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Originally posted by pwd72s
Arnot custom 8 point butterfly cue...I'm thinking of wasting some money....
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hi paul... those are very nice though my personal prefrence goes w/ linen wrap. to respond to your previous question, my game has dropped off a bit now that i'm down to playing just once a week. my regular sparring partners aren't around as much. to keep it slightly on topic, here's my friend's handiwork:
a friend of mine in boston has aspirations of becoming a cuemaker.
in the meantime he can only afford a small lathe that lets him fix/refurb shafts and install tips.
i send my cue to him each time i need a new tip and after seeing it done, have sent at least 10 others
not really an ad, just amazing worksmanship.
this is before and after of the same cue
here's the finished product. the tip is a multilayered Moori, from japan.
it has twice as many layers as any other which, once shaped, provides many more ridges
for the chalk to settle into. end result, more spin w/ less effort. the black pad under the tip
is a type of fibrous impact material designed to soften the hit. keeps the tip in contact w/ the ball longer, giving more control/spin.
blindfolded it is impossible to distinguish where the cue/ferrule/tip meet
