Changing the weight on a Southwest?

ugotactionTX

ugotactionTX

I'm in dead rack!
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Hey guys. Has anyone ever tried to remove a little weight from a sw? There is no weight bolt and is sealed under the bumper with an epoxy or something. I absolutly love mine but would like it even better if it was a 1/2 oz. or so lighter. I DO NOT want to compromise the hit or balance, but if there's a way to do it and maintain the integrity I'm all ears. Has anyone done this? If so how did you do it? Did you have Southwest do it(will they do it)? Right now it's a hair over 20

Thanks in advance
 
Good luck with that.... I'm still in search for that perfect 18.5oz southwest...
 
Sell it, and buy a different one. Thos cues are made to exacting specs from butt to tip. The butt taper, shaft taper, diameter, etc, all are by design, so drilling it out will throw off the entire blueprint. You will also pretty much kill the value of it too.

Joe
 
That's why I asked if SW would actually do the work, to maintain the "originality" . I will probably just get used to it since I like the hit and balance just wish it was a bit lighter. I've only owned it a short time so I really hate to trade it off so quickly. Maybe I'll call laurie and see what she thinks about it. 20oz is not too bad, just heavier than the last few cues I've had. I guess I need to just keep playing with it see if I get used to it
 
Send it back to South West, let them do the work, anything else could be dangerous.

Take care
 
Why not have a shaft made 1/2oz lighter to change the weight and see if you like it, be the cheapest way and you wouldn't undermine the cues integrity.
 
I've done it twice. Once by having the cue thinned out before a refinish and the other time I had several holes drilled in the handle, filled( I don't know what was used to refill) and then re-wrapped. Both times I felt it made the cue more to my liking weight wise and neither time did I feel it affected the hit adversely. I believe both times it had very little, if any impact on the resale value.
 
dogginda9 said:
I've done it twice. Once by having the cue thinned out before a refinish and the other time I had several holes drilled in the handle, filled( I don't know what was used to refill) and then re-wrapped. Both times I felt it made the cue more to my liking weight wise and neither time did I feel it affected the hit adversely. I believe both times it had very little, if any impact on the resale value.
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Might have a whole lot if you told the buyer about it.
 
I strongly suggest playing with it the way it is for a few months. I'd be willing to bet you would not want to change it after that length of time.
 
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ugotactionTX said:
Hey guys. Has anyone ever tried to remove a little weight from a sw? There is no weight bolt and is sealed under the bumper with an epoxy or something. I absolutly love mine but would like it even better if it was a 1/2 oz. or so lighter. I DO NOT want to compromise the hit or balance, but if there's a way to do it and maintain the integrity I'm all ears. Has anyone done this? If so how did you do it? Did you have Southwest do it(will they do it)? Right now it's a hair over 20

Thanks in advance
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hello, for the most part you will not be able to change the weight on your cue . There is nothing to drill out due to the construction techniques used. The weight bolt is also the pin used to hold the butt sleeve on .Epoxy covers the bolt. I drilled a hole in the bolt at a customers request to try to lower the weight. It seems like we removed 3/4 ounce but we also removed the rubber bumper.
matt
 
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