Well well well AzBilliards. It's been a while since my last two ghetto projects, and I'm pleased to bring you one more.
Long story Short: I cut a hole in the cuetec bumper to make a smart extension fit. Then I made an extension holding case out of duct tape and some t-shirt.
So heres the novel. I took a break from pool for the past 2-3 years due to a multitude of reasons. Other than a few small casual games here and there, I barely touched a table. Lately a fire relit and I started playing a bit again. I sold off most of my cues and was left with a Bender Sneaky Pete, a custom sneaky (not sure who made it), and my sweet Travesty 2K16 Break Cue.
After playing with the Bender for a little, I realized I just wanted one cue to beat the snot out of. Color of money flex breaks, not having to worry about dings, etc. I couldn't do that to the Bender, so I had to find something else. Also i only wanted to carry 1 cue everywhere.
For some reason, mostly likely named Shane Van Boening and Ebay Deals, I bought a Cuetec R360 shaft and mated it a Cuetec Prestige butt. This wasn't my first rodeo with the fiberglass thunder rod, for I used to own a gray stained maple R360 cue. I hated it and sold. Not sure what made me think this would be different before purchasing, but I did, because I have issues and it was delightful.
This time around was different, it felt better on the prestige butt. Actually it played really nice and surprisingly good. Not only did it fit the bill for everything I needed, it reminded me of the good old white Earl Strickland cues. And before the r360s were made, I've always wanted a "sleeper" in a cuetec with a wood shaft.
Here is the cue in question:
Of course to maximize my SVB fanboyness, I had to get the extension. Plus bridges are for the birds. Ended up getting one off of ebay, but it didn't include the appropriate buttcap. Woe is me as I was upset that I wasted another $19.
BUT, as I did my usual browsing around AZB, I noticed sometime saying they removed the rubber bumper and just attached the extension directly into cue w/out the cap. This helped me realize the threading was there all along. A new hope was born.
I ripped that sucker out and found it's treasure
Huzzah! Test fit:
Now we got that out of the way, it was time to mangle up that rubber bumper. The drill didn't work very well, so I was out of options...so it seemed. Worst case scenario, Ozone sells the buttcaps anyway.
I went to deep into the lake (kitchen drawer), and pulled out my excalibur: a Victorinox Fibrox 8" paring knife.
I started cutting and digging a hole so effective that Tim Robbin's Shawshank redemption dude would've shed a tear
LOL
After slathering on the krazy glue and sticking it back on to the buttcap, I realized my porper 1x1 had no way of holding it. I didn't want to spend more money, so I looked around the apartment to find ways of making an extension holder.
There she was, the black duct tape used in my travesty break cue build. Together we would work again to make magic. I used the sleeve of a dog-chewed tshirt for the inner lining.
After a few measurements and trial and error, the deed was done
Other than the fact it looks like someone dropped a log on my porper, it works surprisingly well.
Hope you enjoyed the story of this eye sore.
Long story Short: I cut a hole in the cuetec bumper to make a smart extension fit. Then I made an extension holding case out of duct tape and some t-shirt.
So heres the novel. I took a break from pool for the past 2-3 years due to a multitude of reasons. Other than a few small casual games here and there, I barely touched a table. Lately a fire relit and I started playing a bit again. I sold off most of my cues and was left with a Bender Sneaky Pete, a custom sneaky (not sure who made it), and my sweet Travesty 2K16 Break Cue.
After playing with the Bender for a little, I realized I just wanted one cue to beat the snot out of. Color of money flex breaks, not having to worry about dings, etc. I couldn't do that to the Bender, so I had to find something else. Also i only wanted to carry 1 cue everywhere.
For some reason, mostly likely named Shane Van Boening and Ebay Deals, I bought a Cuetec R360 shaft and mated it a Cuetec Prestige butt. This wasn't my first rodeo with the fiberglass thunder rod, for I used to own a gray stained maple R360 cue. I hated it and sold. Not sure what made me think this would be different before purchasing, but I did, because I have issues and it was delightful.
This time around was different, it felt better on the prestige butt. Actually it played really nice and surprisingly good. Not only did it fit the bill for everything I needed, it reminded me of the good old white Earl Strickland cues. And before the r360s were made, I've always wanted a "sleeper" in a cuetec with a wood shaft.
Here is the cue in question:
Of course to maximize my SVB fanboyness, I had to get the extension. Plus bridges are for the birds. Ended up getting one off of ebay, but it didn't include the appropriate buttcap. Woe is me as I was upset that I wasted another $19.
BUT, as I did my usual browsing around AZB, I noticed sometime saying they removed the rubber bumper and just attached the extension directly into cue w/out the cap. This helped me realize the threading was there all along. A new hope was born.
I ripped that sucker out and found it's treasure
Huzzah! Test fit:
Now we got that out of the way, it was time to mangle up that rubber bumper. The drill didn't work very well, so I was out of options...so it seemed. Worst case scenario, Ozone sells the buttcaps anyway.
I went to deep into the lake (kitchen drawer), and pulled out my excalibur: a Victorinox Fibrox 8" paring knife.
I started cutting and digging a hole so effective that Tim Robbin's Shawshank redemption dude would've shed a tear
LOL
After slathering on the krazy glue and sticking it back on to the buttcap, I realized my porper 1x1 had no way of holding it. I didn't want to spend more money, so I looked around the apartment to find ways of making an extension holder.
There she was, the black duct tape used in my travesty break cue build. Together we would work again to make magic. I used the sleeve of a dog-chewed tshirt for the inner lining.
After a few measurements and trial and error, the deed was done
Other than the fact it looks like someone dropped a log on my porper, it works surprisingly well.
Hope you enjoyed the story of this eye sore.
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