meucci ferrule

[whammo57]

A guy had me replace a split uncapped ferrule on a meucci shaft. It was split into about 5 pieces. The tenon was 3/8 and the ferrule wall thickness was just a little over 60 thou. The tenon was clean as if there was no glue on it.

Is this normal thickness.... I haven't seen one of these split before.

I turned the tenon to 5/16 and made an uncapped juma ferrule.

He also didn't want me to put on a tip. He does his own tips.... go figure.

The shaft is old and yellow but it is perfectly smooth as glass without a ding or a nick in it (just as if it was new).

strange.....

Kim

 

[Murray Tucker]

I've replaced quite a few Meucci ferrules and all of them have been 3/8. The old ones were uncapped and the newer dot shafts are capped and threaded. I like to leave the tennon size alone.

 

[whammo57]

I've replaced quite a few Meucci ferrules and all of them have been 3/8. The old ones were uncapped and the newer dot shafts are capped and threaded. I like to leave the tennon size alone.

I understand leaving it alone but it is just too thin walled in my opinion.

Kim

 

[rhncue]

I'm no fan of Meucci's but his was probably the first lower deflection shafts on the market. His early shafts used a lighter weight M/P plastic that was not very strong material. He made his tenons 3/8 as he realized that maple was lighter than even his plastic. I don't have any idea why he made them so long. Later, around 97 or so he went to a capped ferule but the tenon was much different. It was a 3/8 tenon but it was turned down to a very small diameter in the middle but was 3/8 at the base and at the outer end so that the ferrule would go on straight but the tenon was lighter and could deflect away from the cue ball easily. I don't know what he uses now as I work on them so little any longer.

Dick

 

[Murray Tucker]

I try and talk people into letting me put a pad on to give the ferrule some added protection.

I understand leaving it alone but it is just too thin walled in my opinion.

Kim

 

[whammo57]

I try and talk people into letting me put a pad on to give the ferrule some added protection.

I just thought the pad would change the hit more than a little more wall thickness on the ferrule. Maybe a cap would have been a better idea.

Kim

 

[JoeyInCali]

I just thought the pad would change the hit more than a little more wall thickness on the ferrule. Maybe a cap would have been a better idea.

Kim

Replace it with Juma. 1/8th cap would not hurt.

 

[Murray Tucker]

I'm not a fan of capped ferrules. I do either .3125 or .365 uncapped (depending on material) with a pad on my cues.

I just thought the pad would change the hit more than a little more wall thickness on the ferrule. Maybe a cap would have been a better idea.

Kim

 

[cueman]

In the 80's and early 90's that Meucci ferrule design kept us repairman in business. I always cut the tenon to 5/16 when replacing them with genuine Meucci ferrules. But if they have a shaft thinner than 13mm I prefer to put on a capped and threaded ferrule. Meucci shafts were standard 13.25mm then so the 3/8" tenon was border line already, but many people took their shafts and had them turned down, making their ferrule wall even thinner. A pad will help keep them from splitting. But this is pretty much a non issue any longer as Meucci has went to a solid capped ferrule now.

Repairman can be thankful layered tips got popular about the same time Meucci went to a capped ferrule and they kept us in profitable business.

 

[manwon]

A guy had me replace a split uncapped ferrule on a meucci shaft. It was split into about 5 pieces. The tenon was 3/8 and the ferrule wall thickness was just a little over 60 thou. The tenon was clean as if there was no glue on it.

Is this normal thickness.... I haven't seen one of these split before.

I turned the tenon to 5/16 and made an uncapped juma ferrule.

He also didn't want me to put on a tip. He does his own tips.... go figure.

The shaft is old and yellow but it is perfectly smooth as glass without a ding or a nick in it (just as if it was new).

strange.....

Kim

Hope you did not change the tenon diameter or the ferrule material (Plastic). If so the customer will not know why his cue hits different than before, if you need any of the original ferrules send me a Pm and I will send you you a few. The only reason I keep them around is so that I can match ferrules to the Meucci cues when they come in for repair.