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billiardthought · Mar 23, 2017

A bit hard to see but it's the tiniest little fracture in the ferrule, it starts and ends without touching the wood or tip.Micarta ferrule, half inch long and I believe it is capped. Will I damage the cue if I keep shooting with it? And this is purelt speculation but anyone think this was just a weaker than normal piece of material or do I need an investigate using a longer ferrule so that it can be stronger? Thanks for your time.

j2pac · Mar 23, 2017

billiardthought said:
A bit hard to see but it's the tiniest little fracture in the ferrule, it starts and ends without touching the wood or tip.Micarta ferrule, half inch long and I believe it is capped. Will I damage the cue if I keep shooting with it? And this is purelt speculation but anyone think this was just a weaker than normal piece of material or do I need an investigate using a longer ferrule so that it can be stronger? Thanks for your time.

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I am not a cuemaker, and it's JMO, but if the ferrule is beginning to crack, I would get it replaced ASAP.
All the best.
j2

Dave38 · Mar 24, 2017

billiardthought said:
A bit hard to see but it's the tiniest little fracture in the ferrule, it starts and ends without touching the wood or tip.Micarta ferrule, half inch long and I believe it is capped. Will I damage the cue if I keep shooting with it? And this is purelt speculation but anyone think this was just a weaker than normal piece of material or do I need an investigate using a longer ferrule so that it can be stronger? Thanks for your time.

In the Picture, pressing the Control key and the + key to zoom in, it appears to be barely a scratch with chalk dust in it. This is normal. Use a magic eraser with a bit of denatured alcohol and gently rub the ferrule along the scratch line and it should disappear. This only cleans the dust out, the scratch will be still there. A actual crack will be so deep, the chalk dust and dirt will be down so far there is no way to clean it,
A crack usually starst at one end or the other and go from there, not just show up in the middle like this. This is just a scratch IMO.
Dave

KJ Cues · Mar 24, 2017

If you saw a split in the tread of your tire, would you continue driving ?

A longer ferrule would make the shaft weaker due to greater tenon leverage.

billiardthought · Mar 24, 2017

Dave38 said:
In the Picture, pressing the Control key and the + key to zoom in, it appears to be barely a scratch with chalk dust in it. This is normal. Use a magic eraser with a bit of denatured alcohol and gently rub the ferrule along the scratch line and it should disappear. This only cleans the dust out, the scratch will be still there. A actual crack will be so deep, the chalk dust and dirt will be down so far there is no way to clean it,
A crack usually starst at one end or the other and go from there, not just show up in the middle like this. This is just a scratch IMO.
Dave

I didn't even think to try this. Thanks

billiardthought · Mar 24, 2017

Dave38 said:
In the Picture, pressing the Control key and the + key to zoom in, it appears to be barely a scratch with chalk dust in it. This is normal. Use a magic eraser with a bit of denatured alcohol and gently rub the ferrule along the scratch line and it should disappear. This only cleans the dust out, the scratch will be still there. A actual crack will be so deep, the chalk dust and dirt will be down so far there is no way to clean it,
A crack usually starst at one end or the other and go from there, not just show up in the middle like this. This is just a scratch IMO.
Dave

So on the very first pass with the magic eraser it took up all the chalk. Can't imagine how I scratched the ferrule like this but that's a relief that it's possibly not a fracture.

Renegade_56 · Mar 24, 2017

Dave38 said:
In the Picture, pressing the Control key and the + key to zoom in, it appears to be barely a scratch with chalk dust in it. This is normal. Use a magic eraser with a bit of denatured alcohol and gently rub the ferrule along the scratch line and it should disappear. This only cleans the dust out, the scratch will be still there. A actual crack will be so deep, the chalk dust and dirt will be down so far there is no way to clean it,
A crack usually starst at one end or the other and go from there, not just show up in the middle like this. This is just a scratch IMO.
Dave

Exactly, and I also would question why the OP thinks a longer ferrule would somehow be stronger. I think, no.

billiardthought · Mar 24, 2017

Renegade_56 said:
Exactly, and I also would question why the OP thinks a longer ferrule would somehow be stronger. I think, no.

The OP wondered about a longer ferrule because the OP shoots pool much better than he understand the physical limitations of the equipment..... Rough crowd.

Jon Manning · Mar 24, 2017

Not a maker. Looks like a scratch to me, but if it's not, ferrule and tips are designed to be consumables.

Michael Webb · Mar 24, 2017

billiardthought said:
The OP wondered about a longer ferrule because the OP shoots pool much better than he understand the physical limitations of the equipment..... Rough crowd.

Ohhhhh. I like that answer. Very well said.

Dave38 · Mar 25, 2017

Very Glad that it was just a scratch. Shoot well, and straight.
Dave

Renegade_56 · Mar 25, 2017

billiardthought said:
The OP wondered about a longer ferrule because the OP shoots pool much better than he understand the physical limitations of the equipment..... Rough crowd.

Some of the crowd have a long history of engineering experience,,,,,,,,,ettiquette often gets left behind, unintentionally.

Good answer.

billiardthought · Mar 25, 2017

Jon Manning said:
Not a maker. Looks like a scratch to me, but if it's not, ferrule and tips are designed to be consumables.

Very good point, that's why I posted, to see if the ferrule was consumed haha.

Thanks everyone for the help.

TILT9 · Jul 10, 2017

Michael Webb said:
Ohhhhh. I like that answer. Very well said.

I'm thinking the same thing :thumbup:
you know who has good ferrules, that Harris guy, Bluegrass.

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