Carbon fiber shaft PROBLEM

I learned in the 70's from a good player.
Each time he takes out the butt end of the cue, he'd take the threading and rub it lightly on his nose.
It works, the skin secrets oils/sweat and helps your R&R.
I learned another sweat move from Evelyne Wanderone/Fats wife of 43 yrs.
He did something similar with his cue tips.
Ev said he put the tips that he was going to use next, left them in his pockets for months, to absorb his bodys sweat and natural oils that helped cure the leather, that kept it from drying out.
 
Island Drive said:
I learned in the 70's from a good player.
Each time he takes out the butt end of the cue, he'd take the threading and rub it lightly on his nose.
It works, the skin secrets oils/sweat and helps your R&R.
I learned another sweat move from Evelyne Wanderone/Fats wife of 43 yrs.
He did something similar with his cue tips.
Ev said he put the tips that he was going to use next, left them in his pockets for months, to absorb his bodys sweat and natural oils that helped cure the leather, that kept it from drying out.
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that's fkng gross. just sayin.
 
That's what ev and the rounders from Johnston City told me in my youth, it works. Just the way it was and is.
 
Island Drive said:
I learned in the 70's from a good player.
Each time he takes out the butt end of the cue, he'd take the threading and rub it lightly on his nose.
It works, the skin secrets oils/sweat and helps your R&R.
I learned another sweat move from Evelyne Wanderone/Fats wife of 43 yrs.
He did something similar with his cue tips.
Ev said he put the tips that he was going to use next, left them in his pockets for months, to absorb his bodys sweat and natural oils that helped cure the leather, that kept it from drying out.
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I think watchmakers do the same to lube the movements.
 
Roger Illinois said:
Anyone know a fix?
The joint of my carbon fiber shaft tightens during play, so tight that it is very difficult to break down.
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Many so far are in favor of lubing the pin, but I would think friction on the faces might be more of a problem. Probably could not hurt to wax/lube both.

However, when trying to remove a tight shaft, I will usually turn the cue point-down. This puts the larger end of the shaft inside the thumb and forefinger, for more grip/torque application.
 
Island Drive said:
I learned in the 70's from a good player.
Each time he takes out the butt end of the cue, he'd take the threading and rub it lightly on his nose.
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This idiotic idea has wormed its way into several other past times as well, yet if you ask the custom makers of the equipment, they all say without a doubt that it is a bad idea. Use some wax. I have four different types of wax all with a differing amount of stickiness depending on how loose the things are that I want to connect. Beeswax is the stickiest.
 
Might be, or graphite.... what ever works, but Fats curing his leather tips in his cash pocket was smart. And fat men sweat in his yrs before a/c.
 
Island Drive said:
I learned in the 70's from a good player.
Each time he takes out the butt end of the cue, he'd take the threading and rub it lightly on his nose.
It works, the skin secrets oils/sweat and helps your R&R.
Click to expand...
About once a year, I put a tiny drop of mineral oil (SAE 60) on the threads and then wipe it down with a tissue.
 
Island Drive said:
I learned in the 70's from a good player.
Each time he takes out the butt end of the cue, he'd take the threading and rub it lightly on his nose.
It works, the skin secrets oils/sweat and helps your R&R.
I learned another sweat move from Evelyne Wanderone/Fats wife of 43 yrs.
He did something similar with his cue tips.
Ev said he put the tips that he was going to use next, left them in his pockets for months, to absorb his bodys sweat and natural oils that helped cure the leather, that kept it from drying out.
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old school stuff...my Dad, born in 1892 was a proponent of "nose oil".
 
7stud said:
This idiotic idea has wormed its way into several other past times as well, yet if you ask the custom makers of the equipment, they all say without a doubt that it is a bad idea. Use some wax. I have four different types of wax all with a differing amount of stickiness depending on how loose the things are that I want to connect. Beeswax is the stickiest.
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The info I got about the nose oil was during the late sixties at Janscos in Johnson City IL at the 3 week tournament with all of em there. Except Mosconi. Wide World of Sports Filmed the final matches for network tv.
 
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