If your cues have EVER been damaged because of the case you use, post your story here
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GTF Case
I like to put shafts tip up to keep chalk out of the case tubes and the butts pin up. The second time I used a GTF Prestige case I dented 2 shafts already in the case while trying to put the last 2 shafts in the case while there was already 2 shafts and 2 butts inside. I removed the butts and got the shafts in OK, but everything was very tight. I'll stick to tube cases where the space is guaranteed.
On another note, my 4x8 Barton/Sterling holds everything without a problem, but does spit off the zipper pulls on occasion.
Finally, an unknown soft case once failed to stay on top of my car as I drove 4 miles home in a snowstorm. It took my first 2 piece cue with it...
I like to put shafts tip up to keep chalk out of the case tubes and the butts pin up. The second time I used a GTF Prestige case I dented 2 shafts already in the case while trying to put the last 2 shafts in the case while there was already 2 shafts and 2 butts inside. I removed the butts and got the shafts in OK, but everything was very tight. I'll stick to tube cases where the space is guaranteed.
On another note, my 4x8 Barton/Sterling holds everything without a problem, but does spit off the zipper pulls on occasion.
Finally, an unknown soft case once failed to stay on top of my car as I drove 4 miles home in a snowstorm. It took my first 2 piece cue with it...
If it's a tube case then it's one of the Nature Series.
We did this color combination and pockets in tube cases, semi hard cases and in the soft cases.
I carried and Instroke soft case, 3x6 for a few years. Loved it. They never were very popular though because people couldn't understand why the price was close to that of the hard tube cases.
yes I have, I got a million little micro scratches in the finish on one cue I carried in a case for a few months. I had the cue maker buff the cue out and it sparkles now, the new case its in hasnt been a issue. I am not going to elaborate on this. but to answere again YES!!!!
I have a Silver Fox 4x8 + Jump Handle case that I absolutely loved for the capacity; however the canvas sleeves that keep the cues separated consistently burn the finish off the buttcaps of cues as the go in/out. On at least one cue, the lacquer was burned through and the phenolic!
Still a fave case of mine, save for the above issue and that the shoulder strap buckle digs right into my shoulder blade :yikes:
oh, and I have nowhere to grab the case from the top so I can drag it. And, oh yeah, from dragging it, I have worn through the faux leather on the bottom.
Ok, maybe it is not that great a case...:sorry:
:wink:
This one is too easy - give me something harder JB, then I'll throw you a comment.
Leather
It's the soft version
The leather feels like some type of glove leather.
Very high quality
It's the soft version
The leather feels like some type of glove leather.
Very high quality
Zipper pulls. I just bought a 3 X 6 Barton/Sterling that matured into the same 4 X 8 Barton/Sterling you describe while it was in transit. Should I be considered about the zipper pull or is this an isolated occurence?
And again - let me recommend DUCT TAPE. If you had used it, the soft case would have been stayed on top of your car in the 4 miles home in the snow, it would have stayed on top of your car for 400 miles if you needed it to.
Without more description, can this count JB as an incident?
This is easy to resolve. If you found something else to do in life besides play pool then you wouldn't be taking your cues out of your case so often. I'll give you a lil secret----t h e r e i s n o m o n e y i n p o o l. Find something else to do with the majority of your time.
Also, call your friend Fatboy - he can give you tips on working out to build up your shoulders so you aren't left in pain from a strap buckle from a pool case.
Finally, the solution to your worn out bottom of the case is easy - I would think that someone would hopefully pay attention - DUCT TAPE.
Natuzzi Leather. I just bought two couches from China made of Natuzzi leather. Feels soft as a baby's bottom but is a nice thick, tough material built to last. Took 3 months to make - much longer than one of JB Chinese made detailed cases and must more useful in life too. I can lay on them and watch pool on TV instead of worrying if my cues are safe while I go out and play pool.
Of course. If the case caused the issue and you had to get someone to repair the cue then it counts.
I would be remiss if I didn't point out that duct tape fails dramatically at temperatures below 32 degrees. I discovered this while driving from St. Paul to Chicago one winter with the rear window covered with duct tape and plastic. About 30 miles out of St. Paul there was a small flapping noise from the back. About a mile later, the noise was gone along with my makeshift rear window. That was the coldest car ride I've ever had.
You know Watchez - you are actually onto something with the duct tape.
Hunter on here is the only person I know who has one of my very early cases.
Those cases were all duct taped from top to bottom. They were EVA foam over tubes then wrapped with nearly a roll of duct tape.
The second show I took them to I bunjeed them to an A-frame with an iron bar across the top. Then I spent the weekend whacking them with a baseball bat - pulling them down to the floor and letting them fly up and hit the bar - then pulling the cues out with two fingers - and they had no lid either -
I met a man two years ago who made his own case out of duct tape and newspaper. It was damn cool. He wanted $400 though and while I felt it was worth it from an artistic standpoint, the DIY side of me wouldn't let me pay $400 for a case made of duct tape and newspaper. Interestingly enough, on the way back I found duct tape wallets in an airport store. They were $17 and I couldn't bring myself to buy one either.
Duct tape has a lot of great uses. Maybe it's time to make that duct tape case again. That was the most fun I ever had at a show involving cases.
Hunter on here is the only person I know who has one of my very early cases.
Those cases were all duct taped from top to bottom. They were EVA foam over tubes then wrapped with nearly a roll of duct tape.
The second show I took them to I bunjeed them to an A-frame with an iron bar across the top. Then I spent the weekend whacking them with a baseball bat - pulling them down to the floor and letting them fly up and hit the bar - then pulling the cues out with two fingers - and they had no lid either -
I met a man two years ago who made his own case out of duct tape and newspaper. It was damn cool. He wanted $400 though and while I felt it was worth it from an artistic standpoint, the DIY side of me wouldn't let me pay $400 for a case made of duct tape and newspaper. Interestingly enough, on the way back I found duct tape wallets in an airport store. They were $17 and I couldn't bring myself to buy one either.
Duct tape has a lot of great uses. Maybe it's time to make that duct tape case again. That was the most fun I ever had at a show involving cases.
Case Damage to Cues
I have an interesting observation on cases. I havent read all the above posts but try this on for size.
When I got back into pool I bought an old Player Cue from a guy and I eventually bought better cues but decided that the player would stay forever in my car, in the trunk, in a case. Poor Player!!
Well I had a case that was 3x6 , square and fake leather and I bought a few cues and warped a few shafts in it. It was fiber board drilled out and covered.
Now back to the story of the Player. I store the player in a leather Bentley Case that really has no density to its construction.
It can get sometimes to 140 degress inside the case in the trunk. Yes I have a thermometer in it. So I have surmised that while the shafts I warped were probably not the best ones made and could not have been cured out right to start with. I am convinced that a case with less density and protection if stored in the car definitely impart less heat transfer to the wood. Hence the cheap case with the fiber board construction probably built up a sizeable amount of heat and radiated the said heat longer and that probably doesnt help.
To back that up. My first cue I ever bought was stored in a plastic coated zipper case behind the seat of my truck for years and no problems with it.
No I dont do this to any of my good equipment. Yes I know its wrong just wrong. I live far from where I work and Im not allowed to bring my equipment into where I work due to security so I have to do what I have to do to the poor, poor Player which hasnt bothered to warp one millimeter. Just an observation I thought you guys might want to hear.
336 Robin
I have an interesting observation on cases. I havent read all the above posts but try this on for size.
When I got back into pool I bought an old Player Cue from a guy and I eventually bought better cues but decided that the player would stay forever in my car, in the trunk, in a case. Poor Player!!
Well I had a case that was 3x6 , square and fake leather and I bought a few cues and warped a few shafts in it. It was fiber board drilled out and covered.
Now back to the story of the Player. I store the player in a leather Bentley Case that really has no density to its construction.
It can get sometimes to 140 degress inside the case in the trunk. Yes I have a thermometer in it. So I have surmised that while the shafts I warped were probably not the best ones made and could not have been cured out right to start with. I am convinced that a case with less density and protection if stored in the car definitely impart less heat transfer to the wood. Hence the cheap case with the fiber board construction probably built up a sizeable amount of heat and radiated the said heat longer and that probably doesnt help.
To back that up. My first cue I ever bought was stored in a plastic coated zipper case behind the seat of my truck for years and no problems with it.
No I dont do this to any of my good equipment. Yes I know its wrong just wrong. I live far from where I work and Im not allowed to bring my equipment into where I work due to security so I have to do what I have to do to the poor, poor Player which hasnt bothered to warp one millimeter. Just an observation I thought you guys might want to hear.
336 Robin
I never thought otherwise.
I finally watched your Ustream presentation yesterday. It reminds me of this famous frozen custard stand here in St Louis, Ted Drewes. He is something of a St. Louis icon. His stand is packed all the time and he refuses to franchise even though he gets 5 offers a day. Anyways, the frozen custard you order is turned upside down for your viewing before they hand it to you each and every time. This is not to mean that I think a pool case made out of frozen custard is a good idea.
336 Robin -
You didn't take the time to read the entire thread but you thought that your ideas were so much more important and worthwhile that you need to use a Size 4 bold font. Just an observation.
Have you ever had a body in the trunk of your car? The thermometer inside makes me wonder as well.
And you failed to tell us what case you use for your good equipment.
JB - please fire up the blow torch and let us know which material heat is transferred thru the easiest. Fiber board is almost as great of an invention as duct tape, IMO.
If you had read the thread before posting you would've come across this little gem.
At least you admitted you didn't read the thread. People look really silly when they don't preface their post with that information and then go on to post something that has either been covered/answered or the topic has taken a completely different turn during the thread.
they posted about damage to a cue because of a case or a few cases or different cues in different cases or cues in cars or cues in trucks or cues in cases in cars or cues in cases in trucks. IMO think its relevant to the thread.
Now, your post on the other hand has nothing to do w/ the topic at all. So stay on track before this thread gets hijacked!!!
