?

why would even consider turning down a carbon shaft like that lol just sell it and get a BeCue 12mm prime
 
hang-the-9 said:
It would take one heck of an adventurous cuemaker and customer to mess with the taper/diameter of a carbon fiber shaft.

I bet if anyone did try it, they would make sure they were not responsible for any damage to it, so basically you are going to be putting a $500 gamble on doing anything like that.

Maybe making it thinner a tiny bit would work, changing taper may not work out so well since you would need to be digging into some parts more than others, making the stress points uneven and creating new weak spots. Bad idea IMHO.
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REAL bad idea. They are not meant to be sanded/reduced.
 
Cross section of a broken Revo that was posted here about a year ago.

I wouldnt recommend taking it down or changing the taper....
 

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Just plain no. Even if you just wanted to shave a tenth of a mm off you risk breaking thru to the actual carbon fiber strands and you'll have a scrap cue. What is on the surface is a thin layer of the resin (plastic).



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This is the problem with pool players and equipment fixation. I don`t even understand how you would think that is possible, carbon fiber is not wood and hence it`s construction is very, very different. CF reacts very different to wood, wich can both dent and bend, wood is a flexible material, while CF is not. If you sand or even get a nick in your CF shaft, that`s now a weak spot and I can allmost guarantee you that your shaft will break at that exact spot. The biggest difference is that a wood shaft will take a certain amount of abuse and you will get a heads up if your pushing it beyond it`s structural integrity, with CF you want get any hints at all, the shaft will just snap from one shot to the next.If you want a thinner shaft, buy a thinner shaft! BE cues has one that is 12mm, Ignite is 12.2mm
 
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