melted ferrule

seanandnik

seanandnik

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i have a very cheap homemade lathe setup i made from a dremel shoeshine motor and a rest just for doing my own tips and cleaning shafts. Well I have always been fine until a few days ago, I put on a tip that was @ 15mm on my 12mm shaft, I had to sand it down a lot to get flush, well I guess I overheated the ferrule because it now has a very rough feel and there is some discoloration as if some sanded material got into it as it was cooling. i tried to sand it down smooth but it wont and I do not want to sand it too small, it also has a very slight bellish shape now, not perfectly flat. Tip went on fine and shaft and tip play perfectly, but, I think i am going to have ferrule replaced, but what kind of ferrule does this ? i guess it is an abs plastic of some sort. what ferrule should i get that will not do this , ivorine ? juma ? ivor-x ? micarta ? more i dont know names of. I do not want the expense of an ivory ferrule, help me guys....
 
seanandnik said:
i have a very cheap homemade lathe setup i made from a dremel shoeshine motor and a rest just for doing my own tips and cleaning shafts. Well I have always been fine until a few days ago, I put on a tip that was @ 15mm on my 12mm shaft, I had to sand it down a lot to get flush, well I guess I overheated the ferrule because it now has a very rough feel and there is some discoloration as if some sanded material got into it as it was cooling. i tried to sand it down smooth but it wont and I do not want to sand it too small, it also has a very slight bellish shape now, not perfectly flat. Tip went on fine and shaft and tip play perfectly, but, I think i am going to have ferrule replaced, but what kind of ferrule does this ? i guess it is an abs plastic of some sort. what ferrule should i get that will not do this , ivorine ? juma ? ivor-x ? micarta ? more i dont know names of. I do not want the expense of an ivory ferrule, help me guys....
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You can send that shaft to Mr Drexler too, if you decide to have him do the cork wrap on your cue.
 
thermoset material

there are a lot of ferrules out there that will do what your did with heat and that is because they are made of a thermoset material. meaning that when it is made it is mold injected and cooled quickly......yes, some is rolled and not mold injected and some are not thermoset........my suggestion is to put a new ferrule on, done by a pro and at the same time have a new tip installed and next time you try it yourself, slow down the rpms on the dremel, and when you feel heat.......stop! I really like the new "sabre-T" Ferrule material and yes it is thermoset but it is not as pourous as most of the other material and stays white! Good luck!
 
probably shouldnt sand the tip that much either buy smaller tips or learn to trim it off with a blade.

and its not the ferrules fault it needs replaced the material was fine it was just operator error.
 
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lathe (dremel shoeshine motor with a joint protector attached to it that i thread my shafts into)) has no speeds, just on or off, also I can't use a knife as there is really no tool stand, just a 2x4 rest with a half a hole on top lined with felt that the cue rests on while i sand off extra tip material.
 
Thermoset 'plastics' require heat to cure. Thermoplastics will deform with heat and reform as they cool. Thermoset 'plastics' are not really plastic. They are a composite material typically made up of some sort of fabric (linen, cotton, kevlar, carbon, fiberglass) held rigid by an adhesive such as epoxy. They are much more thermally stable than a thermoplastic, which is a single material molded into a shape. You can mess up thermosets with heat, but they are a bit more resistant than the plastics.
 
If you can stand a harder hit go with a LBM ferrule as it won't melt and learn to trim the tip down with a utility blade instead of sanding.
 
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