Had an eye opening experience yesterday after changing the shaft taper on the last 7" or so of a Schon shaft I had already brought down some. About a year ago I took a 30" Schon shaft down from its 13mm to a little over 12.4 mm. I don't use it for league but just wanted to try it a little smaller as it is just a spare shaft. Played ok, and quite honestly liked it, but not as much as my Jacoby Ultra shafts that were 12.75mm.
So yesterday, I was hitting some balls with it and decided to measure it again and the taper really flattened out around 6-7". It still somewhat dropped about a .001" per inch from that point, but almost looked straight. As it is just a spare shaft, I took it out to the shop and made more of a conical taper to it. I turned the ferrule down from about 12.4+ to 12.2mm, then gave it a pretty much straight taper that blended in between 6-8".
While it was only about a .012" difference at the ferrule, it now is a totally different shaft. The hit is much crisper, and while it may be my imagination, it seems to hit with more power. Keep in mind I was just playing with it a half hour earlier, and while it was easy to adjust to, it actually seemed like a more powerful hit, where before that minor change, it seemed more of a muted hit unlike all of my other Schon shafts.
Not only do I really like it now, it gives me a greater respect for all of you professional cue makers.
Ment to say taper in heading.
So yesterday, I was hitting some balls with it and decided to measure it again and the taper really flattened out around 6-7". It still somewhat dropped about a .001" per inch from that point, but almost looked straight. As it is just a spare shaft, I took it out to the shop and made more of a conical taper to it. I turned the ferrule down from about 12.4+ to 12.2mm, then gave it a pretty much straight taper that blended in between 6-8".
While it was only about a .012" difference at the ferrule, it now is a totally different shaft. The hit is much crisper, and while it may be my imagination, it seems to hit with more power. Keep in mind I was just playing with it a half hour earlier, and while it was easy to adjust to, it actually seemed like a more powerful hit, where before that minor change, it seemed more of a muted hit unlike all of my other Schon shafts.
Not only do I really like it now, it gives me a greater respect for all of you professional cue makers.
Ment to say taper in heading.
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