ferrule replacement question

doubletrouble

doubletrouble

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had a ferrule replaced with an ivory ferrule. question: the shaft grew 1/4" after the replacement. any ideas as to why and how? i have another shaft bought with a ivory ferrule. both are schon shafts. both are 13mm. same tips. same weight. the replaced ferrule shaft isn't as stiff. feels spongy. might this have to do with the shaft increasing 1/4" for this repair? or something else?
 
The Ivory ferrule was probably left capped for strength. That could add 1/4 inch...

Kim
 
Having changed the ferrules on 30 or so Schon shafts over the years for various reasons,I'm curious as to why the length increased that much.

Schon shafts typically have a 3/4 long tenon,and use a 1 inch long ferrule with .250 or so worth of solid material at the business end.

It sounds like maybe he turned the tenon down and lengthened it out,and used a 1 1/4 ivory ferrule blank,drilled and tapped to 1.000 deep.

Either that,or he made an oddball ferrule that was drilled and tapped .750 deep,but has 1/2 worth of solid material at the end.

There is also the possibility that he left the tenon the standard length,and still used a 1 1/4 blank,but drilled/tapped it too deep and just hoped the empty space was filled with enough glue or epoxy to not come apart,and that's what is causing the drop in playability.

I'd go ask him if it were me. Tommy D.
 
doubletrouble said:
thanks. simple enough. could the cap of the ferrule be taken down some then?
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An ivory ferrule usually has a cap for strength......... making it thinner might compromise that.

And are you telling me that 1/4 inch is changing your game???? Are you telling me that you can actually tell the difference?????

You are obsessing........

relax and shoot pool


LOL

Kim
 
Hi,

When you own a cue I would think that you would want both shafts to be the same length.

Before doing a ferrule job you should measure the shaft so that it can be returned as the correct length.

JMO,

Rick
 
thnik on that shaft the old ferrule may have cut down as it was 3/4" when i bought it used, it wasn't capped as they usually are so i think for whatever reason it had been cut back.
 
doubletrouble said:
1 inch. the removed one was 3/4".
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And he didn't bother asking you if you wanted a 29" long shaft ?
He could have turned down the shaft 1/4 lower for the tenon .
Or kept the ivory ferrule at 3/4 long.
That shaft must not be a Schon . They come with 1" long ferrules afaik.
 
Aren't all Schon shafts typically 29" with the 1" long capped ferrule?

That would mean, if the original ferrule had been shortened or replaced with a 3/4" ferrule, the shaft would then have been 28 3/4". By installing a 1" ferrule, he has now put the cue shaft back to it's intended playing length.

Also, have you asked the person who replaced the ferrule? I'm sure that all we are doing is speculating, and he could speak from first hand knowledge of your cue shaft.


Royce
 
RBC said:
Aren't all Schon shafts typically 29" with the 1" long capped ferrule?



That would mean, if the original ferrule had been shortened or replaced with a 3/4" ferrule, the shaft would then have been 28 3/4". By installing a 1" ferrule, he has now put the cue shaft back to it's intended playing length.



Also, have you asked the person who replaced the ferrule? I'm sure that all we are doing is speculating, and he could speak from first hand knowledge of your cue shaft.





Royce
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I don't know about you
But I rarely measure a shaft length when I replace a ferrule :)
I do measure the ferrule though :D
 
thanks

many thankson this ferrule question. so much more to think about now. pretty darn certain the shaft is a schon. entirely certain it's a darn good shaft. should of specified 3/4 inch ferrule replacement it seems. again thanks for the feed back on this
 
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