Revo revolution ...

[WilleeCue]

The Revo shaft ... how good is it?
Is it really worth 2 or 3 times as much as a maple shaft?
Do players really play better pool using it?
Is it just another fad who's time has finally come?

I see all the other makers are scrambling to get a competing product.
Will there be Chinese knock offs for a third the price?

Has the Revo shaft been tested on the deflection machine and really proven to be Superior to wood?

They use carbon fiber in golf clubs, fishing rods, and other sport equipment so its got to be good for a pool cue .... right?

 

[cueman]

The Revo shaft ... how good is it?
Is it really worth 2 or 3 times as much as a maple shaft?
Do players really play better pool using it?
Is it just another fad who's time has finally come?

I see all the other makers are scrambling to get a competing product.
Will there be Chinese knock offs for a third the price?

Has the Revo shaft been tested on the deflection machine and really proven to be Superior to wood?

They use carbon fiber in golf clubs, fishing rods, and other sport equipment so its got to be good for a pool cue .... right?

I do think it is a fad, but it may last. Carbon fiber has been used in pool cues for decades and was considered inferior to maple. Why has it all of a sudden caught on at several times the price it used to sell for? That is the question I would like an answer to.

 

[JC]

The Revo shaft ... how good is it?
Is it really worth 2 or 3 times as much as a maple shaft?
Do players really play better pool using it?
Is it just another fad who's time has finally come?

I see all the other makers are scrambling to get a competing product.
Will there be Chinese knock offs for a third the price?

One of my buddies I like to play cheap with got one a few months back.

He hasn't tried to bump it up as of yet.

What would a Chinese knock off of a Chinese shaft look like anyway?

These things are already highway robbery compared to other Chinese products. For the money they get for them they could be built by union workers here in America.

JC

 

[Mcues]

I do think it is a fad, but it may last. Carbon fiber has been used in pool cues for decades and was considered inferior to maple. Why has it all of a sudden caught on at several times the price it used to sell for? That is the question I would like an answer to.

Brand recognition "P" and controlling the supply created anxiety among buyers of the latest
"make me a better player instantly" for $600 after all it must work. Of course, the other brands followed at $400. America at its best helping out China.

Mario

 

[conetip]

Carbon does not have the same feel as a wood shaft does. Chris did get to hit a few times my 2nd generation cue shaft back in 09 at the Billiards expo, along with quite a few others.
Carbon is here to stay. As cue shaft performance goes, the top people at the time who tried the cue were very impressed with the performance of the carbon shaft. A few could do shots that they thought were better than their wood cue. Especially without time and getting used to it as well.
Eventually people making the carbon shafts will find what really makes them work work.
As for price, the material in some carbon cue shafts is about $100 or slightly more, then you have the pattern cutting of the material, and the layup, then the rest of the usual cue shaft construction. There is definitely more man hours time in making a carbon shaft compared to that of a wood cue shaft, except if you only make one, then it will be about the same. If the demand gets high enough, someone will create or dedicate a weaver to make the cue shafts and then the price will drop considerably and so will the material costs be a lot lower as well.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Carbon does not have the same feel as a wood shaft does. Chris did get to hit a few times my 2nd generation cue shaft back in 09 at the Billiards expo, along with quite a few others.
Carbon is here to stay. As cue shaft performance goes, the top people at the time who tried the cue were very impressed with the performance of the carbon shaft. A few could do shots that they thought were better than their wood cue. Especially without time and getting used to it as well.
Eventually people making the carbon shafts will find what really makes them work work.
As for price, the material in some carbon cue shafts is about $100 or slightly more, then you have the pattern cutting of the material, and the layup, then the rest of the usual cue shaft construction. There is definitely more man hours time in making a carbon shaft compared to that of a wood cue shaft, except if you only make one, then it will be about the same. If the demand gets high enough, someone will create or dedicate a weaver to make the cue shafts and then the price will drop considerably and so will the material costs be a lot lower as well.

Can they make a metal mold like the shape of a shaft minus the thickness of the CF ?
Then just produce cf shafts from that ?

 

[conetip]

It takes time because of the fibre orientation that is required. Often an inner mandrel is used, and then vacuum the outer.