best way to keep weight off an ebony full splice?

[spliced]

I was trying to come up with a good way to keep an ebony blank full spliced without splicing in a new handle. This is what I came up with. The handle is basically just a really long maple buttsleeve. Good idea?

 

[rhncue]

I was trying to come up with a good way to keep an ebony blank full spliced without splicing in a new handle. This is what I came up with. The handle is basically just a really long maple buttsleeve. Good idea?

I would core the cue and install a .750 Maple dowel myself.

Dick

 

[manwon]

I would core the cue and install a .750 Maple dowel myself.

Dick

I agree Dick, it would easier to maintain balance and weight!!!!!

 

[BLACKHEARTCUES]

This isn't new. Hercek & Spain made spliced cues similar to this...JER

 

[JoeyInCali]

I'd chop the last 4 inches and plug up 7/8 by 5 inches deep of maple.

 

[masonh]

isn't that what Davis does as well.i would plug the butt with Maple.

 

[BPG24]

isn't that what Davis does as well.i would plug the butt with Maple.

Maybe a dumb question...

Can it also be plugged with coco or purpleheart?

Or would that defeat the purpose

 

[icem3n]

plug or butterfly it.

 

[masonh]

it would basically defeat the purpose.the PH might help a little,but the Coco isn't too far off Ebony.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Maybe a dumb question...

Can it also be plugged with coco or purpleheart?

Or would that defeat the purpose

Coco's acid produces more squirt.
I swear.

 

[cutter]

Best way

Coco's acid produces more squirt.
I swear.

Not if you soak it in Pepto-Bismol first. And it adds a nice pink tone to the wood.
Seriously. I vote for the plug.

 

[Sheldon]

How deep and how wide you core the thing depends on how heavy you want it , and where you want the balance point. Between the aforementioned variables, and the weight of the hardware at the joint, you should have a bit of leeway.

 

[RocketQ]

isn't that what Davis does as well.i would plug the butt with Maple.

No body is sticking any plug any where near my butt...

 

[pdcue]

I was trying to come up with a good way to keep an ebony blank full spliced without splicing in a new handle. This is what I came up with. The handle is basically just a really long maple buttsleeve. Good idea?

IMHO - this method would not retain whatever it is you think
you are retaining about the full splice.

If your goal is to keep a fullsplice blank fullspliced, while changing it
as drastically as you seem to want to for weight reduction,
I don't think it can be done.

Whatever you do is going to change it dramatally.

If you MUST have the lower weight, several good solutions
have already been proposed.

Dale

 

[Double-Dave]

Well, if you want something like the proces you described,
take a look at Denali Cues, mr. Flynn is making me something very similar to that.

Edit: Just noticed this is the cuemaker section, which I am not.

 

[spliced]

Well, if you want something like the proces you described,
take a look at Denali Cues, mr. Flynn is making me something very similar to that.

Edit: Just noticed this is the cuemaker section, which I am not.

Thank you. This is exactly what I am talkin about!