Anybody tried pine tar?

whitewolf

whitewolf

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Do you have a cue that keeps coming loose at the joint during play?

At Sports Authority I bought a stick of pine tar in a tube for less than $10. It is used for baseball bats in case you want to get some for yourself.

It works great. Just thought I would share this with you.
 
whitewolf said:
Do you have a cue that keeps coming loose at the joint during play?

At Sports Authority I bought a stick of pine tar in a tube for less than $10. It is used for baseball bats in case you want to get some for yourself.

It works great. Just thought I would share this with you.
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Careful with that stuff. Apply too much, or if it gets down into the threads of the pin, and you'll need two of these -- one in each hand -- to get the cue apart!

http://gripperbybauer.com/viewItem.php?id=2

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Good idea though, if used precisely and sparingly,
-Sean
 
I have no clue what WW does with it, but if I were going to use it, I would just put a small amount on one face of the joint, not on the pin. My radial pin joint comes loose fairly frequently during play as well. However, I usually hear it or feel it right away when that happens.
 
Loose pins

I have applied the blue stick wax, as used on the slate joints of pool tables to the pin. It does tighten up the joint for a while. I haven't heard of anyone else doing it, so check it out with someone first. A lot safer than tar, though, I think.
 
I realize this is a different topic but if your radial pin 'gets loose' then it it was constructed improperly in the first place. The whole point of a radial screw is thread engagement. With a properly created male and female , the screw is never loose even when not fully tightened.

IMO. ;)
 
RRfireblade said:
I realize this is a different topic but if your radial pin 'gets loose' then it it was constructed improperly in the first place. The whole point of a radial screw is thread engagement. With a properly created male and female , the screw is never loose even when not fully tightened.

IMO. ;)
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Good post I couldn't agree more...I play with a radial pin cue made by a great cue maker and have zero issues with it.
 
A loose joint pin to shaft like you are describing is an easier fix than playing with pine tar. This will almost guarantee a larger headache for you in the longer run Buddy.

Please describe what you are experiencing and someone can give you a hand. Maybe and most liley something you can do yourself.

Like for instance, I have seen where the pin is bottoming out in the shaft and you can drill and tap a little longer.

Loose fit, run a bit of CA glue in the shaft and swirl it around and pour the excess out.

This can tighten the fit.
 
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bsmutz said:
I have no clue what WW does with it, but if I were going to use it, I would just put a small amount on one face of the joint, not on the pin. My radial pin joint comes loose fairly frequently during play as well. However, I usually hear it or feel it right away when that happens.
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Exactly. It is hard to put too much on the face of the joint since you would have to have a butter knife and a tendency for overdoing things.
 
RRfireblade said:
I realize this is a different topic but if your radial pin 'gets loose' then it it was constructed improperly in the first place. The whole point of a radial screw is thread engagement. With a properly created male and female , the screw is never loose even when not fully tightened.

IMO. ;)
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True, but not all of us have quality pool cues. My Scruggs and Capone cues never come loose.

It's my playing cue (Sceptre) that gets loose. Now it is perfect.
 
I have seen several uniloc joints come loose when playing. I have never seen any others come loose.

Kim
 
DoubleD said:
If a threaded connection relies on interference in the threads, it is a horrible design.

No opinion here, it is a fundamental of engineering. You know, engineering--that profession that analyzes mistakes from the past, learns from successes and uses sound practices to design good products.

dld
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Radial is not based on interference.
 
DoubleD said:
If the screw is tight without the face being tight, there is interference somewhere.

dld
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I suppose you can play the semantical game on this like anything else...

So much fun.

Anyway....

There's a difference between 'Tight' , properly fitting and "loose".

And good engineer would understand that too. :)
 
If you truly don't understand the theory behind a radial interface , then I do apologize for being a smarta$$.

Honestly.
 
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