Once I decided I need a cue extension because I play straight pool regularly and often come up the shots around the rack which are too far to reach and hit them with high percentage. One of local pros noted that an extension provides great assistance in such cases, and yep he is correct. I was looking for a Hager extension as it is considered to make little harm, if any, to the cue. I could have had the task done by ordering a screw-in extension in our repair shop but I don't want my cue altered in any sence (which would be inevitable for such a procedure).
A year ago Jay Helfert mentioned using a vacuum cleaner tube in one of the threads about cue extensions. That gave me an idea. Later ArizonaPete described what I decided to develop further and implement in my own hand-made extension. I wanted not only to make something easy and reliable to use which will not scratch the cue, but also achieve the result at lowest cost possible
I bought a couple of PVC pipes (1" I believe)
First thought I would have to make the diameter smaller somehow, like melting the tube with a fan a bit. But then it turned out the tube fits "as is" pretty good, since it had to carry soft cushioning inside. I decided my extension gonna be 18" long. So I made the housing for the cue holding part sawing off the rubber gasket holder off the tubes.
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The inside ring is for extra strength of the joint as well as to lessen the inner diameter (this is where the cue was supposed to be held tight enough not to wobble on preliminary strokes).
As a material which would at the same time be soft enough not to damage the cue and be able to provide a tight grip of it I decided to use neoprene, managed to get some pieces at no cost. There are two rolls of neoprene, inner one to adjust for proper thickness inside.
A year ago Jay Helfert mentioned using a vacuum cleaner tube in one of the threads about cue extensions. That gave me an idea. Later ArizonaPete described what I decided to develop further and implement in my own hand-made extension. I wanted not only to make something easy and reliable to use which will not scratch the cue, but also achieve the result at lowest cost possible
I bought a couple of PVC pipes (1" I believe)
First thought I would have to make the diameter smaller somehow, like melting the tube with a fan a bit. But then it turned out the tube fits "as is" pretty good, since it had to carry soft cushioning inside. I decided my extension gonna be 18" long. So I made the housing for the cue holding part sawing off the rubber gasket holder off the tubes.
,
The inside ring is for extra strength of the joint as well as to lessen the inner diameter (this is where the cue was supposed to be held tight enough not to wobble on preliminary strokes).
As a material which would at the same time be soft enough not to damage the cue and be able to provide a tight grip of it I decided to use neoprene, managed to get some pieces at no cost. There are two rolls of neoprene, inner one to adjust for proper thickness inside.