Threaded Pin in Shaft?
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Hello, Mr Spain ?
Joey, Chris, Kim, what do you guys think of pin in the shaft and how it effects feel?
I value your opinion as much as anyone on the site, just forgot to tag you. That is pretty funny though, lol
I don't know much about the history, read a little on here and the web.
Why did many cuemakers get away from having the pin in the shaft other than the additonal pins needed for more shafts?
Believe a read on here somewhere that carrom cues are a little stiffer due to the nature of the joint(pin in shaft/wood to wood), I could be remembering that incorrectly...
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Carom cues have a different taper with more mass to move heavier balls and they tend to be shorter in length. Billiard shafts are usually 27" to 28".
In modern times the pin in the shaft was never widely used, just a few makers adopted this type of joint.
Mario
Imagine making shafts after delivering cues.
Would you rather just drill a hole and thread it ( big screw ) or install an insert or install a screw on every shaft order ?
I have a Spain and a Robinson and they play fine. My understanding is Hermon Rambow started putting the pin in the butt and being the top cuemaker around in his earlier years I think the American cuemakers that came after just copied him.
Those earlier cues had piloted brass joints and with two shafts becoming popular it made more sense to put the more complicated and expensive half of the joint on the butt.
Those earlier cues had piloted brass joints and with two shafts becoming popular it made more sense to put the more complicated and expensive half of the joint on the butt.
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Snooker cues have been doing the thread on the shaft . Typically they were a 1/3-2/3 break or they did the 1/4-3/4 break with the longer shaft. In both types, they were still making the pin in the shaft. For the reason, I do not know. Typically they were brass as well, and have a brass ferrule.