Idea for new cue case interior
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I think that's a great idea.
Another Buddy-Mike Lebron thread and now a thread referencing Reebok Pumps. Holy crap my Delorean must have taken me back to 1991 lol. Seriously though the pump shoes were just kind of a fad that they sold to a lot of kids (myself included). I'm not sure if it would have a practical benefit to case interiors or not, but I suspect that due to the size of the case interior compared to the air bladders in the shoes it require way too much pumping. There are other more practical solutions I think. Kudos for bringing up something I don't remember seeing discussed on here before. I like the off the wall topics/ideas sometimes.
Developing absurd ideas is more fun than data entry in Excel, so I'll attempt to provide a solution for the too-many-pumps issue. A small diameter cylindrical pump could be sewn or built into the case at a side or rear seam. Even a 1/4" piston pump would provide enough volume to fill interior bladders quickly. The stroke could be almost as long as the case, and the pump handle could screw down when not in use. Fancy replacement pump handles could be a new hot seller for the joint protector guys!
I can see your point.
I switched over to a JB Mason case. What I miss about the tube cases is the ease of inserting the cue. I also miss the lid strap.
I am beginning to think a hybrid case would be better. A short loading tube connected to a JB style interior below. The tubes would have to sit at least 1" to 2" below the cue joint, to allow adequate grip room to remove the handle and shafts.
Instead of a lid strap, which won't work with a magnetic latch, a simple additional loop handle on the upper case body would be fine.
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Why add something that will inevitably break, to a simple idea?
Pumps are notorious for breaking, especially if this one is going to be long and thin. What do you do when you can't inflate your case? Let the cues bang around against each other?
No. You pay half the price of a new case just for a replacement pump (if one is even available; replaceable).
Pumps are notorious for breaking, especially if this one is going to be long and thin. What do you do when you can't inflate your case? Let the cues bang around against each other?
No. You pay half the price of a new case just for a replacement pump (if one is even available; replaceable).
If you're referencing the Wikipedia article, I think you may have misread "tongue" for "torque."
If he sees this, likes the idea, and feels he can implement the design, I hope he does so to his benefit... I commend his passion and entrepreneurial spirit and wish him nothing but continued success.
Probably,I was trying to write some humor, which is tough without any technical knowledge of the shoe industry.
I know a little more about compressible gases, pumping systems, and poolplayers><:smile:
If it can be done in a shoe, I don't see why it can't be done in a case.
The concept could be simplified to something like a bicycle wheel's inner tube.
Totally could be done, but think about a few things:
If it were to malfunction, say the upper pressure lower than the bottom area, suddenly your cue is being malformed by the opposing pressures.
Many areas to fail, pump, hoses and bladder come to mind.
The bladder is eventually going to burst, leaving a potentially expensive repair and a nearly useless case till it is repaired.
Why over think it when conventional, non mechanical solutions do such a nice job of protecting our cues already?