I have this old green label mali wrapless African Mahogany butt.
The shaft was warped when I bought it and I tried straightening it for about a year and gave up.
The cue sat in the corner for years and I had never hit a ball with it.
All of the woods I have used in the past are heavier woods .
My plan is to redo this cue the way I want to, not to original and I already know this old mali just is not worth it .
I will never get my money back out of this cue and my time is a free be and looking more for the experience and to bring this old Mali Back to life.
This is kind of out of my experience because I have never worked with wood used in a cue that is so lite.
It had a 5/16 x 18 brass pin I am switching it to a 3/8x10 SS pin
With the butt of the cue striped no pin , no collars, no weight bolt Does have the but cap on but I am going to machine some of it off and I am going all deer and elk antler ferrule collars and butt cap.
Right now the cue weighs about 9.4 oz.
The weight bolt 1/4x 2 wood screw that is not included in the 9.4 weight couldn't of made any difference .....
I have the cue stripped ( removed the finish ) slight roll in one piece but removed 030 on the retaper .
My target weight if 19 oz and it would be nice if the weight and balance point is a little bit adjustable.
I would like the balance point at 19 to 20 inches from the bumper end of the butt.
The 3/8 x 10 pin will weigh about a 1oz
I can do a 1/2 weight bolt system and be able to drill and tap about 10 inches .
The weight bolt will be about 6 long to make up I figure to make up 5 oz worth a of weight needed .
I think the new shaft will come out to be around 3.8 to 4.0
I have had insane thoughts of drilling the joint pin a few inches deeper and putting a weight bolt in there and maybe cutting the cue close to where the top of the wrap would be and putting in weights there .
What is the best way ?
The shaft was warped when I bought it and I tried straightening it for about a year and gave up.
The cue sat in the corner for years and I had never hit a ball with it.
All of the woods I have used in the past are heavier woods .
My plan is to redo this cue the way I want to, not to original and I already know this old mali just is not worth it .
I will never get my money back out of this cue and my time is a free be and looking more for the experience and to bring this old Mali Back to life.
This is kind of out of my experience because I have never worked with wood used in a cue that is so lite.
It had a 5/16 x 18 brass pin I am switching it to a 3/8x10 SS pin
With the butt of the cue striped no pin , no collars, no weight bolt Does have the but cap on but I am going to machine some of it off and I am going all deer and elk antler ferrule collars and butt cap.
Right now the cue weighs about 9.4 oz.
The weight bolt 1/4x 2 wood screw that is not included in the 9.4 weight couldn't of made any difference .....
I have the cue stripped ( removed the finish ) slight roll in one piece but removed 030 on the retaper .
My target weight if 19 oz and it would be nice if the weight and balance point is a little bit adjustable.
I would like the balance point at 19 to 20 inches from the bumper end of the butt.
The 3/8 x 10 pin will weigh about a 1oz
I can do a 1/2 weight bolt system and be able to drill and tap about 10 inches .
The weight bolt will be about 6 long to make up I figure to make up 5 oz worth a of weight needed .
I think the new shaft will come out to be around 3.8 to 4.0
I have had insane thoughts of drilling the joint pin a few inches deeper and putting a weight bolt in there and maybe cutting the cue close to where the top of the wrap would be and putting in weights there .
What is the best way ?
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