Collection: All Shafts

Pool Cue Shafts

A shaft is the half of the cue that does the work, and it is the one upgrade that changes how a cue plays without replacing it. Buy one as a spare, or buy one to make the cue you own hit better.

Before you buy: the joint has to match

A shaft only fits a butt with the same joint. Check yours before ordering — 5/16x18 is the most common, 3/8×10 is the McDermott and Lucky standard, and quick-release systems such as Uni-Loc are their own thing. If you are not sure what you have, the joint types guide identifies it in a minute.

What's here

Maple spare shafts — Canadian hard rock maple in 12.75 mm and 13 mm, with or without a collar, in 5/16x18, Uni-Loc and quick-release joints. The straightforward replacement for a dinged tip or a ferrule that finally gave up.

Break shafts — phenolic tips and phenolic ferrules, built to take the one shot that destroys a playing shaft.

Low-deflection shafts — Lucasi Pro 10-splice CF InFUZED in maple and kielwood, and Pure X carbon fiber. These are the performance upgrade: less cue-ball squirt means the ball goes where you aimed even with english on it.

Sneaky Pete shafts — no collar, plain maple, for cues that are meant to look like a house cue.

Tip size

13 mm is forgiving and good for power; 12.75 mm gives finer cue-ball control and is the standard on performance cues; 11.75 mm is for players who want maximum spin and accept the smaller margin for error.

Related: carbon fiber shafts, Lucasi shafts, Pure X shafts, ASKA spare shafts, joint protectors and complete low-deflection cues.

Guides: maple vs carbon fiber and the tip size chart.