John Mars trick shaft?

[John Brumback]

Has anyone got to play with that trick shaft that he has? He got me with it,lol. Talk about deflection,wow! He said I got a cue that you can't make a ball with and I said where's it at. He said I'll be right back.

Well I grab it and fire the first shot in,a long cross corner,then I just laid it on the table and said case closed. He says no you have to cut some balls in. So he set up a cut shot with the oball froze on the rail and I missed by it 6 in. every time!!!.

I've never paid much attention to deflection until now and wow is all I can say. The shaft seemed to weigh at least one lb or more.

Andy Gilbert told me that he made the shaft just to prove a point and I can say without a doubt...he did. John B.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Has anyone got to play with that trick shaft that he has? He got me with it,lol. Talk about deflection,wow! He said I got a cue that you can't make a ball with and I said where's it at. He said I'll be right back.

Well I grab it and fire the first shot in,a long cross corner,then I just laid it on the table and said case closed. He says no you have to cut some balls in. So he set up a cut shot with the oball froze on the rail and I missed by it 6 in. every time!!!.

I've never paid much attention to deflection until now and wow is all I can say. The shaft seemed to weigh at least one lb or more.

Andy Gilbert told me that he made the shaft just to prove a point and I can say without a doubt...he did. John B.

Jim Buss made a couple of shafts for me like that. Instead of a hollow front end like some low-squirt shafts they have a core of brass. It's really fun to ask a 3-C player to shoot a break shot with it, since they will use a good amount of inside spin. And miss the ball by 3 inches.

 

[cookie man]

Has anyone got to play with that trick shaft that he has? He got me with it,lol. Talk about deflection,wow! He said I got a cue that you can't make a ball with and I said where's it at. He said I'll be right back.

Well I grab it and fire the first shot in,a long cross corner,then I just laid it on the table and said case closed. He says no you have to cut some balls in. So he set up a cut shot with the oball froze on the rail and I missed by it 6 in. every time!!!.

I've never paid much attention to deflection until now and wow is all I can say. The shaft seemed to weigh at least one lb or more.

Andy Gilbert told me that he made the shaft just to prove a point and I can say without a doubt...he did. John B.

Our local houseman Rolando made one also, lots of fun.

 

[jalapus logan]

Has anyone got to play with that trick shaft that he has? He got me with it,lol. Talk about deflection,wow! He said I got a cue that you can't make a ball with and I said where's it at. He said I'll be right back.

Well I grab it and fire the first shot in,a long cross corner,then I just laid it on the table and said case closed. He says no you have to cut some balls in. So he set up a cut shot with the oball froze on the rail and I missed by it 6 in. every time!!!.

I've never paid much attention to deflection until now and wow is all I can say. The shaft seemed to weigh at least one lb or more.

Andy Gilbert told me that he made the shaft just to prove a point and I can say without a doubt...he did. John B.

Ah, so that's why you beat me every time, you switch my shaft out for a gaff one. Must be it,

 

[pt109]

Ronnie Allen, as usual, was decades ahead of his time.
People would gamble in the 60s (shaft only)...the trick was to hold a roll of quarters in
your stroking hand, pressed against the back of the shaft.

Ronnie had a 21 ounce shaft made....and robbed a few people...
....he could actually draw the length of the table with it.

 

[DTL]

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[bubbaandthem]

I have one of Andy's high deflection shafts too. I watched him make it. If anyone asks what deflection is that will explain it pretty quickly

 

[Bob Jewett]

They (Detroit) trapped Russian Kenny with that shaft. The game was the 6-Ball ghost with BIH after the break. I don't think he ever ran out.

The game was that he had to use the loaded shaft?

 

[DTL]

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[Sloppy Pockets]

Our local houseman Rolando made one also, lots of fun.

Rolando Aravena? If so, send him back north, we need more like him up here.

 

[pug1986]

I would bet if you practiced with that thing for a year straight, you'd get used to it eventually.

 

[DoubleA]

Andy def knows his business.

 

[LAMas]

A shooter called Dutch had one with a copper wire core - he bet you couldn't make a spot shot.