the site with deflection rating chart

Copied this from another poster on another forum who copied the info from that page. Say that 3 times fast.

You will see the shaft tested,dime or nickle tip curvature;CB deflection in (mm); (inches); Length of pivoy point in inches Deflection/Squirt was measured at 50 inches down table
with a 9 mm off set ( english )on the cue ball
Shaft tested Tip CB deflect Pivot Pt
curve (mm) (inch) (inches)
Predator Z dime 34.3 1.35 12
Predator 314 dime 36.1 1.42 11.3
Predator Break dime 37 1.46 11
Axiom dime 39.5 1.56 10.3
Action dime 40.1 1.58 10.1
Meucci Red Dot dime 40.1 1.58 10.1
5280 dime 40.7 1.6 9.9
Sierra dime 41 1.61 9.9
Cuetec Thunderbolt dime 41.7 1.64 9.7
Viking nickel 41.7 1.64 9.7
Sterling nickel 41.8 1.65 9.6
Falcon dime 42.9 1.69 9.4
McDermott dime 42.9 1.69 9.4
Mezz dime 42.9 1.69 9.4
Players dime 43.5 1.71 9.2
Sledgehammer J/B dime 43.5 1.71 9.2
Cuetec Vortex dime 43.8 1.73 9.1
Mali dime 43.8 1.73 9.1
Pechauer nickel 43.8 1.73 9.1
Scorpion J/B quarter 43.8 1.73 9.1
Blaze dime 43.9 1.73 9.1
Joss quarter 44.1 1.74 9.1
Cuetec SST nickel 44.3 1.74 9
Meucci Black Dot dime 44.4 1.75 9
Fury nickel 44.6 1.76 9
Lucasi dime 44.8 1.76 8.9
Schon nickel 44.8 1.76 8.9
Axiom J/B dime 46 1.81 8.7
Mezz Break quarter 47.8 1.88 8.3
Scorpion Break dime 51.4 2.02 7.6
 
Looks like 2007 was the last year they ran tests, so the info is a little outdated. It would be nice to see someone pick up the ball and get it updated.
 
You going to take a ruler to the pool table? learning your cue will take care of all that. Way too many variables, could do that test again with different shafts and tips and get different results
 
A few years back before they shut the testing down there was also a chart that Meucci did. Both were done with similar machines and there was very slight differences, after studying the two charts I came to the conclusion the results were actually the same as the results varied exactly the same amount from shaft to shaft. Probably cloth, humidity difference. Platinum and Meucci both used to sell the machines.
 
Well if that's the case I wonder how the shaft hardness, taper, ferrulles and tips compare to each other to create LD shaft. Shafts could be tested and sent with a specification chart that way you would know its performance ability.
Kinda like a dyno run, wow talking about a new marketing frenzy.
Tbeaux said:
A few years back before they shut the testing down there was also a chart that Meucci did. Both were done with similar machines and there was very slight differences, after studying the two charts I came to the conclusion the results were actually the same as the results varied exactly the same amount from shaft to shaft. Probably cloth, humidity difference. Platinum and Meucci both used to sell the machines.
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SoniDJ said:
Well if that's the case I wonder how the shaft hardness, taper, ferrulles and tips compare to each other to create LD shaft. Shafts could be tested and sent with a specification chart that way you would know its performance ability.
Kinda like a dyno run, wow talking about a new marketing frenzy.
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That's kind of what Platinum was doing. They compared shafts, tips and chalk. They stopped doing the tests around the time "everybody" came out with low deflection shafts. Maybe too many to test or maybe not enough of a difference going from brand to brand.
 
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