delrin jointcap
- Thread starter D-Rock
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dave sutton
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Perfect for buttcaps. Virtually indestructible. Little too soft for joint. Doesn't glue well or hold a finish an is soft. I've seen it in joints but I wilould never do it. Too many better materials for that.
Interestingly enough, Burton Spain, the Guru of cuemakes, made cues with Delrin joints.
If you thread it 3/4 16, any good epoxy will do.
There is no such thing as a 'good' epoxy to hold acetal<Delrin is a brand name>.
You can't rely on a bond alone, without some type of mechanical
aid - as in a flat head weigh bolt.
So the answer would be... any decent epoxy is about as good as another,
but will still need help.
As far as finishing goes - I perfer to do what most of us did when
Delrin butcaps were all the rage - use no finish at all, polish it instead.
Dale
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As did others of his era.
Then just like today, if one did it, others tried to copy it.
That is why they guarded their cue making methods and did not share knowledge as we do today.
I am sure there are some that will disagree but now there are better materials to use for that.
Just as the tools we use have improved, so has the knowledge, skill, and materials.
Cues made today, are in many ways, better than cues made 40 years ago.
IMHO:
The old masters would be in awe at what the craft has evolved into and the amazing quality of what cue makers are producing.
My guess would be that if Burton or anyone else for that matter, used a Delrin joint collar, it was along the lines of experimentation. How many cues of his do you see today with this collar?
Given the mtrls that we have today, that have proven themselves to be superior to Delrin/Nylon for joint collars, why would you even consider using a mtrl that needs an additional 'locking' system and won't hold finish?
It's like deliberately 'building-in' a condition that will be a headache for someone later on. The newest latest greatest has already been done and it didn't work real well then so why would anyone now think that it's time has come?
One of the objectives of experimentation is that we are supposed to learn from it. I guess that means that we each have to experience it for ourselves before we can believe the already known results. Well, not all of us anyway. Does anyone really believe that this will be an advancement in cue building?
If so, why? I'm truly curious. How do you feel that this mtrl will advance our craft?
Disclaimer : For some reason unbeknownst to me, I tend to rant pretty regularly on Sunday mornings. If it suits you better, we can consider this one of those.
Given the mtrls that we have today, that have proven themselves to be superior to Delrin/Nylon for joint collars, why would you even consider using a mtrl that needs an additional 'locking' system and won't hold finish?
It's like deliberately 'building-in' a condition that will be a headache for someone later on. The newest latest greatest has already been done and it didn't work real well then so why would anyone now think that it's time has come?
One of the objectives of experimentation is that we are supposed to learn from it. I guess that means that we each have to experience it for ourselves before we can believe the already known results. Well, not all of us anyway. Does anyone really believe that this will be an advancement in cue building?
If so, why? I'm truly curious. How do you feel that this mtrl will advance our craft?
Disclaimer : For some reason unbeknownst to me, I tend to rant pretty regularly on Sunday mornings. If it suits you better, we can consider this one of those.
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