Can you install a Bushka ring on a one piece cue? I have a one piece hoppe cue and thinking about making it a two piece cue. Maybe put a wrap on it and a ring on the forearm. Thanks, Mitch
Bushka Ring
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Don't do it.
I would not unless you are trying to manipulate the weight of the cue. Right now it is one piece and balanced, if you cut it in half and put a pin in the balance will change slightly, if you want a bushka ring added you will need another cut and add a splice to the A joint, which will again change the balance of the cue. I am not a cue builder so if I am incorrect hopefully someone more qualified will answer. In short I would not do it.
I would not unless you are trying to manipulate the weight of the cue. Right now it is one piece and balanced, if you cut it in half and put a pin in the balance will change slightly, if you want a bushka ring added you will need another cut and add a splice to the A joint, which will again change the balance of the cue. I am not a cue builder so if I am incorrect hopefully someone more qualified will answer. In short I would not do it.
I did in the past have the need to replace an "A" joint ring in a cue I built.
I was successful in cutting the old ring out and splitting a new ring on the inlay lines so no crack line would show when glued back in place.
It is something I dont think I would attempt on an older cue.
If the cue is slightly out of round or slightly warped (as many old cues are) then the cue would need to be re-tapered and re-finished for it to look perfect.
My advise is to save your nickles and get one of the proficient cuemaker here to make the cue you want.
Leave the old collectable cues original.
Willee
With current equipment that is child's play. When George did it, it was
craftsmanship.
I must admit that I have never seen one of Georges cues where that was done.
It can also be done cutting the cue. With modern hi tech materials, the balance
would not be changed enough to be noticed.
Nope... had the cue in my hands. The original owner told me the story how he wanted the cue kept "full". No cuts. So that's What George did...
Steve, even with today's "equipment", I don't think it could have been done much if any better than George did it... It was almost undetectable.. I only caught it because I saw a reflection come off the cue and when I looked closer I thought I was looking at a scratch in one of the silver rings. as I looked closer there were "scratches" in both silver rings across from each other and another pair exactly 180 apart. The black and white alternating ring seam was so well hidden because it was split inside the black....Very nice work..
If it's gonna have a wrap and the butt sleeve will be installed, I don't see how
hard that can be. Even if it's only .050" thicker than the wrap groove.
Then again, wraps without rings above and under look better to me.
hard that can be. Even if it's only .050" thicker than the wrap groove.
Then again, wraps without rings above and under look better to me.
Some of the stuff that George did was really amazing. I just took apart one of the window butt sleeves he did early in his career. The workmanship was incredible.
It still fit snugg. He did some things with the rings that was really well thought out.
I had to look at some of the work with a mag visor to figure out how he did it.
There is a cue on here somewhere that has a ring above the splice. Cool how he did it and you would never know unless you saw the picture before before it was wrapped. I searched but couldn't find it, some guy lives in Aspen or the Alpine somewhere.
I had a conversation with Pete T. Sr. and asked about some of the special things that he could attribute to George and his cues. He said one of the main things is George never rushed anything. Everything had its time. It's almost like the cue itself would tell you what to do and when... All I know is every GB cue I've owned or seen were very well executed. As good as any I've seen even up to today.