The Old Jaybird
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While 13 mm seems to be the standard tip diameter, are there standards for the joint and butt diameters?? I know I prefer a smaller butt diameter.
standard diameters???
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Cue building....the only standards involved is what the builder decides is his/her standard!
Edit: after thinking about this for a short, there are "commonly" used sizes though out the building industry. But not really a "standard" per say.
Edit: after thinking about this for a short, there are "commonly" used sizes though out the building industry. But not really a "standard" per say.
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Probably the most popular butt taper now is .840" joint with 1.240" bottom . One angle .
Smaller butt or smaller grip ? If you like thinner grip, bottom diameter means little if the butt has compound angle .
What matters more is your preference where you grip most of the time .
A compound taper .850-1.250" butt might be thinner where you grip than a straight taper .840-1.240" butt.
And as Brugge mentioned, there is no standard .
For joints, .840 is probably most common.
Older Meucci cues have narrow joint diameters, down around .800. Some of the older McDermotts can run .860 or slightly bigger.
End of the cue is harder to nail down, I'd say 1.250 is going to be pretty average.
Older Meucci cues have narrow joint diameters, down around .800. Some of the older McDermotts can run .860 or slightly bigger.
End of the cue is harder to nail down, I'd say 1.250 is going to be pretty average.
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Then why do all the aftermarket shaft manufacturers use the same collar sizes?
Zerksies
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It dont mean the makers need to conform to that
The Old Jaybird
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this was sort of what I was focusing on. Lot of aftermarket shafts available, other than the pin, what diameter is considered standard?
It does if they want to sell many shafts, and they do.
most joints are in the .838-.840 range. there will never be a set-in-stone industry standard on this. i've tried aftermarket shafts that have slight misfit at joint but its never enough to sweat. UNLESS you're ultra-anal about this shit.
How the cue is finished, sanded and polisehed affects this a lot. Some brands cuts the shaft to the butt when the cue is screwed together, they do the whole process that way, finish, sanding and polishing. That means that the joint might not be 100% centered the same way if you use carbide sanding mandrels.
Pretty much trying to meet in the middle, I presume, and get something close. How many of those aftermarket shafts "match up" to the cue butts perfectly?
A lot
Perfectly? Like carbide mandrel perfect? Or close enough 95% of players/buyers really won't give a shit perfect?
well they are selling their shafts so they must be "perfect" enough.