Joint Pin Identification

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Anyone familiar with this joint pin configuration? The male threads are on the shaft. More importantly, can I get another male to make another shaft? I'm told by the owner that the cue is at least 40 years old. Thanks.

Alex Alpert
 

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I can't help with the ID, but I have a question about the "insert" in the shaft side of the joint. The Phillips head looks like it has been removed and retightened a few times. Does that middle insert come out? Kind of like a forward-placed weight bolt?

Thanks!

Gary
 
Looks like the old Brunswick type import joint. The answer is yes, a shaft can be made. I make things like this all the time. $90.
 
Gary- the screw only weighs .15 ounces but is threaded into the wood below the joint. The joints isn't any looser after removing the screw so I'm not sure of it's exact purpose.

Ryan- is that $90 to make a joint that fits or $90 for a whole shaft with the joint? I was going to make the shaft myself if I could find the joint pin.

Thanks for the replies so far!
 

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I would have Ryan make one if the choice were mine to make. He does excellent work.
 
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Paul Dayton said:
The shaft looks to be Ramin or something not maple. When did Schmelke not use maple?
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Good eye Paul. I glanced and said Schmelke - but I think Ryan was
right about it being Asian import.

FWIW - I feel strongly that the butt is also Ramin. I once had a cue
that looked very similar. Ramin stained just right looks a lot like rosewood.
I've long suspected that is how Ramin sneaked into the cue world.

IIUC - Brunswick at one time had cues made by Schmelke, for a short
time, only to have Brunswick labled cues that were exact knock-offs
with cheaper everything mysteriously appear in the marketplace
shortly after.

Dale
 
Take the joint collar off the original and make a shaft. If there is no original shaft, measure the threads, buy a die or tap or both, and build one. That's what I do. Brass is cheap. Learn something from this.:thumbup:
 
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