Anyone interested in Radial pins at $5.00 each?

Monstermash

Monstermash

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I have a friend who builds a few cues here and there for local players and he has been trying to order radial pins for some time now without much luck. Well, at least he hasn't had much luck ordering them from the person who he normally gets tham from at $8.00 each. Obviously he could order them from Atlas at $13.00 each or Unique at $10.00 each but I think getting them at a discounted rate would make him and a lot of other cuemakers very happy.

Which leads me to why I'm posting.....

I found a local machine shop that can make them cheaper and have the same specs as what you would receive if you purchased them from the afore mentioned sources. They would be made out of 303 stainless and would be 3/8 x 8 and use the current available taps. The only problem is to get this deal I would have to order them in bulk. So I would need to fill an order of 2000 pins to get started so I thought I would see if the cuemakers on the board would be interested in getting in on the deal. I figured at $5.00 each they are cheaper than anywhere else and it would give you guys a chance to save some money.

Let me know if you're interested and if there is enough interest we can try and put together an order. If we can get the initial order together we will be able to order smaller quantities in the future and keep the price the same.

Here is what they would look like.....
 

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The only thing that would concern me is that the real-deal Radial isn't 8tpi,it's 7.637.

If your buddy is making these off a real Radial that he copied,I would guess you will sell these QUICK. Tommy D.
 
Tommy-D said:
The only thing that would concern me is that the real-deal Radial isn't 8tpi,it's 7.637.

If your buddy is making these off a real Radial that he copied,I would guess you will sell these QUICK. Tommy D.
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I second that, would not want 3/8x8 ,would want the real radial thread. I could see me buying 50
 
3/8 8 is not a radial they say they work with the radial taps but the shaft fit breaks down over time . i have found trying to buy cheap bites you in the axx doug
 
Tommy-D said:
The only thing that would concern me is that the real-deal Radial isn't 8tpi,it's 7.637.

If your buddy is making these off a real Radial that he copied,I would guess you will sell these QUICK. Tommy D.
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They will be 3/8x7.637 not 3/8x8

As far as the electroplating goes, I wasn't aware they were plated. At least the ones my friend has been using.

Are the one's offered by Unique and TNS plated?
 
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As a heads up, Radial pin is a trade mark of Uni-loc. If you use it, they will get you. Ball screw is a better term. They electro polish theirs.
5.00 is a great price. Don't screw it up for symantics.
 
If these are the correct thread I would take 20

Dick's comment was about polishing not plating.
 
bdcues said:
If these are the correct thread I would take 20

Dick's comment was about polishing not plating.
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The real term is Electropolishing. We used to have it done in the plant to all the stainless steel things we made.... and we used a lot of SS. I never worked in that dept but they dripped them in a tank and electricity was applied. What it does is take out the impurities (usually from the machining processes such as using HSS tooling) so they don't rust. We would replace everything we could on our bikes with stainless bolts and whatever we could machine. Once they were polished and then elctropolished they looked almost as shiny as Chrome and would never rust and there's nothing to chip off like Chrome.
 
bruppert said:
The real term is Electropolishing. We used to have it done in the plant to all the stainless steel things we made.... and we used a lot of SS. I never worked in that dept but they dripped them in a tank and electricity was applied. What it does is take out the impurities (usually from the machining processes such as using HSS tooling) so they don't rust. We would replace everything we could on our bikes with stainless bolts and whatever we could machine. Once they were polished and then elctropolished they looked almost as shiny as Chrome and would never rust and there's nothing to chip off like Chrome.
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Just curious, how would that effect the the bonding of the epoxy when they are installed?

When I showed the sample to the machine shop, they said they could make it exactly like the one I showed them.
 
Monstermash said:
Just curious, how would that effect the the bonding of the epoxy when they are installed?

When I showed the sample to the machine shop, they said they could make it exactly like the one I showed them.
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Atlas electros some of their pins, they adhere fine..
 
This is all good but the math says someone has to come up with 10K. I can't picture everyone sending the money in for a 10 to 50 piece order when and in hopes it reaches 2,000. The person putting it up is going to want a ROI so you still have an $8.00 Pin. Its a nice thought but I don't think you will find the number work.
 
Monstermash said:
Just curious, how would that effect the the bonding of the epoxy when they are installed?

When I showed the sample to the machine shop, they said they could make it exactly like the one I showed them.
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Well, all the process does is remove impurities. It only removes a very small amount of material. It does not add anything to the metal so I would think it would either make no difference or maybe a little better adhesion.... I can't think of any reason where it would make it worse.

I bet they can make them. You'd have to ask about the electropolishing. You'd want to make sure they won't develop any rust down the road.
 
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