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I like this approach. I'll make that happen. Thanks for the insight. I hadn't thought about replacing the ferrule as part of this simple tip replacement but your solution makes more sense and I will feel better about the repair. THANKS!

You can give it a few light coats of CA and polish it back, or try Renaissance..

Thanks Micheal, as usual!! Questions : What the heck is that crap in the center? It is somewhat soft and fibrous, but feels a bit "plasticy". I assume the black ring is either carbon or phenolic. The ferrule looks to be phenolic given the pattern in it. If I don't put a plate down, the...

Wow John, I hope you healed up quickly! I have an oversized 2-Stage dust collection system with Hepa filtration, an overhead Hepa air cleaner, wear a cartridge respirator, full safety glasses, ear muffs, and long sleeves. So far so good when I'm working with Coco

No, this guy bought it used and brought it to me for a new tip and shaft finish cleanup

I just removed a tip from a 314 and found this under the tip.. There was no vault plate.

Typically 7/16-4 or 7/16-20, but there are variations.

Scroll. Sorry, I missed the independent word in your post.

I have one now. It is the smoothest of my four chucks. IIRC, I got this one from Todd

Before I get flamed, I did search for this topic, assuming that it certainly must have come up 1000 times, but no results. Two of my three jaw chucks are getting sticky. I disassembled them, ran them through my ultrasonic cleaner, and things are a little better. My four jaw chuck has always...

I did this on my latest Coco cue but used IPA instead of Acetone. I'm not sure if it helped hold the color, but mine has held for quite a while now.

Automotive Clear Coat

I finished mine very soon after the final turn and so far, the color has held.

You should do much better than $10K each on a multiple table deal. Brand new 8' Diamond Pro-Am tables retail for $7495.

Given the relatively small OD of the brass 5/16-18 insert in the shaft, it is relatively simple to bore it out, plug the shaft, and convert to virtually any thread you like. I've converted two to radial recently for a guy who loved the shafts but wanted a different butt.

Thanks Mike. I decided to pass on the job as the customer is super picky about look, sound, and feel. Too risky for little $$. If I were to do it, I would follow your advice above and do it. BTW, to answer your question, the ignite has a brass insert with radial threads. I'd have to bore...

If I do this, that is my plan. The only shitty part is that the plug in the Mezz has a brass insert for the 5/16-18 joint. A bit of a PITA to bore out but doable. The flange at the end of the CF tube would have to be removed to prevent me from having two glue joints at the shaft end, the...

Joint Diameters for both are .840, ringwork is same. Rings look to be installed on the plug. Ignite has a brass 5/16-18 insert that has been bored and tapped to Radial which seems to function very well. Joint is flat-faced. Neither will get near my lathe until I have a plan, high confidence...

So you are threading the inside of the CF tube? How deep can you go, given the thin wall thickness? I have a request to swap plugs and rings from one CF shaft to another. Sounds similar to what is being disucssed here.

I've got a guy with a Mezz Ignite shaft for his Sawdust cue. He wants the rings from his Sawdust shaft installed on the Mezz Ignite. Not knowing the internal construction of either, and the brass insert on the Mezz, or either of the ID's, I'm not sure I want to risk the Igntie. He doesn't...