Joint protectors - what exactly do they protect?

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chenjy9

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fish2 said:
Curious if it has any other purpose, in my 35 years of playing, there has not been an instance where i have dropped a butt or a shaft. Come to think about it, it is most likely that I would drop a butt or a shaft when removing or installing the joint protectors, then again if you dropped it during this time, it would hit the floor butt end or tip end
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Sounds like you need more beer
 
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PracticeChampion

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I've seen some screwed up threads that needed repaired, joint protectors definitely would have helped them. Also seen cases tore up from the pin, woulda helped there too but if your one that takes care of your cue there's not much need other than some just look amazing. Look up Tony Layne's work
 
SeniorTom

SeniorTom

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I know this thread is over a year old, but instead of making a new thread I would add to this one. A while back I dropped a custom cue on a concrete basement floor and it damaged both sides of the joint. It was a considerable amount of money getting it repaired. Yesterday, I put a different cue in my bag to play with that day and forgot to zip up the end of the case. Upon taking the case out of the trunk in the parking lot both pieces fell to the ground and the male end hit the blacktop first and my carbon fiber shafts sort of went sideways. The carbon fiber side did not take any damage, and I was lucky that the PIN didn't get damaged this time as well. Joint protectors are sort of a pita, but they do serve a valuable function.
 
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PracticeChampion

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SeniorTom said:
I know this thread is over a year old, but instead of making a new thread I would add to this one. A while back I dropped a custom cue on a concrete basement floor and it damaged both sides of the joint. It was a considerable amount of money getting it repaired. Yesterday, I put a different cue in my bag to play with that day and forgot to zip up the end of the case. Upon taking the case out of the trunk in the parking lot both pieces fell to the ground and the male end hit the blacktop first and my carbon fiber shafts sort of went sideways. The carbon fiber side did not take any damage, and I was lucky that the PIN didn't get damaged this time as well. Joint protectors are sort of a pita, but they do serve a valuable function.
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It's mostly like jewelry but definitely has a use
 
Zerksies

Zerksies

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Could possibly save the pin on the butt, It's not impossible to hurt the joint given the right angle. On the shaft it's just pretty, i don't think it's going to help much.
 
SeniorTom

SeniorTom

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Zerksies said:
Could possibly save the pin on the butt, It's not impossible to hurt the joint given the right angle. On the shaft it's just pretty, i don't think it's going to help much.
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Not totally accurate. Both ends of the stick were damaged on my custom cue. Dropping the shaft on a hard surface and hitting the end will surely damage it. The female portion of the pin won't be damaged most likely, but the shaft itself can be easily damaged.
 
Zerksies

Zerksies

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SeniorTom said:
Not totally accurate. Both ends of the stick were damaged on my custom cue. Dropping the shaft on a hard surface and hitting the end will surely damage it. The female portion of the pin won't be damaged most likely, but the shaft itself can be easily damaged.
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The right angle and I'm breaking the pin with a joint ptotector
 
Hard Knock Cues

Hard Knock Cues

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One more use,
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I use them to hang the cue in a display case.
 
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DeeDeeCues

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Zerksies said:
Wanna try? I didn't say i was going to be nice about destruction
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Sure. I have an old garbage cue. You pay shipping. You post video.

Let's stick to the matter at hand, tho. You are only able to use the cue with a joint protector. Feel free to bash it on the hardest thing you can find...probably your head.

It's a matter of relative material strength. You will shatter the wood holding the pin long before you break a pin.
 
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