Rhino carbon fiber
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You have another one that failed?
And even higher than that in Europe
Can you ask your lathe guy if that is marzipan or nougat in the middle?
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I need to know.
This is not my week, apparently. I’m not going to bother contacting them.
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cf tube with foam inside. pretty much how all are made. imo Rhino needs to use a much stronger ferrule on the brk. shafts.all the pics i've seen of failure look like ferrule failed leading to damage to the tube itself. a phenolic or tomahawk ferrule would probably stop these issues.
You might want to message, hueblerhustler7, as he has experimented with changing the ferrules on carbon shafts with supposedly great results. He actually has posted some great reviews on here about it. Sure beats your guy playing around with things, not knowing what the results will be. You could just search his name also and find his results on here. Or then again you could just post your question on what ferrule material to use on the cuemakers forum
Please humor me as I have not taken the CF plunge yet, but weren't CF shafts ferrule-less in the beginning, with just a pad that the tip was glued to? (Maybe some still are?) I thought this was one of the big selling points in making it super low deflection. If you add ferrules, especially heavier (duty) ones, would it not theoretically increase deflection due to increased weight, thus eliminating one of the big selling points of CF?
Apologies if this is common knowledge and a stupid question.
Apologies if this is common knowledge and a stupid question.
Seeing this thread made me look at mine. Thankfully, it's still fine. I'm also not a strong breaker and still have my wood shaft as a backup.
MY issue is, I don't play at a level where I can justify paying $650+ for a dedicated break cue, even though the ones I have used are amazing
MY issue is, I don't play at a level where I can justify paying $650+ for a dedicated break cue, even though the ones I have used are amazing
Well sh!t. I have a Komet break cue from them.
So far everything has been fine, but I break at about 20MPH.
I will start checking on mine under magnification to spot cracks forming.
I have some tomahawk I can use for a new ferrule but that can break too, just not as easily it appears.
I have a friend who switched to aegis because he cracked the tomahawk ferrule on his break cue.
He's a big guy with a big break. I am not, so I may get away with softer material without risk.
Very disappointed to hear of their tail light warranty.
Thanks OP for sharing/warning.
So far everything has been fine, but I break at about 20MPH.
I will start checking on mine under magnification to spot cracks forming.
I have some tomahawk I can use for a new ferrule but that can break too, just not as easily it appears.
I have a friend who switched to aegis because he cracked the tomahawk ferrule on his break cue.
He's a big guy with a big break. I am not, so I may get away with softer material without risk.
Very disappointed to hear of their tail light warranty.
Thanks OP for sharing/warning.
I'll have to take pics later but I have a couple carom shafts and think they take more abuse than a break cue.
Wonder if tip end specs are different than the carom ones?
Wonder if tip end specs are different than the carom ones?
Being low-deflection is not really a consideration with a break cue!
No, they had a thin spacer. Revo called their's the 'vault plate'. The cf shafts with short ferrules are still lo-defl, some are super lo.
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I like carbon fiber for my break cue as well because it slides through the bridge much easier in my opinion and is more durable, usually anyways.
There's that. Far L is pool shaft and the other two are carom ones.
No visually discernable difference in their ends.
LOL. Good point. So I guess the benefit is the no warping/no dings?
Yes, vault plate. that's what I was thinking of.