Joss West 5/16x14 JP

[TheJackal]

I just bought a 1991 Joss West. It has a modified Acme 5/16x14 joint (so i was told that what it is). Does anyone know where i can find joint protectors for it, or know someone that can make them?

 

[triley41395]

Maybe Jim Baxter
@Jim Baxter

 

[garczar]

AFAIK any 5/16x14 jp will fit. Most jp threads have enough leeway that they'll go on any 5/16x14 pin. Never seen any advertised as to fit only that pin.

 

[garczar]

I've got these on my Jensen. Really nice j/ps. http://piconecues.com/id3.html

 

[TheJackal]

AFAIK any 5/16x14 jp will fit. Most jp threads have enough leeway that they'll go on any 5/16x14 pin. Never seen any advertised as to fit only that pin.

My teammate has a Pechauer. I'll try his out on Monday and see.

I've got these on my Jensen. Really nice j/ps. http://piconecues.com/id3.html

Those are nice. I just want to be sure of the threads, and if a standard 5/16x14 fits.

 

[garczar]

My teammate has a Pechauer. I'll try his out on Monday and see.

Those are nice. I just want to be sure of the threads, and if a standard 5/16x14 fits.

Like i said i've never seen any jp's marked for just that pin. the threads in all the variations are close and jp's are all roomy enough for all.

 

[Jim Baxter]

I know of no one that can service the acme tread .

 

[JasonATX]

I've got these on my Jensen. Really nice j/ps. http://piconecues.com/id3.html

I've got a set that I purchased 20 years ago. They are great joint protectors.

 

[WildWing]

I just bought a 1991 Joss West. It has a modified Acme 5/16x14 joint (so i was told that what it is). Does anyone know where i can find joint protectors for it, or know someone that can make them?
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That's actually not an Acme pin. They were mostly 3/8 X 10, and had very flat edges to the points of the threads. I suspect any set of 5/16 X 14 joint protectors will do you just fine.

 

[maha]

in decades of playing and travels i have never heard of anyone who had their joints in any way damaged while in their cases and even when not.

personally in my mind they are a waste of money and time messing with them.

 

[Terry Aeschliman]

Paul Drexler

 

[gregcantrall]

in decades of playing and travels i have never heard of anyone who had their joints in any way damaged while in their cases and even when not.

personally in my mind they are a waste of money and time messing with them.

A friend had a plastic set that I bought for $5 and just use the shaft protector to mark my back up shaft in my cue case. Discarded the other half.
Its been years since the back up shaft has seen the light of day.

 

[jimmyco]

in decades of playing and travels i have never heard of anyone who had their joints in any way damaged while in their cases and even when not.

personally in my mind they are a waste of money and time messing with them.

As fancy as many of these are, protecting the joint would seem secondary.

Why bother?
Because we effin' can.
YMMV

 

[Michael Webb]

AFAIK any 5/16x14 jp will fit. Most jp threads have enough leeway that they'll go on any 5/16x14 pin. Never seen any advertised as to fit only that pin.

No Sir
5/16x14 acme will fit the standard 5/16x14 but regulars will not fit the Acme.

 

[garczar]

No Sir
5/16x14 acme will fit the standard 5/16x14 but regulars will not fit the Acme.

Even on j/ps? I'm talking about the generic plastic kind. They have pretty loose tolerances.

 

[garczar]

That's actually not an Acme pin. They were mostly 3/8 X 10, and had very flat edges to the points of the threads. I suspect any set of 5/16 X 14 joint protectors will do you just fine.

HUH?? 3/8x10?? Never heard that before. Was always told that bill used a 5/16x14acme for a while. I know his big pin joints were 3/8x10 but not the steel piloted joints. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/josswest-pin.167420/

 

[Michael Webb]

Even on j/ps? I'm talking about the generic plastic kind. They have pretty loose tolerances.

Yes, even on jp's. The Acme will not screw in the female regular. There are also 2 different o.d. 5/16 acme screws out there. Mr. Strouds had an o.d. of .323
The other, close to .310.
One fits tighter.

 

[Michael Webb]

HUH?? 3/8x10?? Never heard that before. Was always told that bill used a 5/16x14acme for a while. I know his big pin joints were 3/8x10 but not the steel piloted joints. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/josswest-pin.167420/

Agreed.
Scrugs and Gulyassy use the 3/8x10 Acme.

Wildwing, he's all yours. Lol

 

[garczar]

Agreed.
Scrugs and Gulyassy use the 3/8x10 Acme.

Wildwing, he's all yours. Lol

Did Scruggs use them on just flat-face or on piloted joints too?

 

[Michael Webb]

Did Scruggs use them on just flat-face or on piloted joints too?

I believe just flat faced.