2 things in billiards I will never understand..

[railbird99]

Joint protecters- Are to protect your pin from a drop while taking your cue out of the case.. What if you drop it just after you removed your joint protecters?? (I understand their use during transport)

The Uni-loc joint- Why is the speed in which you screw & unscrew your cue important? It's not like you have to fight someone with it after every shot.. A regular pin takes what 3 seconds longer to screw & unscrew? You screw it together play a 45 min match WTF?!?!?

You may have a point about joint protectors, but as far as uni-loc joints.... if it can do the same thing as a regular joint but also add a small convenience, then the real question is why not?

 

[Baxter]

Thank goodness. I knew I wasn't the only one.

My playing cue (Lucasi LHSP) has one and I like it so much I am probably going with the Big Beulah as a break cue. (my friends keep teasing me for using a fiberglass NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers cue to break)

That thing has to go. Can you burn fiberglass? That cue should be "fireglass".

Joint protectors prevent things from getting into the threaded shaft. The female pieces that protect the pin don't do much but match the male piece that fits into the shaft.

Uni-loc joints have been known to come loose and not stay tight or strip out with overtightening. There just isn't that much material for the shaft to grab onto. You'll never have that problem with a longer threaded pin, especially a bigger pin like a 3/8x10 or radial.

 

[pwd72s]

You couldn't be more right. Well done.

Now, regarding those pesky joint protectors. I think they came about so you could put those really cool dimes on the top of them.

Nope...pennies!

 

[Baxter]

^^^Jim makes the best ones on the market. I need to order a set soon.

 

[Floppage]

That thing has to go. Can you burn fiberglass? That cue should be "fireglass".

Joint protectors prevent things from getting into the threaded shaft. The female pieces that protect the pin don't do much but match the male piece that fits into the shaft.

Uni-loc joints have been known to come loose and not stay tight or strip out with overtightening. There just isn't that much material for the shaft to grab onto. You'll never have that problem with a longer threaded pin, especially a bigger pin like a 3/8x10 or radial.

I took the Big Beulah with me tonight to 9 ball league. I have to admit it breaks MUCH better than the fiberglass buccaneer cue. I'll probably have to leave my beloved Tampa Bay cue at home from now on. :frown: