To Core or not to Core

[manopr350]

I would like your opinion on whether the coring of shafts ( kielwood and regular maple ) is advantageous or not. Pros and Cons

 

[boogieman]

I would like your opinion on whether the coring of shafts ( kielwood and regular maple ) is advantageous or not. Pros and Cons

Coring the last 6" (I think it's 6") will help reduce end mass, which reduces deflection. Predator has a patent on this. Kielwood can be more brittle than regular maple so the general advice is to not break with kielwood, especially if it's been cored.

I've personally shot with cored and uncored shafts and honestly you can "git gud" with either. Deflection isn't some scary thing, it's fairly easy to adapt to regular deflection or low deflection. It's made out to be some holy grail to have no deflection but in all honesty our muscle memory/subconscious adapts readily to either.

 

[Ģüśţāṿ]

All keilwood shafts should be cored with lignum vitae.

 

[Bavafongoul]

I happen to disagree with most pool pundits and cue makers I’ve spoken with about building a couple of KW shafts.

It’s taken longer than I initially imagined to locate a cue builder to tackle a heavier version KW shaft that needs to be
uncored and sans any weight inserts. A flat faced wood big pin KW shaft is what I want and I finally met a couple of
cue makers that have been successful at building 4+ oz. KW shafts. I just ordered a couple of KW shafts this week.

I already had a Barnhart KW shaft that absolutely made me into a big fan of KW as quick as TAOM did with V10 chalk.