Recently I got back into 8 ball pool and started playing it quite regularly. I've been mostly using a freinds cue and playing really well with it. Its nothing special but seems to play really really nice. So I decided to get my own cue but being on a tight budget I needed a cheaper option. Knowing my freind had some old busted cues I made him an offer for a Peradon Atom with a broken butt. He also had a spare ebony butt from another cue. I figured the spare butt would be an ideal replacement to get the Atom up and running.
Being simmilar spec I felt to Atom would play as well as my mates cue that I was getting on so well with. So, off the bits went to be jointed up into a functional cue. As I was sending the cue off for repair I figured I might as well tinker with the spec a bit. The cue I was borrowing was 55" in length and had a 8mm tip. Balanced quite near the butt but overall about 16oz in weight. Alltougth I was playing really well with it I had a niggling thought that 55" was just a bit short for me and I wanted a ever so slightly bigger tip. However when quoting the ferrule size I required to the cue maker I made a error. The mistake was that I thought the tip on my freinds cue was 8.5mm, so I requested a 8.75mm on my cue. Of course when I got the cue back I was quite suprised how much bigger it was than what I had expected. Apart from that the overall workmanship put in by the cue maker was top notch and I couldnt fault it. So I decided to play with the cue and see how it went....
This is the problem, I dont feel as comfortable with it as I do with my mates cue, and feel this is affecting my confidence. Im really not paying as well wit hthe new cue. Looking at the specs of the 2 cues there is quite a difference though.
Freinds cue:
Tip/ferrule, 8mm x 9mm.
Length, 55".
Balance point, about 15/16" from butt end.
Weight, about 16oz.
My cue:
Tip/ferrule, 8.75mm x 11mm.
Length, 57".
Balance, 17" from butt end.
Weight, 17.5oz.
Lateley all I can think about is either having the cue altered toward the spec of my freinds cue, or having one made from scratch to those specs. Incidentally, I have checked my ideal length by getting in my normal address position, placing bridge hand at my usual distance from cue ball (about9/10"), and measuring the position of my grip hand with the arm vertical. Im holding the cue at aroun the 54" mark so maybe 55" is a better length for me.
I dont know if all this is down to spec's, or that the new cue just has a more flexy shaft, more deflection, or something else. I guess lots of things can be attributable to the 'feeling' or a idividual cue and the way it plays. Im not really sure what to do![Frown](https://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/board/core/images/smilies/frown.png)
Come to think of it, my ferrule is quite long and .75mm bigger in diameter, maybe my cue is deflecting quite a bit more than the other one?
Help me please TSF, I'm confused!
Being simmilar spec I felt to Atom would play as well as my mates cue that I was getting on so well with. So, off the bits went to be jointed up into a functional cue. As I was sending the cue off for repair I figured I might as well tinker with the spec a bit. The cue I was borrowing was 55" in length and had a 8mm tip. Balanced quite near the butt but overall about 16oz in weight. Alltougth I was playing really well with it I had a niggling thought that 55" was just a bit short for me and I wanted a ever so slightly bigger tip. However when quoting the ferrule size I required to the cue maker I made a error. The mistake was that I thought the tip on my freinds cue was 8.5mm, so I requested a 8.75mm on my cue. Of course when I got the cue back I was quite suprised how much bigger it was than what I had expected. Apart from that the overall workmanship put in by the cue maker was top notch and I couldnt fault it. So I decided to play with the cue and see how it went....
This is the problem, I dont feel as comfortable with it as I do with my mates cue, and feel this is affecting my confidence. Im really not paying as well wit hthe new cue. Looking at the specs of the 2 cues there is quite a difference though.
Freinds cue:
Tip/ferrule, 8mm x 9mm.
Length, 55".
Balance point, about 15/16" from butt end.
Weight, about 16oz.
My cue:
Tip/ferrule, 8.75mm x 11mm.
Length, 57".
Balance, 17" from butt end.
Weight, 17.5oz.
Lateley all I can think about is either having the cue altered toward the spec of my freinds cue, or having one made from scratch to those specs. Incidentally, I have checked my ideal length by getting in my normal address position, placing bridge hand at my usual distance from cue ball (about9/10"), and measuring the position of my grip hand with the arm vertical. Im holding the cue at aroun the 54" mark so maybe 55" is a better length for me.
I dont know if all this is down to spec's, or that the new cue just has a more flexy shaft, more deflection, or something else. I guess lots of things can be attributable to the 'feeling' or a idividual cue and the way it plays. Im not really sure what to do
![Frown](https://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/board/core/images/smilies/frown.png)
Come to think of it, my ferrule is quite long and .75mm bigger in diameter, maybe my cue is deflecting quite a bit more than the other one?
Help me please TSF, I'm confused!
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