I have an old custom cue with a large 3/8x10 pin into wood that is now quite loose due to age. Any help out there for getting those threads tighter? I have heard that adding paste car wax with a q-tip works. Anything else? Thanks to all.
Loose Wood Joint - Thoughts or Help
- Thread starter BarTableMan
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The shaft can be plugged and rethreaded.
Where is the pin loose? Threads have become sloppy in the shaft?
Loose Threads
The shaft threads have worn down. The pin is fine.
The shaft threads have worn down. The pin is fine.
The wax, or water in the threads is a short term fix. You can put water down the hole, and it will swell the threads back up, and tighten the shaft up a little/lot. The problem is, the shaft threads will swell and contract with the seasons, and humidity changes. The BEST fix is to take it to a reputable (key word) repair guy, have him drill out the shaft, put a phenolic insert into the shaft, and drill and tap new threads into it. That will make the threads hold up for as long as you want to keep the cue.
Hope that helps.
If anything, it will improve the hit. Changing the insert doesn't do much to change the hit. Changing the ring material or the ferrule material will. Most guys working with 3/8-10 threads will put an insert in, these days. It eliminates stripped threads, or the problem the OP is encountering.
martymower
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IF the cue is not high dollar use Loctite form a thread stripped thread repair and be using cue in less than an hour
I had this done by Rick at Seybert's and he did a fine job.
The previous owner of the shaft had tried to screw it onto a 3/8x11 pin and striped out the threads. It was a trade...my shaft for his...and he forgot to mention it. :angry:
[QUOTE =BarTableMan;5347396]The shaft threads have worn down. The pin is fine.[/QUOTE]
Take some teflon tape, tear off 2 pieces, place them like an X across the thread hole in the shaft, use a pencil to push the tape down into the hole to the bottom, leaving the excess overhanging the shaft, the screw the butt into the shaft, trim off the excess tape, it'll stay in the shaft when you take it apart too.
Take some teflon tape, tear off 2 pieces, place them like an X across the thread hole in the shaft, use a pencil to push the tape down into the hole to the bottom, leaving the excess overhanging the shaft, the screw the butt into the shaft, trim off the excess tape, it'll stay in the shaft when you take it apart too.
Is it loose when screwed together? If not, no problem.
Superglue the threads
Pour thin super glue down over the old threads then after the glue dries re- thread the threads, repeat process until threads are tight................
ABC simple ...............................
Pour thin super glue down over the old threads then after the glue dries re- thread the threads, repeat process until threads are tight................
ABC simple ...............................
Would this still work if the threads are completely worn out? Meaning I can never tighten the shaft, it keeps spinning around. Also, would it cause more work if I have the shaft re-plugged and tapped. Like when people use fix-a-flat cans, and it leaves that gunk all inside the tire.
If it is completely stripped then that won't work. Have it plugged and rethreaded. If you like the hit I would use maple or whatever the shaft is made of. You could use some other materiel i.e. phenolic, but the maple should give you a hit closer to what your used to.
Threads
Wood threads stripped out.
No I don't think you can make threads once they are full stripped out.
The time to super glue the threads is when they get loose or the first time you notice the wood threads falling out if the shaft.
Almost all of my cues are 3/8x 10 pin .
I have new shaft in stock and some 3rd turn blanks ready to go.
I haven't had any problems with the threads I have put super glue on and gunk falling out .
I Also have some 15 GRPI or better straight grained old growth maple dowel I have been sitting on for 14 years .
I can bore plug drill tape and face the shaft for 50 bucks just like down town .
On a solid maple shaft, if its laminated LD I will pass on the job .
Wood threads stripped out.
No I don't think you can make threads once they are full stripped out.
The time to super glue the threads is when they get loose or the first time you notice the wood threads falling out if the shaft.
Almost all of my cues are 3/8x 10 pin .
I have new shaft in stock and some 3rd turn blanks ready to go.
I haven't had any problems with the threads I have put super glue on and gunk falling out .
I Also have some 15 GRPI or better straight grained old growth maple dowel I have been sitting on for 14 years .
I can bore plug drill tape and face the shaft for 50 bucks just like down town .
On a solid maple shaft, if its laminated LD I will pass on the job .