Higher percentage of the tip though. The differing stresses gotta factor in.
Lowest Deflection Wood Shafts
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You’re really don’t know what you’re saying.
These internet debates are so 2001… I’m done.
Try to look for slow motion videos of the tip hitting the cue ball, there are a few of them out there.
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Absolutely…it is harder than maple wood, or seems so, and stiffer. I use Renaissance Wax & it comes out glossy smooth.
Possibly bridge alignment both vertical and lateral with differing shaft diameters.
Nope on the Vantage. It has a lighter front-end than a 314. It does deflect less. Because of the larger diameter Pred was able to remove more wood and replace with whatever material they use to lighten it. I had a 12.9Mezz that was same way, less defl. than their 12.5 shaft.
who makes high deflection small dia wood shafts?
So then both wider and narrower tips could be affected, depending on which is least familiar.
pj
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IDK why newer. Just diameter.
Got it.
you'd have to go conical taper to achieve it. buy a carom shaft.
After using the Cuetec Cynergy carbon fiber shaft for several years, I recently returned to my wood shaft- Cuetec R360- great cue, but I don't think they sell it any more. Thinner shaft and smaller tip- I think there is a subtle difference in that it does seem to improve my shot accuracy
Only thing that can improve one's accuracy is a straighter stroke. Its the old 'feel-vs-real' deal.
Frosty
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Truth be told, it isn’t “harder”, it’s actually far more brittle.
As for wood, I heard one or two pros betting their damned lives that would be Cuetec R360.
That noted, none of them both plays with that shaft now. Both switched for carbon, and primapily for sponsorship reasons. So just another sign that low deflection is not everything for a player. Had it been such, they would have stayed loyal to their shaft with lowest deflection they ever seen. Instead, they just adopt to something else, and that's the way it should be. Just study the shaft you own now, fair and square.
That noted, none of them both plays with that shaft now. Both switched for carbon, and primapily for sponsorship reasons. So just another sign that low deflection is not everything for a player. Had it been such, they would have stayed loyal to their shaft with lowest deflection they ever seen. Instead, they just adopt to something else, and that's the way it should be. Just study the shaft you own now, fair and square.
Paul_#_
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Given how hard cue tips are, I thought not much of the tip hits the ball. These photos, however, from Dr Dave's "Amazing Billiards Physics in Super Slow Motion" shows a large tip area is compressed against the cue ball.
Nonetheless, there is likely a much smaller area in which most of the force is transferred to the cue ball. The outer edges of tip contact may transfer little force to the cue ball.
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