whats the difference in pins
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Personal preference
Let me begin with IMHO, so I don't get flamed
The choice of pin size and material can be used to adjust the weight and balance of a cue.
Other than that, all the pin does is hold the cue together. Assuming it's installed correctly, they all perform the same.
Let me begin with IMHO, so I don't get flamed
The choice of pin size and material can be used to adjust the weight and balance of a cue.
Other than that, all the pin does is hold the cue together. Assuming it's installed correctly, they all perform the same.
Let me begin with IMHO, so I don't get flamed
The choice of pin size and material can be used to adjust the weight and balance of a cue.
Other than that, all the pin does is hold the cue together. Assuming it's installed correctly, they all perform the same.
IMHO, this is 98% correct. There can be small differences in the performance of different pins. More thread to wood contact for example. The large wood pin is an extreme example. Love that feel.
Its all these small differences in construction when added together with wood choices that make a custom cuemaker worth his salt. Or not.
What I feel is one of the larger differences between the pins is that one type threads directly into wood and the other goes into, usually, a brass insert which is one other buffer to inter-play with the transfer of vibes through shaft and butt. I have settled on the Radial pin as my standard pin as it's design, with the alignment barrel makes perfect installation so easy. Since inception, other size pins with differing thread counts and profiles have also added this feature however.
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Dick
The thread pitch or # of threads per inch changes your clamp load and quickness of assembling. A 3/8 - 10 will have less clamp load(be harder to tighten tight, but be quicker to put together.
A 3/8 - 14 will be tighter because of increased leverage, but slower to put together.
I like some of the 3/8" - 10 joints with the root diameter matching the internal thread diameter in the shaft. Makes for a very aligned straight feel when putting together. Kind of like a uniloc, but with a natural feel.
Unfortunately O don't have that joint!
I'm surprised there isn't a piloted 3/8" -14 with half piloted and only half threaded. Seems like the best of both worlds, except maybe a wood pilot hole in thee shaft would vary in diameter too much and maybe crack in extreme conditions. A 3/8" - 10 kind of has an escape if the wood threads change size.
A 3/8 - 14 will be tighter because of increased leverage, but slower to put together.
I like some of the 3/8" - 10 joints with the root diameter matching the internal thread diameter in the shaft. Makes for a very aligned straight feel when putting together. Kind of like a uniloc, but with a natural feel.
Unfortunately O don't have that joint!
I'm surprised there isn't a piloted 3/8" -14 with half piloted and only half threaded. Seems like the best of both worlds, except maybe a wood pilot hole in thee shaft would vary in diameter too much and maybe crack in extreme conditions. A 3/8" - 10 kind of has an escape if the wood threads change size.
> Back in the early 90's when Uni-Loc first started doing the quick-release,they actually made a big one. It seemed like it was about as long as a SW pin,but only had 3-4 threads on it. The only one I ever saw,was on a Richard Chudy. That one was made of brass. I thought it was neat,so I asked and the guy that had it said it was a Uni-Loc. Tommy D.