Kevin DeRoo cue maker

[Kevin DeRoo]

Hi Ken
The advantages of a laminated shaft;
Well , we will start with a natural piece of wood -It grows with a grain - layer upon layer as the tree ages.
Now this natural piece of shaftwood has an unequal strength -it is more flexible bending with the grain and stiffer
bending across the grain . If a shaft has been radially laminated the strength of the shaft has been equalized in all
directions. because the grain in the shaftwood has been manipulated to do that. Please go to our laminated shaft web page
at www.deroocues.com to see pictures.
The result is a very consistent hit quality and the cue ball response is the same as a regular shaft that has similar density
and taper.
Unique to our laminated shaft is that the shaftwood also has a bookmatched grain which equalizes the natural wood tension.
Regarding deflection ;Our laminated shafts generally have no deflection with a cueball to object ball separation of 4 feet
at medium power (even with extreme siding ) . Something that needs to be mentioned here is the importance of the ferrule
material type.What is commonly known in north America as a "Fiber" ferrule - has very good characteristics in reducing
cue ball deflection compared to metal ferrules because of its hardness being more similar to the shaftwood endgrain.
Although our first laminated shaft was built in 1990 it wasn"t really perfected untill about 8 years ago.
Because of the age of Marco Fu's cue , he uses a regular shaft.
Hope this helps.
Kevin

[Kevin DeRoo]

Hi Kevin. I'm glad to see you interacting! Look forward to hearing more about your life story, what made you start. I heard through the grapevine it was because you weren't happy with a cue you had at the time and decided to make one yourself and were already doing cue repairs at the time?

Yes there were several factors ;at that time I was a woodworker producing architecturally designed cabinetry and doing antique
replica work , which was nice but I was still looking for more. Also ,Yes you are right ,I wasn"t happy with my cue and decided to make a cue for myself. So it all came together that way and my business slowly grew by word of mouth .
Thanks
Kevin

[poolqjunkie]

I like how your cues play, welcome to the forum. ;-)

[deant1982]

How come it says he has zero posts still?

Any posts made in the introductions thread don't count towards your post total.

[Kevin DeRoo]

I would like to hear Kevin's thoughts as well. His radially laminated shafts sound interesting but I'm naturally skeptical.

That's funny I've answered this post twice now but the information does't come up.
Kevin

[johnny114805]

Kevin DeRoo cue maker

welcome Kevin, love your cue all the way.

[hotpot]

Welcome to the forum mucka .

[Kevin DeRoo]

Thanks for the welcoming guys
Is that a Singapore flag Johnny ?

[superman32]

Hi Kevin, how are you? Welcome to TSF. :snooker:

Bowen

[Neil Taperell]

Hi Kevin , just reading to your repsonse re : the deflection and you mention a ferrule type . Are you using a different ferrule material than the standard one's ?

[poolqjunkie]

Regarding deflection ;Our laminated shafts generally have no deflection with a cueball to object ball separation of 4 feet
at medium power (even with extreme siding ) .

When you said your shaft has no deflection do you mean zero cue ball deflection even with extreme siding?

Because of the age of Marco Fu's cue , he uses a regular shaft.
Hope this helps.
Kevin

How old is Marco's current playing cue?
How many cues have you given him in the last 10 years?

[Terry Davidson]

Kevin:

I returned to Canada in early 2005 and took up snooker again after a 10yr lay-off and at that time I needed a new cue and I ordered one from you. You didn't have the butt socket so I had the extended butt for a half-butt shot. I believe I paid $975 all in including shipping however I had trouble getting along with the cue and had my Parris cue refurbished and used it for a while.

Someone in Montreal found out I had a pristine DeRoo cue and emailed me with an offer which was decent so I sold it on. I know Alberto Camera uses a 1pc cue from you and he is one of the top players in Montreal.

I'm in the Toronto area and snooker is alive and well here although I see this morning they just canceled our ranking tournament for next weekend so the next one is now on March 31st. We usually have 10 or 12 ranking tournaments per season along with some bigger invitational tournaments which take place in a set-up venue at a Legion or golf course. Some I get invited to and some others I don't, but at least I'm still having fun

Terry

[damienlch]

Thanks for the welcoming guys
Is that a Singapore flag Johnny ?

Nice to see you on TSF Kevin. There are always some lively discussions about cues here. Hope that you can share with us your experience and expertise.

And in case Johnny missed your post... Yes, that's a Singapore flag... first adopted in 1959 so it's a rather young flag...

[eaoin11]

LOL have to warn you Kevin, there are people lined up here with PhD's in Applied Physics who've done the math, the simulations and the trials who just live for the chance to assert that you can never have zero deflection when using side.

[Kevin DeRoo]

When you said your shaft has no deflection do you mean zero cue ball deflection even with extreme siding?


How old is Marco's current playing cue?
How many cues have you given him in the last 10 years?

No " Zero" is not the right word because that would be false.
My assumption is that the reader would understand that the cue ball will contact the object ball
correctly with "no compensation" for cue ball deflection.
Thanks for straightening this out.
When it comes to -extreme siding -under low power it gets complicated , because now the player has to compensate
for "object ball " kick. So there is compensation required for these shots (not because of cue ball deflection ) no
matter what type of shaft, "regular" or "low deflection".

Marco's cue was made in 1996