How to Care for a Pool Cue
Friday, April 4th, 2008Most people just don’t know how to care for their shafts. A shaft should be a consistent diameter to the ferrule for several inches back toward the butt or have a gradual taper in that direction. Most used shafts are not like that. They tend to be thinner a few inches back from the ferrule because of the over use of sandpaper or Scotch-Brite. In his first book Robert Byrne told the pool-playing world about Scotch-Brite. Now shafts all over the world sag in the middle because of its over use. It isn’t Mr. Byrne’s fault. If I recall correctly he described the usage of Scotch-Brite as a gentle caress on the shaft. Instead of a gentle caress, I cringe as people wrench a green pad around the shaft and pump it up and down like a piston in a cloud of wood dust. Sandpaper unless about 1500 grit is usually worse.
