Pool cue recommendations

[Mike]

Solid info in here.

[Roscoe]

The shaft will be purpleheart wood and the butt will be turned down from laminated blanks of colored wood.[/IMG]

I hope it's a break cue....

[Snatch Napkin]

the butt of my schon is made out of multiple pieces.

is that a break cue you having built ? who is the builder, wonder if i know him.

Roscoe found all them there fancy words I couldn't remember. Schon's are good cues. I wasn't trying to say that this type of construction was bad. The lower end cues use scraps when building them. The glue cracks and then you'll hear a tick with a dull feel on the hit when it breaks down.

Typically, the purpleheart wood is used for making breaking cues. However, this will be for a shooting cue.

Walter Kelly is the cue maker that will show me how it's done. He makes the Hillbilly Smacker jump/break cue. He also does some custom cues.

Wooden ferrules are crap.

Most all cuemakers use 3 piece construction - buttsleeve, handle with tenons and forearm.

None of these sections are milled, they are turned and glued in a lathe, not a mill. A mill is for cutting points.

I've made two cues myself, it's fun. Here they are:

I've often wondered about the wood ferrules. I've never liked them, but I was digging the looks when I found that pic of the shaft.

Thanks for the corrections on my post.

Those look sharp. Well done.

[Snatch Napkin]

I hope it's a break cue....

There are mixed feelings about using it for a shooting cue. I'm looking to get rid of the little bits of deflection that I'm getting out of any of the low deflection shafts.

What are your thoughts on that?

[Dlachance]

I own a few dufferin cues that are made in Canada. Great cues for the price.

[Roscoe]

There are mixed feelings about using it for a shooting cue. I'm looking to get rid of the little bits of deflection that I'm getting out of any of the low deflection shafts.

What are your thoughts on that?

Purpleheart is a horrible playing shaft wood. Might as well use rebar.

I don't buy into low deflection anything. I only use dense, heavy, dark maple shafts, ivory ferrules, and Triangle tips.

[Snatch Napkin]

Purpleheart is a horrible playing shaft wood. Might as well use rebar.

I don't buy into low deflection anything. I only use dense, heavy, dark maple shafts, ivory ferrules, and Triangle tips.

What makes it horrible to play with? Is it too dense?

After 2 years of playing nearly every day, I'm noticing more deflection coming off of my shaft and I'm missing some critical shots that required some heavy spin. I was watching someone else play with an OB shaft and saw his shaft weeble wobble off the cue ball and do him the same way. Whereas, if the ball didn't squirt out so much it would have made.

I absolutely cannot stand playing with a Cuetec with the fiberglass shaft. The feel sends chills through my hand and up my arm, but they don't deflect at all. I've seen the same type shot get made. I just can't stand the feel.

This had me wondering if a solid wood pin and joint might be required to make it feel right.

[Rick Modena]

Might as well use rebar..

lol.

I only use dense, heavy, dark maple shafts, ivory ferrules, and Triangle tips.

My nigga!

[Mike]

What makes it horrible to play with? Is it too dense?

After 2 years of playing nearly every day, I'm noticing more deflection coming off of my shaft and I'm missing some critical shots that required some heavy spin. I was watching someone else play with an OB shaft and saw his shaft weeble wobble off the cue ball and do him the same way. Whereas, if the ball didn't squirt out so much it would have made.

I absolutely cannot stand playing with a Cuetec with the fiberglass shaft. The feel sends chills through my hand and up my arm, but they don't deflect at all. I've seen the same type shot get made. I just can't stand the feel.

This had me wondering if a solid wood pin and joint might be required to make it feel right.

The only solution here is to shoot better.

[Roscoe]

What makes it horrible to play with? Is it too dense?

After 2 years of playing nearly every day, I'm noticing more deflection coming off of my shaft and I'm missing some critical shots that required some heavy spin. I was watching someone else play with an OB shaft and saw his shaft weeble wobble off the cue ball and do him the same way. Whereas, if the ball didn't squirt out so much it would have made.

I absolutely cannot stand playing with a Cuetec with the fiberglass shaft. The feel sends chills through my hand and up my arm, but they don't deflect at all. I've seen the same type shot get made. I just can't stand the feel.

This had me wondering if a solid wood pin and joint might be required to make it feel right.

Practice more. It ain't the bow, it's the indian....

[barronj]

If I could have all the years I spent in pool halls back, I would apply the credit to golf, if I couldn't just take the cash.

9 ball, one pocket... whoa. A lot of afternoons spent drinking water or sodas out of mini pitchers, moving quarters up & down the rail/bank.

[Snatch Napkin]

The only solution here is to shoot better.

Heh... That's what I keep telling myself.

If I only played on bar boxes, then I would have never noticed.

It was incredibly apparent this weekend on a 9'.

[Mike]

Heh... That's what I keep telling myself.

If I only played on bar boxes, then I would have never noticed.

It was incredibly apparent this weekend on a 9'.

9' tables FTW.

You should really consider taking up One Pocket.

[Roscoe]

9' tables FTW.

Bar box fo' lyfe!!! #YOLO

[Mike]

If I could have all the years I spent in pool halls back, I would apply the credit to golf, if I couldn't just take the cash.

9 ball, one pocket... whoa. A lot of afternoons spent drinking water or sodas out of mini pitchers, moving quarters up & down the bank.

We used to play a round of golf, then go to the pool hall and play golf on the 10' tables.