1960s Micarta Ferrules

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Rick Geschrey
Silver Member
Hi,

I will install these ferrules for $ 100.00 per shaft.

Price includes a complete shaft recondition and a non layered tip installed.

You pay shipping.

If you have a special tip requirement send it with the shaft or let me know for pricing.


Purchase Only - non installed:

1 Ferrule ea. $ 70.00

4 ferrules or more ea. $ 65.00

Will discount the price lower for high quantities. Call for pricing deal.

PayPal or mailed money orders only, please.

Material Description:

General Electric 1960 Micarta Material used for 345,000 Volt Power Grid Insulators. Great ferrule material, hits better that Ivory and won't crack.

This material has the sheet aggregate spiral woven for a very tight and dense cross section. It is denser than the flat sheet Westinghouse micarta that was laminated and has been used for micarta ferrules.

I bought this rod from Ken ( Stupendous ) Mortensen who aquired it in the 70s. Ken was a cue maker for over 40 years starting with Bert Schraeger in California and was the featured Pantograph artist at Schuler Cues for many years.

This material is not commercially available and all of the material that was in the field was replaced and remediated because of the asbestos formula.

If you are looking for the real old school micarta, this is the good stuff.

Thanks for looking,

Rick

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Stew Mortensen
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Hi,

Thanks to all who have purchased ferrules. Except for the larger orders my turn around time is about 1 day to have it in the mail or UPS.

Thanks for looking,

Rick g
 
Realizm said:
Wow that a big one ,,,
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That's not what she said;) But seriously, that's a nice big fat rod you have there. ;) I'm sure glad i know someone that has a stash of this that i can get a whole shaft made for $150 Don't ask where, cause i'm not tellin;)
 
Other than the asbestos aspect, how does this micarta differ from that which masonH is selling?
 
Hi,

Real Micarta is a very expensive material because of it's history as a ferrule material, what cuemakers used them, and now it's demand because of it's scarcity as it has not been manufactured for many years.

I would venture to say that any material that was designed to be an insulator for a 345,000 KVW power grid should have some incredible density and resistant structure due to the tight linen spiral weave and the resin chemistry.

I know Mason's ferrules are very popular but so is Ageis, Linen Melamine, Titan, and Juma. Anyone could have called them what ever they wanted.

My ferrules are the real Micarta. Any one who is "in the know" with select knowledge understands this the moment they view the picture. There is no doubt!!

Rick G


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a9ballbr8k said:
Nice $14,000 hunk of micarta you got there :)
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Nice mathwork...you made me go back up to the pics with the grid pattern on the table and do the figures myself...

On another note...bump for the OP because I keep considering this for an older Schon shaft that had the ferrule replaced years ago with a POS ferrule...
 
JAMSGOLF said:
Nice mathwork...you made me go back up to the pics with the grid pattern on the table and do the figures myself...

On another note...bump for the OP because I keep considering this for an older Schon shaft that had the ferrule replaced years ago with a POS ferrule...
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Hi,

The rod seen here is 15" x 3" and the ferrules shown are 1" x .560.

14 X 14" =196 ferrules ( don't forget about the width of the saw blade )

Rick G
 
scdiveteam said:
Hi,

The rod seen here is 15" x 3" and the ferrules shown are 1" x .560.

14 X 14" =196 ferrules ( don't forget about the width of the saw blade )

Rick G
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I knew I'd forget something in my "not-so-knowledgeable" math equation! :thumbup:

I figured I should do the math to see how many people could order a ferrule and how long I could wait before making the decision to go forward with this...it was either that or I was bored here at work...:D
 
scdiveteam said:
Hi,

The rod seen here is 15" x 3" and the ferrules shown are 1" x .560.

14 X 14" =196 ferrules ( don't forget about the width of the saw blade )

Rick G
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I just eyed up the piece and figured you would get 140 ferrules out of the piece. At a hundred bucks a pop, your 196 would be near $20,000. Wish I could come across a piece of that for a retirement investment ;)
 
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