I have 3 playing cues, all with Predator Vantage shafts. I like switching cues but prefer to use the same brand of shaft to prevent adjusting for deflection. I am planning on having a couple more made in the next 12 months, but getting Vantage shafts is getting expensive, I was thinking of asking my cue maker to make an LD shaft, so do we just drill a 1/4 inch diameter hole that is 5 inches long and do I magically get the same performance of a Vantage shaft?
Making a low deflection shaft
- Thread starter fish2
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Ummmm, Nope!
So you want someone else to make a product on the cheap? If you want a Vantage, buy a Vantage. If you want a quality shaft, there's lots of makers that gladly will help you and their shafts won't fail after a few years use, because it's made in a sensible way.. Low deflection is a relative term and there's ways of doing it without sacrificing feel or durability.
besides ACCURATELY drilling the hole you have to mill/lathe an insert of some lighter wood, glue that in place, make/attach a ferrule. a lot have tried, few have produced anything worth a crap.
Foam plus capped ferrule
