What is the best balance point?

What is the ideal balance point?

  • 17"

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • 17.5"

    Votes: 3 4.7%

  • 18"

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • 18.5"

    Votes: 14 21.9%

  • 19"

    Votes: 14 21.9%

  • 19.5"

    Votes: 6 9.4%

  • I don't think balance point makes any difference.

    Votes: 10 15.6%

  • This is the most worthless thread in the history of the internet.

    Votes: 14 21.9%
  • Total voters
    64
  • Poll closed .
whatever obviously feels good, but I like forward heavy cues....19" plus.


I gues it comes down to if you like to push the cue into the shot, or pull the cue into the shot. Thats the way I have always looked at it.

G.
 
Wouldn't it depend greatly on your height? I am tall and have long arms. For me, a rear balanced cue feels better, since my hand is always going to be at the very butt end of the cue.

KMRUNOUT
 
Gerry said:
whatever obviously feels good, but I like forward heavy cues....19" plus.


I gues it comes down to if you like to push the cue into the shot, or pull the cue into the shot. Thats the way I have always looked at it.

G.
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+1

Depends on the player's style 100%.
 
My opinion...Playability is greatly influenced by the balance point, I like it forward of the wrap by a couple of inches. This way, the weight of the cue is solidly between the hands. I feel this allows the player to concentrate on aim and stroke accuracy and speed without the added task of being aware of an unusual amount of weight on the grip hand. More comfort in the long haul. Just like a fine shotgun...weight forward between the hands.
 
I voted for 19" but if I had known the most worthless thread in the history of the internet would get so many votes I think I would have picked that. Never pass on a chance to make history.
 
It's a little tough to say whether something like this matters. Here's my test for figuring it out -

Your opponent claims he missed the ball or really blew shape because of the balance point.

Do you laugh in his face? Y/N
 
CreeDo said:
It's a little tough to say whether something like this matters. Here's my test for figuring it out -

Your opponent claims he missed the ball or really blew shape because of the balance point.

Do you laugh in his face? Y/N
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No, you agree with him and ask him to raise the bet. Then after you beat him you try to sell him your cue with the perfect balance point for twice what it's worth.
 
gus's spot,pauls spot

I just leave that to gus szamboti - balance pt is 17 1/2 on mine. and the taper on the shaft is huge too. I just have the masters works copied!!! If anyone looks at all Gus's Pictures-- he is alone ,and he sayes he doesn't trust anyone to mess with his cues-he did everything. Mottey is another to copy, These older cues were heavier so you could break better with the same cue!!~! and keep playing
 
I still find it laughable that we keep changing cue length and measure the balance point from the butt.

I run 59" cues, and a CG 40.125" (40 1/8") which is close to the "19 inch" balance point listed above.

on a 57" cue, a CG measured my way would feel the same, where a 19" CG (Center of Gravity) would feel way off.

It's pretty simple:

If you measure the cg FROM THE TIP and make it the same regardless of overall length, you'd have the same "feel" for different cues.



You set up your whole address from the ball rearward, measure the CG from there.
 
I cannot choose an answer to this question. However, I will venture far enough out on a libe to say; I dislike the balance points of cues* with metal joints (not pins) as these seem to ahve a balance point too far forward to me, I also prefer cues on the light side (18 oz), exacerbating the forward weight bias of metal joints.

(*) that I have held in my hands and played with
 
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