HELP! Jump Cue butt-end stuck in case

[rackem]

Had to Kick

This is God's punishment for owning an evil jump cue. Better get rid of it before something really bad happens.

Yup, he had to learn to kick at it anyway!
Just to get the jump cue out of the case.

 

[junkbond]

Personally, I actually like junkbond's idea of the compressed air, with the exception that I would have shot the air ACROSS the tube, thereby creating a vacuum via Bernoulli's principal

Nah. That wouldn't work. Bernoulli only played 3-cushion - he didn't know squat about break cues.

 

[nathandumoulin]

Thanks again for the help everyone.

 

[whitewolf]

Although my Mezz case has a slick little pocket for the butt end of my jump cue, I somehow managed to accidentally put it in one of the standard shaft slots. Now its lodged firmly somewhere down the slot ...to the point where I can barely even see the end of it.

Any ideas on how to get it out? Preferably some method that won't scratch my cues, as they're worth more than anything else I own (including my car...lol)

I have a tool that I purchased at an automoblie parts store. It is about a foot long and is used for picking up bolts that fall down into the engine. You push from the top and three little sharp talons expand outward. Then, when you release the top 'button', the talons close back in. They are sharp enough where they might grab the rubber.

If you get really desparate, I would use super glue. Then you could remove the cap and replace it once you get the butt out.

Good luck. Jeeze, I just had a nightmare of doing this abscent mindedly myself.

 

[ARROWCRUSHER]

LOL, THATS WHAT I HAD TO DO ONCE , I LEFT MY CASE LAY DOWN UNDER MY POOL TABLE A FEW YEARS AGO AND MY SON PUT MATCHBOX CARS AND LITTLE POOL BALLS FROM A KIDS POOL GAME INTO MY TUBES OF THE CASE SO I HAD TO GET A WOODEN DOWEL PUT SUPER GLUE JEL ON IT HOLD IT DOWN THE TUBES TILL IT SET THEN PULL THEM OUT ! LOL 3 MATCHBOXES AND 4 LITTLE POOL BALLS LATER I COULD USE MY CASE AGAIN , TOOK ALITTLE WHILE , BUT SOMEHOW IN MY WIFES EYES IT WAS MY FAULT CAUSE IF I WOULD BUT MY CUES AWAY INSTEAD OF LEAVING THEM ON THE TABLE, AND MY CASE UNDER SO HE COULD DO IT !!GUESS SHE DOES MAKE SOME GOOD POINTS ! LOL :thumbup: