The collision force will be directly transmitted from the shaft to the butt via the joint surfaces that are held tightly together by the pin and insert. The type of pin or the material that it is made of will have no bearing on that physical event, provided the torque applied to tighten the...
All of the bullet pin extension adapters I've seen are made of delrin type plastic, not even phenolic composite. They all have the inner thread cut right in the plastic, and they hold up very well for this specific occasional use type of situation. There would be no need to use a metal insert...
As you probably know, currently the NV cues are made in China. The quality is probably similar to Player and Purex cues. My NV cue was given to me by my daughter about two years ago, when I was only starting to play pool. Since then I have learned a lot and my game has progressed significantly...
"Theres more to it than just setting nose height at 1 7/16" is there not??"
There has to be !! For any given profile (K55, K66, or any other) the final height of the nose will always depend on an infinite number of rail height-cushion bed angle combinations. It is likely that every possible...
I can’t believe I found this 12 year old thread on this subject but only after I went through the trouble of learning and dealing with this issue by myself over the last 18 months or so. My story started when I bought a used Connolly 9 footer about 2 and a half years ago, not yet knowing...