Butt Diameter

[MasterBreak147]

I'm just in the process of ordering a TW custom cue and I'm trying to match my old cue i have atm, But I'm not sure what is ment by butt diameter
I have looked on sites to try and find out what it actually means and still no idea
I have been to sites like Master craft and looked at there order form and seen options like 29.5 / 30.5mm etc
Now i thought it was the circumference of the cue (measured with a peace of string then a ruler) which i measured and came with 90.5mm....what the heck lol that surly can't be correct so can someone tell me exactly what butt diameter means before i crack up

Thanks lol
kev

[RGCirencester]

Wrapping a piece of string round will give you the circumferance.

I make 90.5 circumference=28.8 diametre, assuming you measured correctly

[MasterBreak147]

Wrapping a piece of string round will give you the circumferance.

I make 90.5 circumference=28.8 diametre, assuming you measured correctly

Well 90.5 is close enough probs not too the exact, but please how did you get the diameter of 28.8 this is the bit thats confusing me.

Cheers
Kev

[checkSide]

Divide by Pi.

[RGCirencester]

Diametre is the width of the cue across the widest point. Circumference is Pi(3.14159)*Diametre
So 90.5/3.14159=28.8mm

[MasterBreak147]

Ok
I think im too old to understand this lol i shall ask my kids if they understand because i have no idea what your talking about hehe

But im very greatfull for explaining this to me although im too think to understand it i reckon 29mm is mine

Cheers People
kev

[MasterBreak147]

And where is the darn Edit option to correct my spellings

Cheers guys

[atm147iwish]

In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. (pinched from wiki)

turn ur cue upside down and measure the base
hope that clears it up

[atm147iwish]

somehow i missed all the above replies and thought mine was the 1st one!!! nevermind!

[MasterBreak147]

turn ur cue upside down and measure the base
hope that clears it up

Perfectly thank you!

[RGCirencester]

turn ur cue upside down and measure the base

With all the talk of geometry we didn't think of that one! lol

[MikeWooldridge]

I'm just in the process of ordering a TW custom cue and I'm trying to match my old cue i have atm, But I'm not sure what is ment by butt diameter

why don't you just ask trevor?....

[KeithinFrance]

why don't you just ask trevor?....

That's also a good solution, Mike. Strange how it's almost always the complicated, confusing ones that come out 1st, isn't it? Lol

[MasterBreak147]

Since i was gathering all my measurements toghter tonight whilst i had the time to do so i needed to know asap and since Trevor was unavailable to answer his phones i thought here might be a quicker answer
And i was right

Thanks

[circle]

just to confuse

The butt of most cues will taper, so where on the cue do you measure etc??