2 things in billiards I will never understand..

Uni-lock is only useful when you need to unscrew your jump/break stick from a break stick to a jumper.
Says the guy with an old viking with a joint that takes a minute to screw together.

I think uni-loc is the only hope for the next generation of pool players. There's no way the kids with raging ADD are going to sit there and screw together a cue with a long threaded joint.
 
I think uni-loc is the only hope for the next generation of pool players. There's no way the kids with raging ADD are going to sit there and screw together a cue with a long threaded joint.

No, Flop. The only hope for the next generation is school, and a good job.
How else are they going to move out of their parent's basement? :)
 
Theres a good reason for them..,

Joint protecters- Are to protect your pin from a drop while taking your cue out of the case.. What if you drop it just after you removed your joint protecters?? (I understand their use during transport)

The Uni-loc joint- Why is the speed in which you screw & unscrew your cue important? It's not like you have to fight someone with it after every shot.. A regular pin takes what 3 seconds longer to screw & unscrew? You screw it together play a 45 min match WTF?!?!?

I have a $1500 cue case, the joint protectors prevent the pins in my cues from punching holes in my case.
 
No, Flop. The only hope for the next generation is school, and a good job.
How else are they going to move out of their parent's basement? :)

With a shrinking middle class, outsourcing and massive student loans I'm guessing most parents should just start charging their kids table time on the basement pool tables and at least try to supplement their retirement.
 
I think they are good if you use a soft case.
In my hard case, my shorter shafts have them so I can get them out.
Also, I have them on my spare shafts that I don't use.
 
JPs make my cues easier to get out of the case, keeps gunk from getting in the threads, and from someone who bent the pin in the first cue he ever owned by dropping it while getting it out of the case it provides a little peace of mind.

The quick release joints on the other hand make no sense. My Pechauer comes with their "speed joint" and I think it has less to do with "speed" than being a proprietary pin that encourages you to buy shafts from them rather than after market 3rd party companies. Luckily OB makes shafts with that pin.
 
With a shrinking middle class, outsourcing and massive student loans I'm guessing most parents should just start charging their kids table time on the basement pool tables and at least try to supplement their retirement.

You couldn't be more right. Well done. :)

Now, regarding those pesky joint protectors. I think they came about so you could put those really cool dimes on the top of them. :)
 
Joint Protectors for me, I always thought were to protect the pin from bending and the threads, but now I use them more to protect my case more than anything else and I like the way they look.
As for the uniloc pin, these cues show the need for
(1) carrying your own cue ball, and
(2) the need for a quick release joint as these cues are obviously uniloc (or some kind of quick release) pins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuU60r7VT30
 
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I am sure this will annoy all the "old school" pool players but...

I like uni-loc joints, hybrid cues, low deflection shafts, etc. I don't care if it only saves me a third of a second putting my cue together. I think whoever came up with uni-loc did a pretty decent job on the design and execution so I actually count that as a positive feature when looking at a potential new cue.

And you can bet that if a laser-guided, google glass enabled, brain implant aiming device comes out I'll be on that like a rabid dog.

ADD you are - and that is the real reason for the uni-lock.

Dale(who is patient and serene)
 
The Uni-loc joint- Why is the speed in which you screw & unscrew your cue important? It's not like you have to fight someone with it after every shot.. A regular pin takes what 3 seconds longer to screw & unscrew? You screw it together play a 45 min match WTF?!?!?

It takes way longer than 3 seconds to screw in a cue, probably more like 5. Those precious seconds add up over the course of a year. Just think how much more pool you could play if you had a uniloc joint. ;)
 
the new cue cases are very deep
to handle longer cues now. I have a porper case and the shafts and the butts
disappear, cant get'em out, so...joint protectors.

That's why I have 'em (cheapo pastic ones). Got tired of trying to dig out my shafts.

Gideon
 
Well, I have one of the old Porper cases, and if I happen to drop it on it's topside, the joint protectors come in real handy then.
 
Shaft is shorter than the case pocket??? Drop a spacer into the hole. Joint protectors??? as useful as a tissue paper condom. Mitch
 
While my current cue doesn't have one, I love the uni-loc joints. It is just so much easier to use, even if it is only a few seconds difference.
 
While my current cue doesn't have one, I love the uni-loc joints. It is just so much easier to use, even if it is only a few seconds difference.

Thank goodness. I knew I wasn't the only one.

My playing cue (Lucasi LHSP) has one and I like it so much I am probably going with the Big Beulah as a break cue. (my friends keep teasing me for using a fiberglass NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers cue to break)
 
Uni lock came about because of joint protectors. I was taking so long for players with standard joints to unscrew the joint protectors then screw the cue together masses quit pool. The uni lock was made to allow people to stay focused long enough and not be to tired to play but enjoy custom jp as well.
 
I like Uni-Lock for my breaker and for jumpers since they're faster. I already have to screw/unscrew a tight 3/8x11 for my player and that takes long enough already. I also find UL loosens at the joint sometimes if you are playing for a while.

My friend, a Predator devotee, said he likes a Uni-Lock joint for his player because "you can break it down and leave in a hurry after losing a match in a tournament" lol. Can't say I share his sentiment.

I don't bother with JP's in my case anymore; I found them unnecessary over time. I do have them on cues that I have in storage.
 
I am convinced the only purpose for my J/Ps that I never use is to sit on my cue rack then get knocked off said cue rack when I remove my bridge stick or "rake", the J/Ps always manage to find the exact center underneath my pool table.:mad:
 
Well ... prepare to understand.

1. The joint protectors. Screwing over the male thread protects your case by preventing the threads from going into it.

Threading the protector into the female end protects your shaft from the lint in your case going into it.


Now for your second quandary ... the uni lock joint.

You must still be young, great shape, girls fight over you.... Well the older you get, the more your wrist gets a workout, these joints are made to give us old guys a wrist break. :thumbup::killingme:


Pool secret #127, lint in the shaft is the #1 cause of miscues. Keep your shafthole clean.
 
Joint protecters- Are to protect your pin from a drop while taking your cue out of the case.. What if you drop it just after you removed your joint protecters?? (I understand their use during transport)

The Uni-loc joint- Why is the speed in which you screw & unscrew your cue important? It's not like you have to fight someone with it after every shot.. A regular pin takes what 3 seconds longer to screw & unscrew? You screw it together play a 45 min match WTF?!?!?

Never had to exit through a bathroom window after taking down a pigeon?
 
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