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Slim Limpy said:

Chopdoc,

Where did you get the bumper from?

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Slim Limpy said:

Edit 9/27/2016:

I have to add this one as a separate post (I added it to a post above but can't seem to get rid of it up there now:

Ok, when I start something I tend to finish it or destroy it. So, after researching how to clean linen and wraps for two hours at work ( I freakin' hate A-holes who spend work time expecting others to take up the slack for them--idiots--I hates 'em with a passion!), I decided on a technique and here's the result of cleaning the linen, removing the last vestiges of finish and oils on the cue, and polishing and buffing the plastics on the butt and shafts. Also cleaned the shafts up, but no sanding, just put a sealing wax on them:


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The wrap looks awesome now. The only indication of use is that the green specs have faded from use but not too badly.

From here it is definitely going to a quality cuemaker (if Tony at Jackson Cues in Slinger, WI accepts the job that's where it goes for a finish--he's done excellent work for me in the past). The linen needs repressing also but I'll leave that to the cuemaker.

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Slim Limpy said:

I haven't filled in the points yet. I'll bring that in to Tony and do the filling myself or let him do it if it's necessary for him to do while performing the other work. I'm seen other threads where filling missing points has been done so I'm assuming it's a standard practice for cuemakers to do. There's no damage to either point inlay so hopefully it's a simple fill and sand technique. And I need a couple other shafts retipped and a ferrule replaced on one so I'll get other repair work done as well that I have just been too lazy to spend the traveling time on.

Do you or anybody else know what's under that pill bumper? Is it standard for Huebler to have a threaded hole for a bolt or do they all come with some weight bolt installed? Is that pill bumper a push-in bumper or a screw-in bumper? I searched Google images for Huebler bumpers but came up dry for a picture with the bumper removed.

I also searched AZ extensively and even when someone has a pretty good collection of Hueblers this particular model was decidedly agreed upon as the best hitting Huebler in their collections.

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Slim Limpy said:

***Goin’ To Jackson***

Ok, so here’s the finished product after spending 7 days at Jackson Cues:


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I decided to take Ken4Fun’s advice and just get it redone to my liking and forget the vintage look-a-like restoration since this is a keeper for me to shoot with.

Tony used a 2-part epoxy finish (my preference also since I try to treat my cues nice but I don’t treat ‘em like diamond jewelry either). I did the point restoration work (see original pics) before bringing the cue in. The butt cap was shortened about 1/8” to remove the nicks and chips on the end section which also allows the pill bumper to now stick out that much more and actually protect the butt properly when using the cue. I finally removed the pill bumper and it remains original. Black with blue speck linen. I would have liked a bluer wrap to match the veneer work but all the blues ended up looking to circus like and loud.

17.8 oz. total weight with 19” balance point—normal ol’ Triangle tips—the only tips I really like.

Tony at Jackson Cues doesn’t do discount priced repair work, by the way. But it’s always worth the price you pay from Jackson Cues. You’d be hard pressed to look at his work and say it coulda’ been done better. Every repair or refinish he’s done for me has been done right.

Compare these pics to the original post pics.

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