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GregoryGrc

GregoryGrc

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This may sound like a dumb question but can anyone here share a rule of thumb for how much torque should be used when screwing a cue together? I want to make sure that the cue functions as one piece while at the same time not do any damage to the joint.

Any thoughts?
 
As far actual torque I don't know. I generally just tighten the cue untill the buttand shaft touch and then just give it a little snug. If the faces are true and clean the shaft shoulden't come loose when playing. Chris.
 
I'm not a cuemaker but here's my story on this subject. The cuemaker Ray Schuler once screwed my cue together for me, probably when I was picking it up. Then, as always, he and I played 3 cushion for a while. When I was leaving I tried to unscrew the cue and I just wasn't strong enough to do it. Feeling very embarrassed, I asked Ray to unscrew it for me, which he did without a problem. Maybe my hands were sweating ... yeah, sure.

So at least one cuemaker seemed to screw them together very tight.
 
Rich93 said:
I'm not a cuemaker but here's my story on this subject. The cuemaker Ray Schuler once screwed my cue together for me, probably when I was picking it up. Then, as always, he and I played 3 cushion for a while. When I was leaving I tried to unscrew the cue and I just wasn't strong enough to do it. Feeling very embarrassed, I asked Ray to unscrew it for me, which he did without a problem. Maybe my hands were sweating ... yeah, sure.

So at least one cuemaker seemed to screw them together very tight.
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Thats happened to me several times. Once they even called me back down to the room because they thought it was broke or glued together. I simply unscrewed it and handed it back.:eek:
Cue work will definately make you stronger in the forearms & hands.;)
 
I guess I'll just use the "snug" approach to put together my cues. It's not the ones with the metal joints I worry about but the one with the pin which goes directly into the wood of the shaft. My "Mad" Bob Griffin cue is the first one I've had with such an arrangement and I don't want to mess it up. For what it's worth my Bob Griffin SP is one of the best I've ever shot with.

Greg
 
GregoryGrc said:
the one with the pin which goes directly into the wood of the shaft.
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Have no fear...many elite cuemakers such as SW use this joint system exclusively. You'll have no problems. If you did...its an easy fix to replace the shaft threads with wood or even phenolic.;)
 
if you're not sure how much to screw the cue together, just screw the shaft in until 1/2" of the pin is still shown unscrewed,,,then play pool delicately, giving your grip hand a twisty motion with every shot. after about one hour of playing in this odd fashion, suffering the slings and arrows of those players around you, the cue will have been securely tightened naturally.

another way would be to slide a piece of paper between both halves and screw until the paper remains caught between the two. you then slide the piece of paper out, hold the cue vertically, jiggle the cue to and fro and allow gravity to close and tighten the rest of the way.

the final and best solution, imo, is to hold the cue vertically, placing the shaft on top with one full rotation so that it sits precariously atop the cue. wind some cheap twine around and around the shaft as you would an old fashioned top. when done winding, give the twine a good yank as one would when starting a lawn mower while simultaneously exulting "abracadabra please and thank you", allowing the shaft to spin at a furious rate of speed as it closes to its end.

hope this helped :)
 
bruin70 said:
hope this helped :)
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I never used the twine method...good idea. I just carry an extra case with a cordless drill in it. I then chuck the ferrule up in the drill...have a friend hold the butt...hold the shaft close to the pin...pull the trigger...ZING...tightened perfectly in record time.:D :D :D Then you ain't gotta mess with no damn twine.
 
Varney Cues said:
I never used the twine method...good idea. I just carry an extra case with a cordless drill in it. I then chuck the ferrule up in the drill...have a friend hold the butt...hold the shaft close to the pin...pull the trigger...ZING...tightened perfectly in record time.:D :D :D Then you ain't gotta mess with no damn twine.
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No, no, no....hold the ferrule in your teeth, have one friend hold the butt, and have two more friends turn YOU around and around until the ferrule just begins to slip through your clenched teeth ---- then it'll be PERFECT!
 
Iffy!

If you need instructions on how to screw your cue together you might be better off using a house cue as they come preassembled.
Pinocchio
 
Varney Cues said:
Cue work will definately make you stronger in the forearms & hands.;)
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Kevin, I dont know how snug your tolerances are, but I know on my Olney, just screwing it together (and unscrewing FTM) is a workout.

And I am not exactly a lightweight weighing in at around 265.

If my hands are oily and I try to unscrew.... fuuhhhget about it.
 
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