Can anyone of you who has worked on a fair number of Brunswick 2-piece cues confirm to me if it was common for Brunswick to drill a tiny hole through the wood and joint pin and insert a little metal dowel under the brass joint collar of the 2-piece Hoppe Professional cues?
Here is a photo of the area I'm talking about:
Was this necessary due to known weakness of adhesives available during the era? That pin is in there solid as a rock, but the glue used on the joint and ferrules seems to have gotten brittle over the years and started to fail after I started hitting a few balls with the cue...
Since taking the photo, I've epoxied everything back together. But not before I carefully taped up the collar and the ring to make sure I did not end up with any unwanted glue residue on the outside of the cue. Cue still looks entirely original and hits great.
But, if this technique was used on all of the Hoppe Professional cues, what does that say about the adhesives used between the veneer layers and in the splices of the Pro and 1-piece titlist cues? Are those glued areas subject to failure over time as well?
Here is a photo of the area I'm talking about:
Was this necessary due to known weakness of adhesives available during the era? That pin is in there solid as a rock, but the glue used on the joint and ferrules seems to have gotten brittle over the years and started to fail after I started hitting a few balls with the cue...
Since taking the photo, I've epoxied everything back together. But not before I carefully taped up the collar and the ring to make sure I did not end up with any unwanted glue residue on the outside of the cue. Cue still looks entirely original and hits great.
But, if this technique was used on all of the Hoppe Professional cues, what does that say about the adhesives used between the veneer layers and in the splices of the Pro and 1-piece titlist cues? Are those glued areas subject to failure over time as well?
