Delrin who was the first?

[cueman]

Delrin is a great material for making fixtures, jigs, collets and other like devices.
It is easy to work with, cuts clean, and is soft enough to resist scratching a finish.

Delrin in my humble opinon is a very poor choice of material to use in a cue.
it will not hold a clearcoat finish, almost impossable to properly glue, and being an elastic material it deadens the natural feel of a cue.

You will never see a Delrin joint or butt cap on a Willeecue.

Willee

I feel like there is one and only one place to use Delrin on a cue and that is for the butt plate. The up side of it not holding a finish is that it does not need a finish. The very part of the cue butt that takes the most abuse is the butt plate. Since there is no finish on it, it does not have that chipped up lifting finish look. I have had a Delrin butt plate on my playing cue since I built it in 1989 or 90. I quit using Delrin for butt plates in the early 90's. But that is mostly because I like the look of a finished one better and rarely put weight bolts in to hold the Delrin on like I used to. Some people are starting to request it again, so I may still use it in the future. I like cream and I like white Delrin, but I do not like black and I make a lot of black butt plates.
Chris
www.cuesmith.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com

 

[pdcue]

Delrin is a great material for making fixtures, jigs, collets and other like devices.
It is easy to work with, cuts clean, and is soft enough to resist scratching a finish.

Delrin in my humble opinon is a very poor choice of material to use in a cue.
it will not hold a clearcoat finish, almost impossable to properly glue, and being an elastic material it deadens the natural feel of a cue.

You will never see a Delrin joint or butt cap on a Willeecue.

Willee

Delrin Butt cap is an absolute MUST for the 'traditional'
Bushka/Szamb look - still much desired by many, tho not
so popular as it once was

As Chris pointed out, finish is not an issue, since one doesn't
put any finish on a Delrin Butt cap.

Glueing, also not a problem IF one knows how to.

A few years ago I decided to re-work a cue with a Delrin
butt cap I had built about 10 - 12 yrs before, I literally
had to beat it with a hammer to break the glue bond.
Tho, that is the exception, rather than the rule.

Still in all, sturdiest butt cap you'll ever find.
It requires real determination to damage one

Dale Pierce

 

[HIRUN526]

Delrin Butt cap is an absolute MUST for the 'traditional'
Bushka/Szamb look - still much desired by many, tho not
so popular as it once was

As Chris pointed out, finish is not an issue, since one doesn't
put any finish on a Delrin Butt cap.

Glueing, also not a problem IF one knows how to.

A few years ago I decided to re-work a cue with a Delrin
butt cap I had built about 10 - 12 yrs before, I literally
had to beat it with a hammer to break the glue bond.
Tho, that is the exception, rather than the rule.

Still in all, sturdiest butt cap you'll ever find.
It requires real determination to damage one

Dale Pierce

Very well stated, Delrin has always been my favorite and that is why I was trying to find out who was the first to use on a cue.