A idea for a LD ferrule material

[EddieBme]

If you hit a steel piece of cold roll or a brass punch or a wooden dowel on the end with a steel hammer it wants to mushroom the end, because its the easiest path of resistance ..
A ferrule wraps around the tenon so it will not do the same thing.

What was the older black material that was used on most house cues, and is it the same material that Mike Dechaine uses now?

 

[mortuarymike-nv]

Black ferrules

What was the older black material that was used on most house cues, and is it the same material that Mike Dechaine uses now?

I think the black ferrules are ABS and that is a guess.
I am not really a expert on ferrule material.

I have the fake ivory out of Hong Kong ,
I don't have a picture of it on a cue yet, but I do have a picture of the fake ivory I used in a pipe I made.

Cuts allot like ivory

 

[greyghost]

I think the black ferrules are ABS and that is a guess.
I am not really a expert on ferrule material.

I have the fake ivory out of Hong Kong ,
I don't have a picture of it on a cue yet, but I do have a picture of the fake ivory I used in a pipe I made.

Cuts allot like ivory

whatever it is its a soft plastic for certain on old house cues.....i use double black phenolic on some of my cues ferrules, hits great, very frim and crisp.....but i like that lol, not everyone will.

 

[EddieBme]

whatever it is its a soft plastic for certain on old house cues.....i use double black phenolic on some of my cues ferrules, hits great, very frim and crisp.....but i like that lol, not everyone will.

I'd like to try one of the ferrules (black plastic?) on one of my shafts, (I have two identical, or close to identical) to see if there's a big difference in the way they hit.

 

[greyghost]

I'd like to try one of the ferrules (black plastic?) on one of my shafts, (I have two identical, or close to identical) to see if there's a big difference in the way they hit.

back when turn of century the house cues had black ferrules it was soft plastic.....i use double black phenolic, basically like break tip material if your not sure what that is

 

[mortuarymike-nv]

Black plastic ferrules

I'd like to try one of the ferrules (black plastic?) on one of my shafts, (I have two identical, or close to identical) to see if there's a big difference in the way they hit.

I have some,,,, with all the stuff going on with what you want done, you might be money ahead to buy a lathe.

 

[EddieBme]

I have some,,,, with all the stuff going on with what you want done, you might be money ahead to buy a lathe.

I know what you mean Mike. I'm wanting to get everything repaired/made at one time, but I need to figure cost, and be pretty sure of the cues I want to keep.