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.
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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