ferruleweight?

[minohc]

ferrule weight?

Anyone know what is the weight of a melanine ferrule and another ivory ferrule?
I have a shaft too light for me and I'd like to add weight(about 10 grams) changing the actual melanine ferrule with one in ivory... bad idea?
Other suggests?

thanx

mino

 

[McChen]

the weight difference between ferrules won't be noticeable, it's a tiny tiny amount

 

[JoeyInCali]

10 grams?
Just use more chalk and powder.
If that's not enough, coat the side of your tip with spit.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I have a shaft too light for me and I'd like to add weight(about 10 grams) changing the actual melanine ferrule with one in ivory... bad idea?
Other suggests?

I think it's a bad idea because adding weight right at the tip will change the shaft's squirt, maybe dramatically. I'd look into adding weight at the joint or in the middle of the shaft, maybe by hollowing the tip end of the shaft and putting a weight at the bottom of the hole, past the "end mass" area.

Jim Buss, the St. Louis cuemaker, likes to show people a cue he tricked up by adding a screw under the ferrule. It squirts so much that it's hard to hit the object ball at all.

pj
chgo

 

[conetip]

I think adding weight to the tip is not a good idea.
The more tip weight, the more squirt will occur.
The best way to add more weight I think is to get the shaft
coated in epoxy resin and polish it after.
To add 10 grams to the cue, will require about 9 to 10 ml of epoxy.
Or you could put a 1/4 and a nickel under the but cap . That will be close to 10 grams also.
Neil

 

[KJ Cues]

Anyone know what is the weight of a melanine ferrule and another ivory ferrule?
I have a shaft too light for me and I'd like to add weight(about 10 grams) changing the actual melanine ferrule with one in ivory... bad idea?
Other suggests?

thanx

mino

If you need to add wght. to the shaft rather than the butt, you can add wght. just ahead of the insert in the shaft. 10 gr.(1/3oz) is a bit much but it can be done. A 1/4" carbide end-mill might be around that wght.

 

[Scott Lee]

conetip...That would be too much weight. A nickle weighs exactly 5 grams...so it would be two nickles, not a nickle and a quarter.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Or you could put a 1/4 and a nickel under the but cap . That will be close to 10 grams also.
Neil

 

[tpdtom]

There are many factors to consider here, but I feel too lazy tonight to elaborate. Best idea is to look for a new cue that has all the characteristics that you need and want. Gives you something to look forward to also ...Tom

 

[Fatboy]

conetip...That would be too much weight. A nickle weighs exactly 5 grams...so it would be two nickles, not a nickle and a quarter.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

there is 28.3333333333333333 grams to the ounce. Does 6 nickles weigh a ounce???

 

[masonh]

just guessing,i thin LBM is about 2 gramns and ivory is close to double that.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

there is 28.3333333333333333 grams to the ounce. Does 6 nickles weigh a ounce???

Just about. A new nickel weighs exactly 5 grams. (A new penny weighs exactly half that.)



I think it's 28.349523125 grams to the ounce, but who's counting?

pj
chgo

 

[softshot]

Just about. A new nickel weighs exactly 5 grams. (A new penny weighs exactly half that.)

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I think it's 28.349523125 grams to the ounce, but who's counting?

pj
chgo

the weight of a new penny is one thing... the weight of an old penny is quite different.. at some point in the 1980's they went from a solid copper penny to a copper plated aluminum penny...

so you have to check the dates on pennies to get an accurate weight.. nickles have always been solid nickle (for the most part) and quarters have an "average" weight because they have slightly varying amounts of copper and nickle..(not counting the steel quarters from 1945 or the solid silver quarters from 1964( i think... the dates are off the top of my head)...)

I'm a coin geek too LOL

 

[Rod]

Anyone know what is the weight of a melanine ferrule and another ivory ferrule?
I have a shaft too light for me and I'd like to add weight(about 10 grams) changing the actual melanine ferrule with one in ivory... bad idea?
Other suggests?

thanx

mino

I just have to ask --
Why is the shaft to light for you?

Rod

 

[minohc]

I just have to ask --
Why is the shaft to light for you?

Rod

Yes I have also other two shaft that weight about 110 gr. This is about 95 gr. I like the balance and weight of cue(the cue is a cognoscenti) with other two. With this the balance goes too much back and i don't like... but the shaft it's new and very good.

You confirmed what I was thinking... adding too much weight on ferrules I create too much squirt...

Adding weight on joint side resolves the wieght issue, but not the balance.

The only way is try to change/exchange the shaft..

mino

 

[Siz]

There are many factors to consider here, but I feel too lazy tonight to elaborate. Best idea is to look for a new cue that has all the characteristics that you need and want. Gives you something to look forward to also ...Tom

I like this reply.

It reminds me of a thread in another forum on how to change tips. There, one of the posters said that every time his tip needed changing he just got a new cue. His firm recommendation to others was to do the same.

Nice guy. He sold some nice cues as well.