no ferrule custom shaft (cuemaker?)
- Thread starter hydra
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Hi,
You must like to live on the edge unless you like cracked shafts.
Rick
You must like to live on the edge unless you like cracked shafts.
Rick
i can
i will make you a shaft and i will guarantee it as long as you DONT hit any balls, or i can make the shaft and you can use it to break if you want, but NO GUARANTEE.
even done to perfection i believe the shaft might break if you were to hit the ball really hard or maybe on a miscue. i am not saying it cannot be done, but thats putting a lot of pressure on the walls of the shaft without much protection.
chuck
i will make you a shaft and i will guarantee it as long as you DONT hit any balls, or i can make the shaft and you can use it to break if you want, but NO GUARANTEE.
even done to perfection i believe the shaft might break if you were to hit the ball really hard or maybe on a miscue. i am not saying it cannot be done, but thats putting a lot of pressure on the walls of the shaft without much protection.
chuck
It won't be used for breaking, jumping, nor masse shots. I am confident it will hold up just fine.
To those who PM'd me: I just replied, so please check your PM. I apologize for the tardiness as I am in the process of moving into my new house.
I understand your concerns. Another cuemaker PM'd me and said he can make this type of shaft for me. He also guarantees his work which is just icing on the cake (I wasn't going to hold the cuemaker liable if the shaft should break).
RBC
Deceased
Hydra,
Just keep his identity confidential.
Predator owns the patent which that cuemaker will be violating if he builds that cue shaft. They are happy to sick their legal department on anyone who violates the intellectual property, and rightly so.
Respect for patent ownership is something I take quite seriously.
Just keep his identity confidential.
Predator owns the patent which that cuemaker will be violating if he builds that cue shaft. They are happy to sick their legal department on anyone who violates the intellectual property, and rightly so.
Respect for patent ownership is something I take quite seriously.
Royce, not trying to be a cheeky monkey but what exactly does Predator own as far as a Patent goes?
RBC
Deceased
Predator has several patents that cover allot of different things.
I'm hesitant to say you can do this, or you can't do that. Patent law is a whole different world. Most people think that if some little thing is different about their method that it's ok, but it usually isn't.
I will say that, in my opinion, if you hollow out or drill out a cue shaft you would be in violation of their patent.
You can read their patents at www.uspto.gov. Just search for cue or cue shaft patents.
I'm hesitant to say you can do this, or you can't do that. Patent law is a whole different world. Most people think that if some little thing is different about their method that it's ok, but it usually isn't.
I will say that, in my opinion, if you hollow out or drill out a cue shaft you would be in violation of their patent.
You can read their patents at www.uspto.gov. Just search for cue or cue shaft patents.
PDF file
U.S. Pat. No. 5,725,437
http://www.youngbasile.com/us/5725437.pdf
[0011] The present invention concerns a billiard cue comprising a shaft having a tip end and a butt end, wherein the shaft has a non-linear tapered section with reduced diameter compared to a linear tapering at the tip end. The reduced diameter gives an increased flexibility to the tip end, which results in low deflection when a ball is struck off-centre. In the billiard cue of the present invention, said non-linear tapered section with reduced diameter extends preferably until about 14 inches from the tip end. This especially applies to standard 58-inch cues. Further, the shaft can have a non-linear tapered section with increased diameter from about 14 inches from the tip end to about 29 inches from the tip end. The billiard cue of the present invention thus preferably has a shaft, which shows an increased flexibility at the tip end compared to a linearly tapered shaft.
[0012] In another aspect of the present invention, a billiard cue is disclosed comprising a shaft having a tip end and a butt end, wherein the diameter of the shaft from the tip end is in a Boltzmann function relation to the distance from the tip end curve until at about half of the shaft.
[0013] In another aspect of the present invention, a manufacturing process is disclosed for making the cue shaft of the present invention. The technique used can be any technique suitable for treating the material used, such as sanding, laser, and manual or computer-directed turning lathe.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,725,437
http://www.youngbasile.com/us/5725437.pdf
[0011] The present invention concerns a billiard cue comprising a shaft having a tip end and a butt end, wherein the shaft has a non-linear tapered section with reduced diameter compared to a linear tapering at the tip end. The reduced diameter gives an increased flexibility to the tip end, which results in low deflection when a ball is struck off-centre. In the billiard cue of the present invention, said non-linear tapered section with reduced diameter extends preferably until about 14 inches from the tip end. This especially applies to standard 58-inch cues. Further, the shaft can have a non-linear tapered section with increased diameter from about 14 inches from the tip end to about 29 inches from the tip end. The billiard cue of the present invention thus preferably has a shaft, which shows an increased flexibility at the tip end compared to a linearly tapered shaft.
[0012] In another aspect of the present invention, a billiard cue is disclosed comprising a shaft having a tip end and a butt end, wherein the diameter of the shaft from the tip end is in a Boltzmann function relation to the distance from the tip end curve until at about half of the shaft.
[0013] In another aspect of the present invention, a manufacturing process is disclosed for making the cue shaft of the present invention. The technique used can be any technique suitable for treating the material used, such as sanding, laser, and manual or computer-directed turning lathe.
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