My x-breaker is warped. what should I do?

Luxury

Luxury

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I bought one of the last x-breakers ever purchased and I am aware that Richard is unable to do anything and I wouldn't even trust to send it to him regardless but my question is this:

How badly am I hurting my chances of getting a precision break with a controlled cue ball using a slightly warped break stick?

I spent a fortune on it and I love the way it breaks but what do you think? I kind of wonder if any kind of bend in the stick might make a center hit on the vertical axis of the cue ball more of a challenge.

Another question: I break pretty hard. Often every remaining ball on the table has made it to the half of the table I broke from. Could that have anything to do with why it warped within a few months?

Is this repairable and does anyone know anyone in Washington state that could repair it?

Go Seahawks!
 
Luxury said:
I bought one of the last x-breakers ever purchased and I am aware that Richard is unable to do anything and I wouldn't even trust to send it to him regardless but my question is this:

How badly am I hurting my chances of getting a precision break with a controlled cue ball using a slightly warped break stick?

I spent a fortune on it and I love the way it breaks but what do you think? I kind of wonder if any kind of bend in the stick might make a center hit on the vertical axis of the cue ball more of a challenge.

Another question: I break pretty hard. Often every remaining ball on the table has made it to the half of the table I broke from. Could that have anything to do with why it warped within a few months?

Is this repairable and does anyone know anyone in Washington state that could repair it?

Go Seahawks!
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Unless the portion of the cue that extends past your bridge has a severe warp it shouldn't effect performance one iota. Get calibrated and "fire for effect.":)

The warp will prolly have a negative impact on value should you choose to flip.:(
 
Heck, if your not miscuing, I'd say keep it.

I've got two X-breakers and one is a little wobbly, but I can still hit the rack as hard as I need to without miscuing.

Good luck.
 
I agree with Ribdoner...

ribdoner said:
Unless the portion of the cue that extends past your bridge has a severe warp it shouldn't effect performance one iota. Get calibrated and "fire for effect.":)

The warp will prolly have a negative impact on value should you choose to flip.:(
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Just turn it so the warp is vertical and it should not make any difference. A cue being perfectly straight is over rated, I can't even remember the number of times I busted some clown in a bar using a cue that looked like a tree limb:D :D

-don
 
perhaps?

It's too bad about your cue warping. To this day, none of
my cues are perfectly straight. I agree with the earlier
poster, regarding orienting the warp vertically. Perhaps
putting a dot on the ferrule or behind it would simplify the task.

A question immediately comes to mind however. Should
you orient it so the dip is down or up? Initially I would
think that holding the dip down would be best. But if you
are the type of person who bends the stick significantly
by shooting it into the table with force, that might have
contributed to, or caused the warp. In that case, I would
experiment with holding the dip up, and perhaps over
time you will reverse the warp. Just a thought.
 
watchez said:
I would get two cinder blocks and see if you can unwarp your cue.
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Either that or you could just lay it on the garage floor and drive on top in the reverse warp direction and let it sit there all night, I have done this on several occasions to straighten my Black Boar and Gina Cue shafts:D :D :D
 
playing with a warped cue

I know a lot of the old school players would make a mark on the cue if it had a warp in it. That way they could line up the cue the same direction every time. Put the mark on the 'spine' of the warp so it's verticaly straight up and down. Then make your mark. You should have consistant results. :R:
 
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