What size shaft do you use?

What size shaft do you use?

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shaft sizes

I prefer 12.75-13mm in a shaft for me to use it comfortably. anything bigger or smaller is too much work for me :eek:
 
With 143 people participating in this poll, here's the results so far:

13mm and over: 32.17%
under 13mm: 67.83%
largest single group: 12.75mm, 39.16%

Given this, why does the value of a cue go down if the shafts are not 13mm?? Of the group that responded, 99 people would be interested in smaller shafts and 44 would not. Hmmm....
 
The poll is only 3% for over 13mm, 30% for 13mm and 40% for 12.75. Here is how I view this poll. Sure many prefer 12.75. However when you try to sell a cue, and your only interested buyer prefers at least 13mm you may have just lost a sale. Same goes for any size really but you can not add wood and make one larger.

Not long ago a guy was selling a Weston, beautiful cue. It had small shafts (about 12.75). No one had the money to buy at a good price. I had the money and would have easily bought. I didn't because of the shaft size. The cue was up for sale a very long time and I don't know if it ever sold. A potiental buyer can easily be out of that 40% range.

Rod
 
size i use

i am playing pool with a 13 mm shaft but after seeing the action you can put on a ball with a smaller diameter (carom cues), i might order a small shaft for pool also. I am thinking 12.5 mm
 
Rod, true, you can't add wood to make it larger again, and true, you may lose a buyer looking in any size range. But, apparently, shafts less than 13mm devalue the cue, according to most cue merchants. I see buyers on the "for sale" forum saying they will not buy a cue with less than 13 mm shafts because they will lose money, presumably in the resale of the cue. ....Or, in these days of soft cue sales, is that just a ploy in a buyers market? Apparently 13mm shaft users are in the minority...:confused:
 
Gilbert- 13mm

Brent Hartman- 12.75 mm


Personally as long as the shaft isnt below 12.75mm I am kewl with it.

I find that I am probably more accurate with a 12.75mm shaft, but i like a stiffer 13mm shaft.
 
rayjay said:
Rod, true, you can't add wood to make it larger again, and true, you may lose a buyer looking in any size range. But, apparently, shafts less than 13mm devalue the cue, according to most cue merchants. I see buyers on the "for sale" forum saying they will not buy a cue with less than 13 mm shafts because they will lose money, presumably in the resale of the cue. ....Or, in these days of soft cue sales, is that just a ploy in a buyers market? Apparently 13mm shaft users are in the minority...:confused:
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I doubt its a ploy. The reason is, more often than not they can sell a cue at 13mm. The customer can have it turned down if they choose. If they like the cue they will probably buy anyway since the std size is 13mm. How many buyers that prefer 12.75mm would pass on one at 13mm especially if they liked the cue?
I guess those that think it won't affect resale have them cut down. So the question is, do you feel lucky? LOL

BTW, To add, The minority users are 13+mm and 12.50mm and under. I don't consider 13 mm at 30% to be a minority in this poll.

Rod
 
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I use a 13.1 mm shaft, but I also have a short bridge and play a lot of 14.1.
 
Voodoo Daddy said:
13.25MM on my OMENS...
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And I'll bet that looks & feels small in your mountain man hands. ;)

I grew up playing a 12mm shaft on the cue owned by the ph owner so 12.75 still feels like a log to me.

Who's the JIMBO that needs to be freed?
 
JimS said:
And I'll bet that looks & feels small in your mountain man hands. ;)

Who's the JIMBO that needs to be freed?
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After I wrote that I came home and looked thru the inventory, found a old McDermott "C" series with a shaft made by Joe Picone. It has a "belled" ferulle {if you turn the shaft tip down, the ferulle gets bigger towards the tip resembling a bell} and measured it out at 13.88MM. Shaft thickness is right at 13MM. Now thats a big Danny "Young Greenleaf" Gartner tip!!!

p.s...JimBo is a fairly large fella that plots against cue design thieves...the big Galoot!!
 
This is only the second time I've ever heard of a "belled ferrule". I recently had a friend's Tad cue refinished and a new ivory ferrule put on for him by Scot Sherbine at Proficient. He wanted a "belled" ferrule, and Scot accomodated him perfectly, but his was 12.8mm at the top tapering into 12.2mm at the shaft. My friend says this was all the rage in the '40s and '50s. I hit a few with it and it definately would take some getting used to, for me. Sighting is different, but he plays great with it! :p
 
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