Joint

Billiard Architect · 2007-01-17T15:31:26+00:00

I have a Joss and wanted to find out what effect on the hit a rubber added joint would have. I bought a couple of rubber washers (1/16 inch thick) from home depot and slid 2 of them over the joint pin of my joss and screwed it back together. It turns out adding the cushion to the joint really deadens the vibration and turns a stiff joss hit to more of a soft thunk. Have any of you tried a hard rubber joint to lessen the vibrations in a cue? I must say the difference is quite noticable and somewhat better. I did play around with what effect it had on english and I did notice that I was able to put a little more english without miscueing. I would think that instead of the cueball jumping off the tip that the compression of the rubber in the joint, allowing the cue to essentially compress, keeps the tip on the ball for just a split second longer. I am wondering if the possible extra time the tip has contact on the ball would have anything to do with it not miscuing. This was with a 5/16 x 14 pin that does allow some play in it until it is screwed down completely. I am pretty sure that some of the tighter thread joints wouldn't be as effective in this test because it would not allow the shaft to move thus compressing the rubber in the joint. Just thought I would ask.