Old style Muecci ferrule material

If that ferrule has ivory looking grain,I don't think the exact material is available anywhere other than people with a NOS stash.

What I do is explain to the customer that the material is unavailable,but it will work out better if I change it to something else because newer materials are simply tougher.

I've done over 100 replacements on old Meucci shafts where that material cracked from breaking,it was a ABS type plastic but especially brittle when combined with the full 3/8 tenon,they were still coming out at 13.25mm stock back then.

The creamy ABS Atlas sells is close. Juma,the ivory grained Elforyn,and Tomahawk are all better materials,but still liable to crack with 1/16 sidewalls. Tommy D.

Dave38 said:

Have a customer that has an old Muecci with the 1-1/4" long ferrule, and the ferrule has 2 small cracks. Customer is Looking to replace with exact if possible. Anyone have some and willing to part with it? Or know where to find the original material that they used?
Thanks,
Dave

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Best shaft and ferrule ever!
Jason

jasonlaus said:

Best shaft and ferrule ever!
Jason

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That was the best method ever made for keeping us cue repairmen in business. Kind of wish they still made them like that.

Back when just about all the top players were using Meucci's it wasn't uncommon to see a player with one butt and a wad of shafts just for this reason. Yeah they played good but those ferrules split like this all the time. If you broke with them their lifespan could be measured in hours or days. Bob still offers the old-school shafts but i have no clue what he's using for ferrules on them.

I have just a little bit of the original Meucci material with the 1/4" hole.
Ferrules are $20 each and supply is very limited.

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The original material came with a 1/4 inch hole. Earlier on I would drill the hole to 5/16 and cut the tenon down to make it a little stronger. Later I started tapping the 1/4 inch hole to 5/16-18 about 3/4 way through and thread them on. I would leave the front of the ferrule 1/4 inch for extra strength and to give a nice looking round face, unlike what you get if tapped all the way through.

cueman said:

I have just a little bit of the original Meucci material with the 1/4" hole.
Ferrules are $20 each and supply is very limited.

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Chris, I'll take 2 ferrules, please.

Josh