Mohawk cue
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Hi Kim
They came with a 3/8x10. But it's a different angle. When I had a tap made for it, Widell said it was called a negative thread. I have no idea what that means but the tap they made works.
ok... thanks for the info........ I think I will pass on making a shaft for that cue................
just a thought..... I under stand that, in an effort to make something unique, the cue maker has made something that people will pass by because of it's uniqueness....
Kim
just a thought..... I under stand that, in an effort to make something unique, the cue maker has made something that people will pass by because of it's uniqueness....
Kim
They were low dollar cues. Played pretty good but very high level of warpage. They've been out of business for a long time.
A simple google search came up with threading on gun silencers and I think it might mean that it threads on counter-clockwise? I suppose if you had to screw it on backwards you'd remember that, though.
Not a lefty. :grin-square:
Well you just made me spend about a half hour studying this stuff. It looks like negative thread means the pin screw diameter is slightly larger than the tapped hole. That would make sense with the tightness of the fit.
Negative Tap rake means the edge of the tap angle is ground slightly backwards on the scraping action.
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The major diameter of the pin measures .370......... so it's about 3/8in
I am thinking if I run a drill in the shaft to make the already threaded hole about .340 it might work.......the original hole was 5/16 (.312)...... (the minor on the thread measures .340
what do you think???
Kim
That would only leave .015 actual threads. Not real good. The minor is a lot smaller than .340. More like .306. I actually thought the minor was smaller but when I did a sample piece. I got .306 and a good fit.
Hope this helps.
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I have 3 Mohawks, they are all 3/8-11. The shafts are a very tight fit. On my first 1 in the early 90's I shattered a shaft and had an old Mc Dermott laying around. With some lithium and time the Mc D fit fine, played decent too. But it is the ferrule and taper on the Mohawk shaft that gives it that awesome hit.
Mohawk went under around 1996 or 1997. I think they spun off into Falcon cues but don't quote me on it.
They played pretty good. I know Mike Zuglan sold a bunch out of his pool. Mike liked them too.