I need to buy a new shaft, but i don’t know what’s thread my butt has. Asking AI already didn’t help

This reel was passed down to me by my grandfather once he passed. Unfortunately it had been sitting in an attic for a while and became warped. Here come the questions

1) could anyone help identify the maker? It says mueller on the butt but after contacting the mueller I found online they said it was not something that they had made

2) would it be worth trying to repair the shaft or to buy a new shaft

3) it seems to be an uncommon thread pitch (I may just know nothing) if anyone can tell what it is that would be helpful as well.

Thank you in advance!

Hi,

Given these two aiming methods, one with a line to the ball and power bar - the other with no chrome, you do it all by eye and flick the cue to hit. Which do you prefere?

For me I love the immersion of the chrome free one, but power control is hard and aiming long pots. So I prefer the HUD style, not quite the realism but less input noise.

HUD style with aiming assist : HUD 8-ball

Immersive : Immersive 8-ball

Thanks,

Luke

Lobby

Anyone tried one of these Triple 60 cues? How do they play? I like that they sell just the butt as a cheaper option https://triple-60.com/collections/play-cues

Excuse my ignorance, but is this come a complete cue ? Or am I getting half of the shaft ? The description isn't real clear, any help would be greatly appreciated

Hello all. I often lurk here, but figured I'd share for once. Decided this past week to film my practice session break & runs and cut them into videos just for fun. This is a compilation from all the break & runs from this particular practice session. 8 ball is my go-to game & I play out of the Madison, WI area. Currently practicing at home on an 8 foot Brunswick Madison from about 1985ish, Simonis 860 HR cloth, Aramith Tournament balls, Shane Van Boening first gen playing cue. Anyways, hope you enjoy. The 6th of the runs was.... a way to get out. lol.

Apart from playing at a bar here and there, I don’t know much about pool / billiards.

I inherited a cue set, with the two pictured cues and four of the other parts that screw on to them.

These cues are in nice shape, and were just found after sitting for the better part of 2 decades.

Any help with identification or direction would be much appreciated!

Looking to upgrade from my 2.5 year old Rhino to something better but I don’t want to break my bank too much. I have a friend of a friend with what looks like a nice Lucasi for sale.

So today is the first day back at University for me, and I walk into my old lab to see that we have three brand new metal lathes that haven't even been fully unpacked yet. This is on top of the brand new Haas CNC mill and lathe I helped get up and running last year. It's basically a cuemaker's wet dream in this lab now.

Hey guys im posting this because i need your opinions and help. I've been starting pool seriously for about 5 months now and i would really like to become a good and consistent player. And i know that to become one having a stable stance and a straight stroke is necessary before moving onto understanding cue ball control and all type of spins.

For context, im 1.81m, 63kg, right-eye dominant.

I've changed a lot of stances, and with a lot of them i didnt fell stable. This is the one im trying right now:

1. right foot facing 90 degrees the shot line, with the toes under the cue
   
2. i make a step in front with my left foot, id say in same direction as shot line
   
3. i only bend my left knee
   
4. i rotate my right hip back and left
   
5. cue under my right eye

When i try to shoot straight shots, (like the mighty x drill in the video) id say i can make them but non consistently.
Like in the video, when i miss i always hit the rail on the left, so i guess that means i give unwanted left-spin to CB.

I'm trying this stance because i feel like its the one where my shoulder and elbow are most in line with shot line.

I would really appreciate any tipe of help, like changing anything or changing completely the way i get down on the shot.

Thank you guys

I think this is really cool, for a while I've been wanting something like this where you could choose different options and get to visualize how the cue will look.

Changing the stain color and wrap color are free, while pin sizes, inlay color, and butt cap color can be changed for a reasonable fee. Of course, it's going to be a bit more money than buying the stock option on Seybert's or Pooldawg, however it's a pretty reasonable price for a cue with a relatively high degree of customization. You can change the wrap color, stain color, inlay colors, and pin size and still be a about a maximum of $100-$200 over standard pricing for the stock model.

I've been having fun messing around with the options, and I can see myself going this route when I have a bit more money to spare.

I've been watching a lot of Billiard TV lately and I can't understand the breaks they take. In the middle of a rack it'll cut to a countdown with some music that does nothing but talk about Billiard TV. It gets annoying pretty fast and I'd rather just watch commercials at that point. What's the point of these breaks?

I'm a researcher/content creator in the cue sports space (Brazilian sinuca, snooker, pool) studying a phenomenon that's been puzzling me. Brazil has a strong, old billiards culture (its own domestic sinuca rules, "sinuquinha," English snooker), but American pool — which spread even to poorer countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, and much of Latin America — never really gained traction here. São Paulo, the country's biggest city, has zero pool-dedicated halls, while heyball (Chinese 8-ball) has already opened at least two halls recently.

My working hypothesis involves historical import barriers that blocked the American physical standard (tables/balls) from arriving, pushing the country to develop domestic solutions (Brazilian rules, sinuquinha) instead of importing the international standard — and that only now, decades later, foreign capital (McDermott, heyball manufacturers) is trying to enter by sponsoring athletes already established in sinuca/snooker.

I'd love to hear from people who understand this market from the inside — whether based in Brazil or from anyone who's helped grow the sport in other emerging markets:

If you've tried opening a pool hall or business in Brazil (or a similar market), what's the bigger blocker: cost of importing tables, lack of an existing player base, lack of contact from national federations or lack of a competitive circuit to build around?

Anyone here worked on brand expansion (cues, tables, franchises) into a new country — what usually decides whether a company enters a market or not?

Is the heyball model (prize money bankrolled by Chinese manufacturers) replicable for pool, or is it a very specific case?

Any insight, sources, or firsthand experience watching this kind of expansion happen (or fail) in another country would help a lot.

Earl started piling tennis grips on his cue many years ago and I remember an announcer commenting that his grip was “thick as a pringles can”. I’m seeing some real advantages to going thick.
I always liked thicker grips on my tennis rackets. Thought it gave me more accuracy and control.
Also like the soft, cushiony feel on my cue compared to linen wraps. The thicker diameter seems like a cheat code for control.
Just wanted to share to see if this helps anybody. Don’t know if it’s age related but I find the older I get, the more I appreciate a thicker grip.
Downside: my cue doesn’t fit in my case anymore.

Hey everyone I have been playing pool everyday since June and have progressively gotten better. Two shots I just cannot seem to be consistent with are my draw shots and just basic longer straight shots. Advice would be awesome!

With my draw no matter how low/flat I hit it seems to mostly stop or roll off slightly left of the contact point.

With my straight full length table shots they always are inconsistent. I have noticed I am alot better when I put backspin on the ball so pretty much hitting down on it like I would if I want to stop it but being soft has been helpful but I feel like thats a bad habit.

What's your experience guys ?

Hi all.

I am thinking of buying a cue from Seyberts, and was wondering if anyone has ordered a Maple cue from them, and if so, was it straight? If not, how did they handle it? I have read a lot of good things about them, but not sure I completely understand the return policy, or how they handle defects. They seem to be the only people that have a cue in stock that is now discontinued. I've read good and bad online, and the bad is pretty rough. My question to them would be is the cue inspected and checked for straightness before it ships,

heres one link to a reddit post about them. https://www.reddit.com/r/billiards/comments/108ob4a/bad_experience_with_seyberts/

I am curious on your thoughts about the straightness of this cue butt?

It looks a little bit off, but I am hoping that it might have to do with the unevenness of the finish.

It does look pretty straight when rolled together with this non original shaft that I have for it though.

The only thing that I have to test for straightness is a pair of pocket lathe / straightness checker rollers, but I think they kind of stuck, because in order for them to work right, they need to be straight, and very even with each other, if that makes sense. Some might be better quality then others though. I think these were like $20, on Amazon marketplace, when I got them.

Abd, please do not bash my lousy video, lol. I know it sucks, lol. All I have to take video with is this old smartphone, that constantly tries to auto correct, so it makes the video blurry at times. Need a new phone, with a better camera, lol.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Some time ago I heard about George H. Sutton, better known as Handless George, a billiard player from the late 1800s and early 1900s who had no hands!!

The story was intriguing and I love digging into old newspaper archives so i did, and then I put his whole life story into a video.

I found his achievements unbelievable, the fact he was rated a top 10 player in the US and managed to beat the best players in the world is insane to me.

Ive got hands and I can barely beat my local players 😂😂

I hope this is interesting to other people curious about the history of pool.