Cue joint issue

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banker123

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There is a gap between the metal joint and the forearm wood. Is it possible to repair?
 

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To me honestly it depends on how much the cue costs. Without seeing the full cue or what kind of cue it is it's impossible to tell. I see that it has a uniloc joint so it's probably relatively modern.

A cheap cue I'll epoxy it myself. More then likely since it's separated that much it's probably going to unscrew completely. You can epoxy it back in place.
 
Zerksies said:
To me honestly it depends on how much the cue costs. Without seeing the full cue or what kind of cue it is it's impossible to tell. I see that it has a uniloc joint so it's probably relatively modern.

A cheap cue I'll epoxy it myself. More then likely since it's separated that much it's probably going to unscrew completely. You can epoxy it back in place.
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It doesn't matter what the Cue is worth!
There's the right way and the wrong way. Period!
Proper seating, the right epoxy, polishing and facing.
 
If it's a cheap cue and the collar is loose I would put one drop of super glue on opposite sides screw it down and move along.
If it's an expensive cue I would have a pro fix it.
 
Michael Webb said:
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Super glue is a huge problem in this Industry across the board.
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While I agree with your statement generally in this case if it's a cheap cue the worst thing that will happen is it will come loose again. Not advocating for repairing it like that as if it will screw back down it will probably screw off and he could choose a better DIYS adhesive.

Everyone doesn't have access to qualified repair men that makes economic sense and an unqualified one will make it worse than a quick at home patch up.

Of course doing it right is always best but something like this can get pretty good results doing it "wrong". Even a quick glue back is reversible without much more effort than fixing it right this time for a repair person. Not a hell of a lot to lose by trying and always experience to be gained.

I have a Jack Madden cue I have owned long before I started working on cues this happened. I took out the aluminum pin under the bumper as I was going to try and find a weight bolt to replace it for a little extra weight. I didn't find one and threw the aluminum pin in my case. Forgot all about it and went down to Reno to play in the bar boxes and only brought that cue and a break jump cue to save space on the flight. So I'm playing my first match and the entire butt sleeve falls off on the table separating right at the rings in front of it. It broke the finish there fairly cleanly but not completely. Not knowing any better and being in dire straits I took it over to the repair guy booth and asked if he could put the pin back in to hold it together so I could finish my match as I didn't have an allen wrench. Mind you my opponent is on a near by table waiting for me to shoot. He put some super glue on the separation and screwed it back together. I have never done anything different with it to this day and that was more than ten years ago and I still like playing with it. It really needs a proper repair but I don't want to do it so here it is.

BTW this influenced my design strategy when I started building cues. No visible screws under the bumper holding my cue's together thank you.
 
Deruki said:
While I agree with your statement generally in this case if it's a cheap cue the worst thing that will happen is it will come loose again. Not advocating for repairing it like that as if it will screw back down it will probably screw off and he could choose a better DIYS adhesive.

Everyone doesn't have access to qualified repair men that makes economic sense and an unqualified one will make it worse than a quick at home patch up.

Of course doing it right is always best but something like this can get pretty good results doing it "wrong". Even a quick glue back is reversible without much more effort than fixing it right this time for a repair person. Not a hell of a lot to lose by trying and always experience to be gained.

I have a Jack Madden cue I have owned long before I started working on cues this happened. I took out the aluminum pin under the bumper as I was going to try and find a weight bolt to replace it for a little extra weight. I didn't find one and threw the aluminum pin in my case. Forgot all about it and went down to Reno to play in the bar boxes and only brought that cue and a break jump cue to save space on the flight. So I'm playing my first match and the entire butt sleeve falls off on the table separating right at the rings in front of it. It broke the finish there fairly cleanly but not completely. Not knowing any better and being in dire straits I took it over to the repair guy booth and asked if he could put the pin back in to hold it together so I could finish my match as I didn't have an allen wrench. Mind you my opponent is on a near by table waiting for me to shoot. He put some super glue on the separation and screwed it back together. I have never done anything different with it to this day and that was more than ten years ago and I still like playing with it. It really needs a proper repair but I don't want to do it so here it is.

BTW this influenced my design strategy when I started building cues. No visible screws under the bumper holding my cue's together thank you.
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If the bolt is holding the sleeve on it didn’t need the superglue. Take the bolt out and see how long it holds up.
 
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