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New one on me too, and I can't it doing anything to help him draw. johnnytsee
I put led tape on my shaft. Easy way to find out what weight I wanted in a new shaft. Looks silly but it shows how a well built cue responds to a tiny amount of weight.
Are you sure he added weight to the shaft and not the butt?
Check UTube if you want to see some amazing draw shot ability.
Practice and skill will do it for ya. Not shaft a ss weights.
Practice and skill will do it for ya. Not shaft a ss weights.
Wow... shaft weights.
Weights you stick on to the shaft of your cue. Wow.
Im going to join Blue Hog ridr saying that this "aid" will do nothing for your ability to draw the ball. But additionally, I will ad that it would actually hurt your ability to draw. A lighter stick will give you a little more finesse. You add weight to get stability.
krychekrowe - I just do not understand how a heavier shaft, not the butt... but specifically the shaft being heavier will have anything to do with putting spin on the CB. Anything you can impart on this to help me out?
Lesh
Weights you stick on to the shaft of your cue. Wow.
Im going to join Blue Hog ridr saying that this "aid" will do nothing for your ability to draw the ball. But additionally, I will ad that it would actually hurt your ability to draw. A lighter stick will give you a little more finesse. You add weight to get stability.
krychekrowe - I just do not understand how a heavier shaft, not the butt... but specifically the shaft being heavier will have anything to do with putting spin on the CB. Anything you can impart on this to help me out?
Lesh
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Really? Then all you need is a stainless steel ferrule like Kevin Deroo uses on some of his snooker cues.
It is funny that this thread came up. When I was visiting my local cue maker last weekend he was working on 2 brand new OB Classic shafts that the customer wanted to be taped inside the joint area so that 2 counter-sync weights could be added/removed. I found it odd but this customer has this done regularly and loves it.
I personally love heavy shafts and my current playing shaft is a Predator 314-2 that was made from a Partial and weighs 4.3 oz.
I personally love heavy shafts and my current playing shaft is a Predator 314-2 that was made from a Partial and weighs 4.3 oz.
SLAP-CHOP! Yer gonna luv my nuts!!!
Oh easily 50%
I hope the word is spread wide and far about this fantastic weighted shaft product. I just cant seem to wrap my head around why I ever doubted its validity.
(Wipes off his monitor with his Sham-Wow) (//END SARCASM//)
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Momentum is the product of mass and velocity, The energy that a Cue has on account of its motion does not change, regardless of where its mass is.
50% of all pool players could want these you know
Oh easily 50%
I hope the word is spread wide and far about this fantastic weighted shaft product. I just cant seem to wrap my head around why I ever doubted its validity.
(Wipes off his monitor with his Sham-Wow) (//END SARCASM//)
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Momentum is the product of mass and velocity, The energy that a Cue has on account of its motion does not change, regardless of where its mass is.
Of course that is good in theory but now we all know that LESS weight at the tip is what helps to lessen deflection.
Well, it would sure change the balance of the cue, and I since quite a bit of your game can come from the feel and confidence in your stroke and equipment, I can see how a cue that you like the balance of will help with a shot. It may not actually help it as better equipment, but much of a pool players equipment resided in your head.
It's like when people ask why would you get a $1,000 cue when a $300 cue could be just as well made. It comes down to how your are thinking about the equipment and I guess the euphoria (for lack of another work I can come up with) you get from playing with a well made and desirable cue.
I tend to play oddly well when I borrowed someone cue to try that I liked the feel of, or on a new table that I liked the speed and setup of. Once time I went to a new room for a tournament (Amazin Billiards in MA), never been there before. Got on a practice table with a guy, and promptly broke and ran 2 racks, something I very rarely do, I'm pretty sure it was because the table was setup very well to how I play for speed of the rails/cloth and how well it rolled.
I just wanted to know what weight I was looking for when ordering a shaft from Mr Lambros. My judd is a bit to butt heavy. I don't think anything about the spin theory.
In the 1970s/1980s Pat Fleming sold a removable weight for the shaft. It had noting to do with draw and everything to do with keeping the shaft down when you were using a high, open bridge when you were jacked up over a ball. Another version of that was on the market a few years ago.
I think that if you have a hard time hitting low enough for good draw because of bad stroke mechanics, then changing the balance of the stick may get you to hit low enough. Of course it's generally a bad idea to add on complications to fix very basic problems.
I think that if you have a hard time hitting low enough for good draw because of bad stroke mechanics, then changing the balance of the stick may get you to hit low enough. Of course it's generally a bad idea to add on complications to fix very basic problems.
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