true, but seeing as I've never done that I might find the results interesting.
Shaf Drop Bouncing
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"Pinging" wood has been around for, well as long as I've known wood to be wood.
After a shaft is complete with a tip installed it takes a back seat because too many variables have been introduced. (IMO)
All of the sounds I'm looking for come before any woods are assembled or have cue building parts installed on them.
Ask any well known luthier about wood tones. Grab a cup of coffee and have a seat because it'll tend to be an extended conversation.
What does all of this have to do with a well built cue?
The final decision is on the end user but anyone that knows what a quality build is will tell you how important it is in the very beginning.
After a shaft is complete with a tip installed it takes a back seat because too many variables have been introduced. (IMO)
All of the sounds I'm looking for come before any woods are assembled or have cue building parts installed on them.
Ask any well known luthier about wood tones. Grab a cup of coffee and have a seat because it'll tend to be an extended conversation.
What does all of this have to do with a well built cue?
The final decision is on the end user but anyone that knows what a quality build is will tell you how important it is in the very beginning.
I think there were golf clubs named Ping, or it might of been the balls.
Ping is one of largest clubmakers in golf. Has been for 50+yrs. The name comes from the first putters they made. When you struck the ball they had a distinct 'ping' sound. They quit making that putter a long time ago but the name stuck. The man's name was Karsten Solheim. BTW, before golf KS worked for GE and was one of the team that invented the 'rabbit ears' tv antenna. GE wanted him to move to OkCity from Phoenix and he said no way. Started making putters in his garage and the rest is history.
Shaf drop bouncing for what ask an Oracle, he might have the answer ur looking for.Guy came into hall probably 30 years ago or more in central Illinois pushing his line of cues. The cues were beautiful with shafts that were darker than normal. He said all his shafts were made of old driftwood.
Can’t remember who he was or if driftwood is good or bad but they were pretty!
Can’t remember who he was or if driftwood is good or bad but they were pretty!
From Brazil?
Driftwood wouldn't be worth a fk for a cue. There has been wood found sitting UNDER water for yrs that makes good cue wood.
think that shot is from 'Coogan's Bluff', great flik.
The guy on FB was claiming that the bounce test was used to test CB Squirt/deflection. (NOT coefficient of restitution of the cue). But he never linked the video. He either misinterpreted what he saw, or whoever did the video was an idiot. Everyone on FB was guessing, and everyone here is guessing, because no one knows the video he saw.
agree 100%. pool is so full of 'old wives tales' that have ZERO basis in fact.
Some people actually study that stuff and find it useful. You're not one of those people.
Wood can be "lively" or "dead" along the grain. If it's dead, it absorbs energy and a given speed of stick won't propel the cue ball as fast. You have to hit the ball harder for a given shot than with a "lively" shaft. Many people feel it's better to have a cue that doesn't waste energy.
What gains can a pool player expect with a "lively" stick?
You don't have to hit the ball as hard for each shot. You have a higher comfortable high end speed. One example would be long distance draw or stop shots.
I get what you are saying Bob, I was asking in terms of numbers. Like in golf - higher COR yields real world gains in ball speed and distance. So what I am asking - is there really a significant measurable gain from a "lively" shaft vs a "dead" one?
Until someone does a bouncy vs. non-bouncy shaft test i'm calling all this for what it is: meaningless bullshit. Come with some hard facts and i'll gladly listen. All i'm hearing is the usual guesses backed by nothing. Until facts show up NONE of this is 'useful' in the words of one of our house scientists.