A tip insert for a cue shaft having a cavity at the tip has a tip disc to support a tip for striking a ball and an inwardly extending section for bonding to the inside surface of the cavity. The inwardly extending section includes one or more centering flanges and a bonding surface, the centering flanges interfacing with the inner surface of the cavity and enabling a substantially consistence bond distance between the bonding surface and the inner surface of the cavity. The tip insert can be machine from a single piece of material comprising glass fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate sheets, where the individual sheets of the material are oriented perpendicular to the longitude axis of the tip insert to increase the durability and performance of the tip insert when transferring the force from the tip striking a ball.

A tip insert for a cue shaft having a cavity at the tip has a tip disc to support a tip for striking a ball and an inwardly extending section for bonding to the inside surface of the cavity. The inwardly extending section includes one or more centering flanges and a bonding surface, the centering flanges interfacing with the inner surface of the cavity and enabling a substantially consistence bond distance between the bonding surface and the inner surface of the cavity. The tip insert can be machine from a single piece of material comprising glass fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate sheets, where the individual sheets of the material are oriented perpendicular to the longitude axis of the tip insert to increase the durability and performance of the tip insert when transferring the force from the tip striking a ball.

A tip insert for a cue shaft having a cavity at the tip has a tip disc to support a tip for striking a ball and an inwardly extending section for bonding to the inside surface of the cavity. The inwardly extending section includes one or more centering flanges and a bonding surface, the centering flanges interfacing with the inner surface of the cavity and enabling a substantially consistence bond distance between the bonding surface and the inner surface of the cavity. The tip insert can be machine from a single piece of material comprising glass fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate sheets, where the individual sheets of the material are oriented perpendicular to the longitude axis of the tip insert to increase the durability and performance of the tip insert when transferring the force from the tip striking a ball.

A cue includes a shaft and an end piece. The shaft has a cavity at the position of a striking end of the cue, and the cavity extends along a longitudinal axis of the cue. The end piece includes a core situated in the cavity. The end piece includes at least two ribs which extend from the core in a direction radially of the longitudinal axis. The shaft includes at least two notches at the position of the cavity, each of which includes two opposite inner walls through which the at least two ribs extend at least partially. The side walls of the at least two ribs lie against the opposite inner walls so as to connect the end piece to the shaft.

A cue includes a shaft and an end piece. The shaft has a cavity at the position of a striking end of the cue, and the cavity extends along a longitudinal axis of the cue. The end piece includes a core situated in the cavity. The end piece includes at least two ribs which extend from the core in a direction radially of the longitudinal axis. The shaft includes at least two notches at the position of the cavity, each of which includes two opposite inner walls through which the at least two ribs extend at least partially. The side walls of the at least two ribs lie against the opposite inner walls so as to connect the end piece to the shaft.