Players HXT LD shaft....how so???

Maniac

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I had a deal fall through on a 31" Jacoby butt I had for sale, so I decided to buy a 29" shaft for it and keep it in the home rack to use as a practice cue (my main players are 60" cues). I didn't want to spend an arm-and-a-leg for a shaft but I wanted the diameter at the tip to be 12.75mm. So I decided to give the Players HXT shaft a try. Got it in yesterday and have played about 3 hours with it. It is a very well-made shaft using a very nice grade of wood. It has a nice, solid hit, rolls straight as can be, and I am overall happy with the purchase.

What I don't get is how/why they advertise this shaft as a low-deflection shaft. It is not laminated (as far as I can tell), has a standard-length 1" ferrule, and does not give feedback like a hollow-ended LD shaft does. My question is, what properties are built into this shaft that qualifies it to be called a low-deflection shaft? I've done a search but cannot find any product information releases that cover this shaft. Does anyone here know what construction processes take place to make this shaft LD?

FTR, I aimed with this shaft just as I would have with any other standard maple shaft. If it has LD properties, they are miniscule.

Maniac
 
It did say LD on the package right?

Being there IS no standards for such a claim , sadly thats all you need.

Maybe Less "D" when they compared it to a steel pipe? :)
 
The HXT shaft, I figure is about 20% off a standard shaft in compensation you need to do. It's not close to a Predator or the other higher priced shafts, it's about in between that and a standard shaft. No clue what they did to the shaft to make it a "LD" one, but I do know when I aim with my son's cue I need to move about between 1/8 and 1/4 ball more straight on with the HXT than with mine on a long distance side-spin shot.

This was on their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...34262683.58491.119317574780390&type=1&theater

Looks to be a standard foam something in the ferrule to decrease mass tech.

I found one quote from a web site about the cues and/or shafts "but pack supercharged technology features under the hood", maybe it's a forced air system?
I also read that part of the tech for LD they list is the Kamui tip, which is a bit odd, but may do something.
 
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they use a lightweight wood as part of the tenon under the ferrule to reduce the mass at the front end. the ferrule material they use is also on the lighter side. the deflection reduction isn't that great though
 
hang-the-9 said:
I found one quote from a web site about the cues and/or shafts "but pack supercharged technology features under the hood", maybe it's a forced air system?
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I can see the next two months of flame threads ...

"Do carburetored shafts pack too much muscle?"
"Forced induction is for bar-bangers"
"Poll: Qualifications for aiming rectification with natural aspiration in shaft technology"
 
I have noticed a difference in deflection when I started playing with the skinny hxt shaft, it deflects a lot less than the 12.75mm which as you say is close to the qualities of a regular maple shaft. Im sorry I have nothing to compare it to, but I would say it did make using english a lot easier for me, where as when using the 12.75mm hxt I still missed a majority of the shots I am making now.
 
still waiting

Still waiting for the last players cue i sent in 6 years ago for warranty.

They must be very busy.:rolleyes

MMike
 
I ordered a custom diameter of 12.5 from Seyberts, should be here midweek or so, will see how it plays. I'm guessing it will deflect a bit less than the standard 12.75 and not be so thin to hold as the 11.75 model although the thinner shaft model also has a shorter ferrule which helps a lot.

I only have used a regular shaft before, so a shaft that does not have that much less defection should be good for me. Plus a huge bonus for me was the fact that the hit feels exactly like a regular shaft, and I use a Kamui Soft on my favorite shaft, which comes on the HXT standard.
 
Me:
Lamination has nothing to do with LD.
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Maniac:
I know that Patrick. I was just trying to describe the shaft as completely as I possibly could to those who haven't seen one.
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You can see how this might be misleading (to me and others):

What I don't get is how/why they advertise this shaft as a low-deflection shaft. It is not laminated (as far as I can tell), has a standard-length 1" ferrule, and does not give feedback like a hollow-ended LD shaft does.
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