what is a parabolic taper

can somebody please provide a drawing of a parabolic curve on a 29" cue shaft? Would it simply be orienting a large 400+ foot diameter circles edge on the edge of the shaft?
 
LGSM3 said:
can somebody please provide a drawing of a parabolic curve on a 29" cue shaft? Would it simply be orienting a large 400+ foot diameter circles edge on the edge of the shaft?
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See the link in post 54. That parabola plotter allows you to set parameters and see the curve. The values posted in #54 draw a very gentle curve like one might find on a cue shaft. Also, a parabola is not a circle arc so the answer to your question is no.

Note that I am not suggesting there are shafts like this, or that one should make them that way, just commenting on the curve (conic section really) known as a "parabola".

Dave
 
Parabolic taper

Thanks everyone,

I have a cue that has a parabolic taper but wasn't sure if that what the taper was on it ..

I guess I am going to have to go to taper school.
 
Dpk

JoeyInCali said:
I saw a DPK recently. It definitely had the funky taper.
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Yes
The shafts taper stands out like a sore thumb..
But up until now I didn't know for a fact exactly what taper it was called.

I still don't think I know much about what different tapers are called and how it really effects the way a cue will play.

I like stiffer hitting cues, but the shaft doesn't have to be a log to achieve that, least I don't think they do .
 
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