cue pin is off on a predator cue, an older cue, is this an easy fix.
steven
steven
PoolSleuth said:I would contact predator cue as it would seem like a warranty thing...
JoeyInCali said:Off as it came loose or crooked?
Old 5/16 14 pin?
Not an easy fix but fixable.
Expect to fork $50 or more to get the pin replaced.
justabrake said:I'm not the original owner and the cue is a retired one
That leads to another question. Metal pins can be heated to break the epoxy bond, can the same be done with G10? If one should need replacing, how is it removed?Varney Cues said:Since you are going to replace it...go ahead and get something better. Like a black G10 glass 3/8 -10 pin. Easy fix and then sleeve the shaft with phenolic & mate it to the new pin/butt.
RSB-Refugee said:That leads to another question. Metal pins can be heated to break the epoxy bond, can the same be done with G10? If one should need replacing, how is it removed?
Tracy
Doesn't it get hot and crystalize the previous epoxy used so that you would need to re-dowel that hole?Varney Cues said:That sir, is even more simple. Cut the glass pin off flush, reface surface, then bore & tap for the desired pin...just as you would the wood with no pin.
No...it doesn't get that hot. But you can do it either way. I recently doweled my own personal playing cue with a section of soft black abs plastic & then put the pin into that...WOW!!! Talk about a great hit...not sure why...but it hits superb.JoeyInCali said:Doesn't it get hot and crystalize the previous epoxy used so that you would need to re-dowel that hole?
Or you can still bore it .3125" and tap it for the 3/8 10 leaving some epoxied G10 in there?