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Thanks Gary. Normally we usr 3 taps in the metric world where one has a large taper, midle - less and the last one being a bottom tap. The midle one is skiped often. I think I would order live tools for my metric threading. The lathe can in some funcy way make imperials-but I think (guessing)...

Hmm, job done but a real pain. Center drilled, drilled with 7,5mm and reamed 5/16. Then tapped with Atlast tap. However I did not check the tap when I cored-I made the depth 100 accurate to get 29mm joint sticking out. Well, the tap tid not tap to the bottom of the hole si I had to RE-BORE...

Ahhh.... Bugger! Center drilled and bored with a 8,5mm !!!!! Another confirmation that I'm no good early in the morning - definately a C or D person. Have to core out again and then new tennon...Arg arg:-(

Thank you all for your feedbacks. I'm in the metric world as mentioned and only have precision tools for mm coring and drilling. So I would use my boring bar to do this and see how it goes. I'll drop a pic up here by the end of the day when this is done. Thanks K

Thanks guys- then I feel I'm on the safe side then. Would try to do the install tomorrow. What do you use to bore the hole to for these threads? I know, I know-Mr.Google and Chris's book has the number but just curious on what you use:-) K

I did go for the original idea where I removed the pin, bored a 12mm area for a new 12mm tennon which I planned center drilling and threading. It was a little spooky last night - "where do I stop coring the cues joint area and when do I have enough meat to make the 3/8x10"? Would 12mm tennon be...

Thank you all for your feedback. Here is some background info- The owner wanted me to build him a cue similar to the Huebler, though 30" butt. After a lot of search I managed to get some Gabone, however the wood was so raw that the two squares I started turning moved a lot. I managed to save one...

I don't do these threads but I have a good friend which owns a old Huebler custom cue which has some "sound" to the joint. He's wondering if it's the joint screw which has some air pockets and want this changed. I only need a couple of these to help him out-so ordering from Atlas is out of the...

I have a customers McDermott broken off in a very similar way. This is a hot-head which has become a good customers of shafts-he constantly slam the ferrule section down in the table-splitting shafts. However this time the cue whent-and it was a BEM forarm. My solution-chop it off just above the...

:rotflmao1: She must have strong hips :D

Acetone works on a lot of things but for sure not "nice". It kills your braincells qucker than you say "one more beer" so please remember to have good ventilation. A car painter - old school- was so messed up in his head when he quit work-that he could not remember the names on his kids... K

Thanks Chris for your tip. When it comes to the SS colar it self, I think this is just to throw away since I have a sneaking feeling this is not true either. My idea was to install a Elforyn collar on a new tennon. However, I liked your idea of potentially turning it down a bit and reinforce...

I have been thinking on having a stamp made and stamp a cue, but that was with a small logo.. Was just an idea I had-which might be totally stupid....:frown: Another one I had was to make a template and use a touch up gun (like the guys painting flames,sculls and the like use) and spray it on...

Ryan, What do you think of using a powerfull solder iron ? I have previously used a industrial heat gun - which worked OK. However it was scary since you very quickly touch areas which you don't want to heat.... Like clear coat and wood :smile: Thanks for your feedback. Any luck with that...

This is a cheap cue for sure, but the customer is not to fuzzy about the looks but he likes the hit in the cue. The Philippino cuemaker has managed to get a OB shaft on the cue so he has for sure done something right :-) Did not know you shipped these down there Royce - if you read this...

Thanks Creig. I was wondering about heating the SS collar but I was stumbled by the fact that the SS collar spins almost freely. I started thinking about a press fit with a locking ring - where the wood as a larger OD ring which press fit's in to the opposite on the SS. If I would go this...

Hi there buddy, Thank you so much for your help. I like your approach since I have a sneaking feeling that the tenon is most likely nothing to use at all. When thinking about it - I could actually just make a custom collar which fits just under the ring and then just use my parting tool and...

Thanks Gary, then I guess my idea is not that stupid as I thought it could be... Hmm, I guess this is easier than starting ordering live tool to machine over the old threads and possibly loose the wood threads at the end. Attached is a pic of the cue - brand new. What the owner would like is...

Having a custom cue in for repair where the SS collar is loose (spinning) but it's not willing to come off - i.e I can't thread it / un-screw the SS... The customer has bough the cue down in the Philippines and I'm not sure how they do these things when they install... One theory I have is that...

I have been battling McDermotts proprietary 3/8x16 joint for some time now - having had some customers shafts going through McDermott to get the insert installed... Takes time and is xpensive. Now I have a friend with a break cue with a 3/8x16 joint and he has asked me about the possibility of...