Asked my local dealer to change the cue weight, now the shaft and the butt won't screw easily, it is snug and you have to use your muscle to screw the

i would just take a vice and tighten the shaft up nice and tight and use a drill to cut the new threads. all free hand... no lathe required.
 
kaznj said:
What if you don’t have muscles?
weight is usually put in end of butt. How does that affect the joint?
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I have no idea there is weight at the end of the butt, i talked to the guy who changed it and asked if he changed the joint and he just "yes" and "it's supposed to be like this". I work in maintenance so my experience is "if it doesn't fit right, something's wrong"
 
buckshotshoey said:
Are you sure you got the same butt back that you had before? And, did you weigh the cue? Was anything actually changed?
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I don't know, the guy came back with the cue and i asked him immediately why it was like that and he was just "it's supposed to be like that" and looked at me like i was a dummy so i felt dumb and left.
 
garczar said:
wt. bolt has nothing to with joint as previously stated.
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Dude i just started playing pool 3 months ago, bought my first cue 1 month ago, got a break cue a few days ago, obviously i don't know what I'm talking about and the guy who "took care of me" also didn't know shit
 
King T said:
I have three Sledgehammers one by McDermott and two by Mike Gulyassy who originally made the Sledgehammers and I have changed the weight up and down in two of them without incident. The oldest one screws togather easily, but not the McDermott but you shouldn't try to adjust it yourself, find a custome cue maker not a retail store unless they have someone there that really knows what they are doing.

The weight bolts don't matter because they can be fixed and replaced without effecting the cue so long as you dont bust the end of the cue trying to remove them..,
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Thanks seemed like the guy just didn't bother to explain or say anything about it, i will bring it back to the store and talked to the owners, also, McDermott replied that it shouldn't be like that
 
hang-the-9 said:
Are you saying it's harder now than it was before they changed the weight? Or that it's just a tight fit in general? McDermott uses a 3/8 x 10 pin for most cues, including the Sledgehammer. It's not "really really long" for that type of pin, it's a normal pin. You are probably used to seeing the smaller pins like 5/16 X 18.

Have someone else try the cue and see what they think about the effort it takes to put the shaft on, someone with a bit of experience with cues. If it's too snug for their liking also you can either use a bit of wax or have a cue maker/repair guy run a tap through the shaft again to increase the size a tiny bit.
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Yeah i showed it to a bunch of people and first question is why it is like that. Seemed like the guy messed up something and just wouldn't bother to tell me anything, possibly he swapped the shaft too.
 
GoldCrown said:
Did a professional cue maker/repair person do it or someone with a Home Depot degree?. Post this in Ask The Cue Maker. I wonder if the screw got damaged/distorted. Was is chucked improperly or a vise used on the pin?
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It was an authorized local dealer, the guy who took changed the weight was a joke tho, i had some interaction with him before and i never felt he was trustworthy, i already talked to McDermott about this and they said it shouldn't be like that.
 
look being new you cant be sure of what it is supposed to be like. and we here cant tell without touching it.

call mcdermott and ask if they will take care of you as their dealer is not satisfying you and you feel you are being misinformed.
most likely they will have you send it to them and get it resolved.
mention that was the advice on az billiards as we carry a lot of weight with the better vendors.
 
tqdinh9715 said:
Imagine you paid $370 for a break cue and feel something wrong and went to the internet to ask question cause obviously you didn't know shit and all you got is bunch of trolls
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First, let me welcome you to AZB and the world of pool in general. This is a great sport/recreation/hobby that will give you back plenty of enjoyment for what you put into it. As for the forum here, yeah there are more trolls, jerks and political fanatics on both sides than there ought to be, but there are a lot of good people, too. As you explore the various threads it will become apparent fairly quickly who the good ones are. For the others, the ignore feature is your friend.

Now, about your original question, is this a cue that you just bought from the shop in question and had them do the weight mod before ever screwing it together yourself? Or did you use this for a little bit and decide to do the weight mod? In other words, did you notice a change in the effort it took to screw it together from before you had the work done, or did you screw it together for the first time only after having the work done? If there was a noticeable change, then they damaged your cue. If you never put it together before they did the work, then you won't be able to say for sure if they damaged it or if it was that way from the start.

As to whether it should be that way, that depends on how hard it is to screw together which can be fairly subjective. I have about a dozen cues and maybe 3 of them are harder to screw together than the others. One of them is a McDermott. These are all cues in which the pin screws directly into the wood of the shaft rather than into a metal insert in the shaft. I consider the additional tightness to be okay on these, but it doesn't take a ton of torque to screw them together either. If yours requires enough effort that you worry about breaking something or stripping threads, then there is something wrong for sure. Also, have you rolled the cue on a flat surface to see if there is any wobble in the joint? If there is, that could be an indication of a bent pin.

Hope this helps a little. :)
 
tqdinh9715 said:
Imagine you paid $370 for a break cue and feel something wrong and went to the internet to ask question cause obviously you didn't know shit and all you got is bunch of trolls
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Toughen up, Jill!

This is the pool room: welcome to the family.
Judging by the responses you're getting, it seems that there is a good bit of confusion regarding what you are actually talking about. Next time, show some pictures.

Hopefully, before the end of this thread there will be pictures or a meltdown that leads to a banning.
 
tqdinh9715 said:
Imagine you paid $370 for a break cue and feel something wrong and went to the internet to ask question cause obviously you didn't know shit and all you got is bunch of trolls
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This has been a problem in pool since I can remember. 1985.

It needs to be addressed if pool wants to develop and be respected
 
ideologist said:
Your optimism is so thick we could cut it with a knife, bravo
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