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Originally Posted by raravena As a budding cue maker, I am curious to know, Who invented the "Pro Taper",
for shafts of course? Was the "Pro Taper" always there or were shafts
originally conical by design and then someone came along and said, "look at
what I have come up with". Thanks. |
Ray Schuler said that his mentor, Herman Rambow is credit with inventing the original pro taper. People who attempted to copy his taper profile thought (incorrectly) that the first several inches were a constant diameter. So, there's the original pro taper by Rambow, which has slight growth in the first several inches, and then there's the mistaken copy or "modern pro taper," or more appropriately, "delayed taper," or "cylindrical taper," which is constant for the first several inches.
Now, people talk about Meuccis having the cylindrical taper. None of my Meuccis were/are cylindrical.
Fred