joint pin repair

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Strange_Days

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Hi everyone,

I had a customer bring me in an old brunswick snooker cue today. Really nice cue he has been playing with it for the last 20+ years. the problem about two years ago it "warped". Well, its not warped ... the joint pin is no longer straight. I've only done tips, ferrules, and wraps so far besides playing around. Is there any way for me to get the old pin outand install a new pin to fix his cue.

Thanks,

Matt LeClerc
 
cueman said:
You heat the pin up with a torch and lock a pair of vise grips on it to get the bent pin out. Check it pretty often to see if the glue has melted so you don't over heat the pin and cause other cue problems.
Chris
www.hightowercues.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com
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Chris, I think the other way you explain in your book has worked best for me and is the only way I have removed pins lately. Thanks
 
Just got the book , sent all the way to South Australia . I'll have to have a look at this other method shortly , been using the torch method for a few years myself unless it's a broken brass pin (I get a few cheap snooker cues with these pins broken) which I drill out quite easily .
 
Speaking of joint pin repair

I recently had a joint pin fixed, but I am wondering if the technique used was legit, or should it have been done another way.

The pin in my cue seemed to strip out. I had tighed the shaft as usual, but noticed one day over the course of playing the joint was loose, so I tightened it. This repeated until I fianlly realized the pin was very loose, and when I unscrewed the cue, the joint remained in the shaft. I took the pin out, and called to send the whole thing back for repair.

The cuemaker repaired it for free. I have no problem, with the cue, or the cuemaker, except for the technique used. It appears that the pin was just reglued.

Now, my cue has a SS collar, and an ebony forearm. My idea of fixing it, but this is me talking, and I am not a cuemaker (but an engineer), drill out the old threads leaving the collar intact, and glue in a plug, then retap and set the new pin.

Seeing that the original damage, to me it seems, ruined the threads, would my solution have worked? I know that this cuemaker has many tools available, and replacing a 5/16x14 pin should be easy enough for an experienced machinist.

If need be, I can post pics. I don't have them right now.

Any comments?

Brian
 
Re-Tap Pin Threads?

:) It sounds to me like the original glue failed for some reason. There is no reason to retap unless the original threads were ruined. He probably cleaned out the hole with a solvent such as acetone and repleced the pin. If the pin ran properly then he would not have to plug the cue. Just re-glue with epoxy and if the pin is straight and tight and the butt and shaft line up properly and the cue hits ok then that is all that matters. It is just like New!

The problem with most repairs is in the mind of the cue owner. Once a repair has been done it is often just as good as it was when the cue was made or even better than originally done. Making a cue is basically making a lot of pieces and putting them together in such a way as to produce a cue that looks and feels like one unit. Any cue can be taken apart and put back together just as good as it was made in the beginning.

When you get a dent in your New Car it is not the same car as it was when it was new. Now it has been damaged - it can never be the same. Well it can be repaired and unless you know it has been repaired you will never be able to tell because it looks new and works new.

I think your cue was repaired properly if it looks right and hits right.
 
You are right. I have the cue, it hits as good as before, it was done for free, so I shouldn't complain! I guess it is in my mind. :D

Brian
 
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