The Old Jaybird
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Titanium rod, or even lighter, tubing.
Take all of the weight out of your break cue
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Flakeandrun
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The whole thing should be made of unicorn horn.
Without devolving the thread, I will add, still feeling good about this lighter weight, and is working for me.
Dude, give it a rest...if I said the world was round you'd try to make an argument against that too..everyone except you and possibly some woke lgbtq+ people like a power break with cue ball control and no cut break shit with the cb flying around the table.Speaking for the world? Wonder where you're from
Deal with it.
Flakeandrun
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I hope you're ok
But, back on topic, light works for me. Lots of great insights shared in this thread! Thanks all.
The Old Jaybird
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a 5 foot titanium rod would weigh about 2 pounds, if you were wondering.
I'm fine, dont worry.I hope you're ok
But, back on topic, light works for me. Lots of great insights shared in this thread! Thanks all.
Ans Archer used a 20 ounce break cue, certainly you should get him into an argument.
P.s.whats your average break speed?
Right you are - I must have been thinking of E=MC^2. Still, mass plays a significant role and the optimum weight/speed combination is different for different players.
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Crasher
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incorrect. momentum is a measurement of force over time. Kinetic energy is a capacity to do work (i.e. transfer energy into a rack). Kinetic energy is scalar and increases quadratically with speed, where a 10% speed increase results in a 21% increase in KE, as apposed to a linear increase with mass.
Sheeeeeeet....
Flakeandrun
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Glad to hear it. Let's make people smile, rather than frown. Makes the world a nicer place to live
Have quite liked watching people argue with him last year, not sure I can be bothered.
MR 14-16mph, WPA 20-22mph table depending (I found I took it down to around 16mph when the table was needing it), 8/10ball 16 -18mph is suitable, but I sure like giving it a bit more when I'm feeling good - these are the speeds that I seem to have success with, but not a hard and fast rule for me, and also granted I don't keep track, and this was from some experimenting about a year ago which I posted about previously.
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MR?WPR?Glad to hear it. Let's make people smile, rather than frown. Makes the world a nicer place to live
Have quite liked watching people argue with him last year, not sure I can be bothered.
MR 14-16mph, WPA 20-22mph table depending I found I took it down to around 16mph when the table was needing it, 8/10ball 16 -18mph is suitable, but I sure like giving it a bit more when I'm feeling good - these are the speeds that I seem to have success with, but not a hard and fast rule for me, and also granted I don't keep track, and this was from some experimenting about a year ago which I posted about previously.
Flakeandrun
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Matchroom (break box high point), WPA (192 low point)
As referenced many times, and by many people, across a variety of threads
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Flakeandrun
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Cool
Anyway, back to the point of the thread, light break cue is working for me. Able to break nicely in each format with speed relative to the game played
This thread made me check on my Mezz Kai break cue. Wow, never realized the butt weights 16oz! Took of the weight bolt (1.5oz) and now can't wait to put the lighter break cue to the test at the table, with some break speed analysis included. Now the cue weights 18.3oz approximately. Thank you for the reminder!
Flakeandrun
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16oz with or without the bolt? Assume with? I will also measure the weight of the cue with Ignite G shaft attached. Both days I have meant to, but I have gotten side-tracked by actually playing. We can compare notes haha
I can say from a subjective feeling perspective, that I am having a better hit, but I would also be interested in a side by side analysis of the cue performance with and without weight. Thinking simple (as my small brain does), 5 attempts each at max power - Measuring speed. Then 5 attempts each trying to break as If I were in a game, recording the produced layouts. Hope I have enough time in the weekend to do that.
16oz with bolt, which sounds a lot to me. Now it's 14.5oz. Interested in hearing others' break cue weights.
My brother had a bone disease since childhood, resulting in his left arm being 4" shorter than his right. He was forced to play left handed of course, and had trouble breaking with power as most of the muscle tissue was gone as well.
I got him a heavier snap stick so as to let it do some of the work his arm and shoulder could not. Once he learned how to control the heavier cue, his break improved immensely.
No longer a handicap for him that I took advantage of. Brotherly love, dontchaknow.
Here's to you Mike!!The best of us.
I usually make more balls w a cut break. That being said, I'm old school and there's just something immensely satisfying about clocking the head ball and sending that anemic bastard upstairs for a second or two towards a squat landing dead center of the runway.
How I decompress. My nerve pill.
