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Article Title: Why A Meucci Power Piston?
Author: Bob Meucci
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For those of you that understand the term “Power Piston” to
mean a specific design in the Meucci line of cues, you already
know what I am referring to. For those of you that do not know,
a Power Piston refers to a combination of the Black Dot Bullseye
shaft, but more importantly, a specific technology built into
the butt section. The Power Piston butt is recognizable by the
fact that the forearm (the area just below the joint and just
above the wrap) is either going to be an ivory color or solid
black. This area of the cue is a thin sleeve of high-impact
plastic material over a maple dowel.

What this sleeve does for the player is to enhance the
performance in two ways:

1) More power with less effort. This power being demonstrated
by either more forward motion velocity, English velocity when
using side, or a combination of the two.

2) The second thing that the power piston does for you the
player is that it reduces the deflection of the cue ball (not
to be confused with shaft deflection) even more than all other
Meucci cues by 7-10%. This may not seem like a very large
number to an amateur player, however, when you consider in the
game of nine ball, one ball being 11% of the balls that need to
be pocketed, it clarifies just how important that advantage can
be.

What exactly happens when the cue ball is struck with a Black
Dot Bullseye shaft with a Power Piston butt? Simply put, more
compression of the pool cue at impact. The human arm, when
swinging its arch to strike a ball, is only capable of a
limited amount of speed and power. Therefore the cue design, in
order to gain any advantage, must be balanced to that speed when
the cue ball is struck. In other words, when the cue ball is
struck, the cue then begins to compress (foreshorten) the
overall length of the cue, loading the cue with additional
power that will be added to the stroke that you’ve put on the
ball when the loaded cue releases. All of this happens in a
mere .140 inches (one hundred and forty thousands of an inch!).
That .140 of the inch that I’ve referred to is the total
distance that the cue ball travels from the first impact of the
tip until the cue ball leaves the tip. So the job of the cue
maker is obviously one that has to be measured precisely to
achieve this amazing advantage, and he must also take into
consideration the weight of the cue ball.

This article has become fairly technical, and I hope that it is
sufficiently understandable to those of you who care to know
just what the advantage of having a Meucci Power Piston is.


About The Author: Robert J Meucci is the CEO of Meucci
Originals, Inc. Meucci Originals is well-known in the billiard
industry for manufacturing ( http://www.meuccicues.com/ )pool
and billiard cue products. If you're interested in viewing or
buying a power piston head on over to:
http://www.budgetcues.com/meucci.htm - Meucci Power Pistons at
20% off.
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