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What will they think of next.

I got a Meucci Gambler from a friend to work on.

He got mad at his girlfriend and snapped the cue over his knee.

I put the cue in the lathe and set the dial indicator up. The pin was out very close to .20 Thou.

I use a little torch that runs on butane. Generally it takes approx ten minutes to extract a pin. I keep the joint collar covered with a soaked paper towel. I heat for a couple of minutes and give it a rest.

Well, I heated and heated and I heated some more. Ima wondering whats up with this pin.

When it finally broke loose enuff to start turning it out, I twisted and twisted on it.

I finally got to the end and it was a 4 inch pin. Less than one inch exposed for the shaft.

So now, I realized that I have a spiral and bottom tap for a ferrule but I neglected to buy a longer tap a couple of years ago when I was buying taps and carbide drill bits.

That and I need to find some ready rod locally, should not be a problem.

Around these parts, 5/16th x 14 and 3/8ths x 10 are common and you don't see much of the 18 unless you get a Meucci or a Chinese cue.

Reminds me also, I have to buy some imitation ivory.

Looks ok but I went to face off the collar and it cut like very cheap plastic. Kind of shredded a bit on the end.

I replaced the cutter as it was on the dull side but still, it was cheap plastic.

My point being, is that I have no point. Just relating my fun with a 4" Meucci pin. I know that people have started threads re Meucci ferrules so thought I might let some of the guys know that have never extracted a Meucci pin before. Don't rightly know if all the Meucci pins are this long but obviously the length of the pin was for both weight and forward balance of this cue.

That and you have to put on a bit more heat than usual so be extra careful to watch the collars if this is the normal length pin.



Now I is an experienced Meucci pin extractor.
 
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I got one in a Meucci that I'm playing hell getting out.

Just today, Alex Brick told me to heat it up until it's cherry red and the wood catches on fire, blow the fire out, and pull the pin,LOL.
 
My guess is this was the logical fix for so many breaking their cues just below the joint collars. The inch longer pin gives a little more strength and would cut down on the number of cue abusers who break their cues at the end of the collars.
 
I aquired mine because some guy was outside the pool hall beating the living crap out of the sidewalk with his Meucci cue. I asked him since he was destroying it, why not give it to me, so he smacked the sidewalk one more time with it, cracking the forearm into two pieces, and then handed me the cue. I tool it home and took the broken forearm and cut the joint off of it so if I ever get around to putting another forearm on it, the ring work would match the ringwork at the butt end of the cue.

So essentially I have a Meucci cue from the handle back, and one joint with the pin still sticking out both sides of it. I want to add another forearm, add the joint back on the new forearm so the ringwork matches, then get a shaft for it and donate it to some kid at the pool hall. Basically it's just another junk cue for me to play and learn with, with no worries of messing it up. It's educational work for me,lol.
 
Dirtbmw20 said:
I got one in a Meucci that I'm playing hell getting out.

Just today, Alex Brick told me to heat it up until it's cherry red and the wood catches on fire, blow the fire out, and pull the pin,LOL.
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The wood does not catch fire, it is the out gas of the epoxy that catches on fire. As the epoxy heats up to 450 deg it starts to smoke and this smoke when it hits the flame will light up. Just keep blowing it out as it will char the wood alittle around the pin.
 
Brickcues said:
The wood does not catch fire, it is the out gas of the epoxy that catches on fire. As the epoxy heats up to 450 deg it starts to smoke and this smoke when it hits the flame will light up. Just keep blowing it out as it will char the wood alittle around the pin.
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I completely understand Alex, maybe bad wording on my part. I just thought the part of "just blow it out and keep going" was kinda funny, like it is no big deal, which I'm sure for an experienced seasoned builder or repairman it is no biggie, but as a newbie such as myself, if I hadn't of read it from you, I'de probably panic if it caught fire,lol.
 
I just wanted to say that I am new to AZ and have enjoyed reading the posts you guys and done. Lots of educational and laughter. Keep it up guys!!!
 
I use a fender washer ( large washer small hole ) as a heat shield . Pull lots of pins out of the old Barn find S/Petes . Jim
 
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Well, this post isn't exactly appropro but . . .

I have used the torch method in the past to heat up pins for removal. Happily, most of the time I'm not wanting to save the pin for re-use because they got pretty discolored by the end of the process. But I wanted to pull a 5/16-18 out of a junk butt the other day to save the pin. So happily the idea of using the electric stove in the kitchen came to mind.

It gave me better temperature control and didn't discolor the pin too much. Now if you are using a pin that doesn't have common lock-nuts, this may not work so well, but I'm sure you could come up with something else.

YMMV

Gary
 

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Hi,
I agree with Alex, except for the blow it out part.
If it is any newer than the Meucci Original models, I myself would heat it up until the wood starts burning, and then turn the torch up a little more. Once it really got burning good, I would call the owner to come over, and we could have a cremation party for the cue.
After the fire went out, a guy could sweep up the ashes, put them in a used prescription bottle, then the owner could set them on his fireplace mantle, next to his first wife's ashes.
He would then have two things to gaze upon, that never really did work.
Rudie
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I think you are all getting way off topic here. Back to the original post, if he was mad at the girlfriend why did he break the Meucci? He wasn’t mad at the Meucci…..
 
Dano, I have no idea as to why people take their frustrations out on the cues but it does happen.

Its like hitting your thumb with a hammer and then throwing the hammer into the garage door and damaging that. Then, you're standing there looking at a hole in the door thinking, was that ever stupid.
 
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