Ok so a guy is bringing me a carbon fiber shaft that he shattered the ferule on. He wants a ferule tip combo put on. (its his break stick) Now I'm guessing the shaft is either one of two kinds of construction:
1.) Carbon fiber laid over wood like Cuetec does (i know they use fiber glass, I mean the way they do it, not what they use)
or
2.) hollow like a lot of the aluminum ones where.
I have never taken the ferule off of one, so to be honest, I have no idea how they are constructed. So my question is, how is it constructed and will this be a hard job or kind of straight forward?
He asked me how much and I was honest with him and told him I have never seen one without a ferule and no idea how big of a job it really is. I told him i would check on it and get back to him.
Normally when I do a tip ferule replacement on a break cue, I use one of my own design, which is made out of g10, and has a tenon that is about two inches long. The shaft is drilled about two inches into the end and then threaded and the tenon is threaded into the hole and epoxied in place. then the ferule is matched to the shaft and shaped. For this, I usually Charge between 35 and 40. (friends or people that bring me a bunch of work I charge thirty five. Joe Schmo off the street pays forty) I'm guessing that if it is hollow I may have to make a larger tenon on the ferule, which means cutting a new blank which will add time to the job, but if it is wood core I can just use a normal one and do it like normal.
So I guess my real question is a two part. How is it constructed, and will 35 be enough or will I need to charge more?
1.) Carbon fiber laid over wood like Cuetec does (i know they use fiber glass, I mean the way they do it, not what they use)
or
2.) hollow like a lot of the aluminum ones where.
I have never taken the ferule off of one, so to be honest, I have no idea how they are constructed. So my question is, how is it constructed and will this be a hard job or kind of straight forward?
He asked me how much and I was honest with him and told him I have never seen one without a ferule and no idea how big of a job it really is. I told him i would check on it and get back to him.
Normally when I do a tip ferule replacement on a break cue, I use one of my own design, which is made out of g10, and has a tenon that is about two inches long. The shaft is drilled about two inches into the end and then threaded and the tenon is threaded into the hole and epoxied in place. then the ferule is matched to the shaft and shaped. For this, I usually Charge between 35 and 40. (friends or people that bring me a bunch of work I charge thirty five. Joe Schmo off the street pays forty) I'm guessing that if it is hollow I may have to make a larger tenon on the ferule, which means cutting a new blank which will add time to the job, but if it is wood core I can just use a normal one and do it like normal.
So I guess my real question is a two part. How is it constructed, and will 35 be enough or will I need to charge more?