Just a question to the Cue makers here, about low deflection Players shafts. I bought an HXT - 30 and liked the performance of the Cue. I wanted a back up shaft so I purchased one however, it is a different shaft insert. The HXT-30 came with a "piloted" Low Deflection shaft in 5/16 X 18. The spare shaft is the same but is flat at the insert. Is that going to be detrimental ? It threads on fine and seems to play fine. I don't mean to split hairs but, is a piloted insert there for a reason ? Should I return the shaft for piloted ?
Piloted versus flat Players shafts
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If it isn't a compression pilot what difference would it make ir it has a pilot or not?
Yeah, most of them do. I have found some with pretty tight tolerances and very little wobble.5/16 14 have so much wobble, I think they need the pilot.
5/16 14 have so much wobble, I think they need the pilot.
If the pilot doesn't fit and snug up to the inside walls of the butt joint, like a compression wooden pilot, what is it doing?
Is it just adding another thread or two to the length the pin intrudes into the shaft?
Great. Never seen any of those . It's funny that 5/16 18 is considered national coarse then 14 came out .
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I heard Joss also did 13 for brunswick cues .
Ain't that somethin :grin-square:
OMG.....
i am not a cuemaker but you would hope for some standardization
to use the same type of pins
jmho
idbw
It's not a cuemaker's invention
It was a furniture screw that Brunswick and other firms pushed out since they had easy access to the tooling.
So it's worse than a cuemaker's invention, it's a wood screw that is now "classic" for cues
Let me explain what has changed over the years.
Right to Individualism is helping to protect your companies survival for future repairs. Whether it's new shafts, refinishing or something so simple as joint protectors. Back in the day, no one was going to have taps and dies made if they didn't have the option for live threading. Secondly, they were not as many Cue makers, repair people, or hobbyists as there are today, nor was the information available.
Times were different. Today is different but I'm not convinced today is better different in the long run as far as Cue mechanics.
to answer your question seriously
if a buyer uses an after market low defection shaft
then he has to buy a special shaft to fit this cuemakers cue
in other words
if i have several 15/16x14 ld shafts and buy a cue with a 5/16 x13 or 18
pin
now i have to buy a whole new set of shafts to accommodate it
if the odd balls were eliminated
i could mix and match
jmho
i own cues from various cuemakers
they have different cue weights and balance and different butt diameters
i use the same brand LD shaft based on pin to play with them
in spite of the same shaft they play different based on the characteristics of the cuemakers construction of his butt
jmho
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do you have any 3/8-12 pins?
