Melamine ferrule or not?
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I like all the glues but I find with wood glue you can pick the glue out of the threads easier then any other glue and you dont have to replace the tennon as much. They all have there strength's and weaknesses I think it depends on application break, jump, or playing ferrule material dictates which glue might be better for strength and not for ease of repair.
Craig
Craig
After receiving a few sample LBM ferrules from Cue Components - I can tell you one thing for sure - YES, they are Melamine - as advertised - these are the real deal - PERIOD - and have since ordered 100, enough said.
pdcue said:
Absolutely NOT a Florida thing.
Cue Crazy said:
Crazy and Arrnot,
Ok, maybe an inside joke, inside an inside joke, IS one joke too many,
or would that be one inside too many?
I recall from real time the rare posting from the highly respected FL cuemaker disavowing any connection.
I was only refering to one, ahemm, Florida cuemaker.
Dale<with apologies to any Fl cuemakers who actually make cues>
pdcue said:
Yes, the person in question misquoted a very highly respected florida maker as using the same method, and he had to come in that thread to defend his rep, and to make clear that he did not use it for ferrulles.
Just to be clear Dale, I was not offended by your comment, besides still considering Myself a hobbiest anyway, not having issues selling what few cues a year that I produce, and so not being as concerned with My own rep, but also because I knew the inside joke, and knew it was really directed toward one person. Just trying to set the record straight for those that didn't know any better, and so not trying to give you any grief over It.
I know must of us took the same position of not using ca for them in that thread. I may have been more neutral in saying something like I don't use It, but each to his own, don't remember for sure, but I think most of us agreed with each other that we do not use It for ferrules, just for tips on the ferrules. I use titebond on threaded ferrules Myself, although I'm sure not everyone would feel the same as I. It works for Me though, and makes changing a ferrule at a later date much easier.
Greg
hardest Hitting Melamine for Ferrules
Am I summing things up correctly that the quoted URL identifies the best ferrule material for a hard hitting cue. That's the way I read things, and one more question, please. Do any of you have an idea how the hit of this melamine would compare to the ferrule material used on Predator Z2's (Titan, it's called)?
Intuition keeps nagging at me - and it is saying that we can't feel the ferrule thru the tip - unless the tip is harder than the ferrule - then we'd feel the give/compression of the ferrule - otherwise it
won't deform - only the tip would. Doesn't that make sense?
chuckpilegis said:
Am I summing things up correctly that the quoted URL identifies the best ferrule material for a hard hitting cue. That's the way I read things, and one more question, please. Do any of you have an idea how the hit of this melamine would compare to the ferrule material used on Predator Z2's (Titan, it's called)?
Intuition keeps nagging at me - and it is saying that we can't feel the ferrule thru the tip - unless the tip is harder than the ferrule - then we'd feel the give/compression of the ferrule - otherwise it
won't deform - only the tip would. Doesn't that make sense?
shankster8 said:
Softer tips usually have a point where the compression bottoms out. My thinking is It may not be as obvious as with a hard tip, but some people may still would notice the difference. style of play may could make that a subjective call though.
Greg
That's a good point, Greg! I don't even know what a soft tip feels like, but if you can bottom your tip out, the ferrule is next in line. Any idea on comparison between glass melamine and Predator's Tital ferrule material?
shankster8 said:
Easily a difference in those 2 materials alone I suppose, but 2 problems with Me giving a good answer is that the Titan material I use from Atlas may not be same as theirs, That I don't really know for sure either way, but could effect My opinion in comparing side by side, but even a direct comparison with their shafts is not accurate due to the low deflection design of some of their shafts, and that very well may effect giving any true comparison on the 2 materials by themselves, because the low deflection design effects the compression and feel also. I've seen the same design used in some other cheaper import shafts, only the ferrule materials were a hair more pliable then the titan, but they used a similar design, I'm guessing this was to reduce deflection on lower grade maple, and what ever other woods they could dig up to turn shafts from but don't know It to be fact, maybe it was just a flaw in the machining process. Who knows, But I've seen a lot of them like that.