HI everyone, I have a customer with an old beat up Jerry Franklin cue. The shafts are pitiful and so dented and stained that its impossible to clean. Not only that theyve been sanded down to about 11 2/4 mm and are no longer straight. I can see the ferrules are micarta and have darkened over the years as some of these do. What he wants is 2 new shafts with micarta ferrules. I see them advertised from cue components but dont know if their the real MCCoy or just a yellow implex ferrule. I want to be honest and fair with this guy as to what Im assembling for him and not try to pass something off. Any idea if and where I might get these? One of the ferrules is cracked so I can remove that and get exact specks as far as the ferrule threading ect. so I can get the best fit possible. Huge can of worms. Im charging him 200 per shaft duplicating the ringwork and thread milling the threads and high end straight grain maple shafts. I dont think that out of line. So I need micarta ferrules if they still exist. Thanks for your help everyone.
need help with micarta ferrules
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Good luck finding the real Westinghouse Micarta. If you do find any get ready to pay for it as the last time I had some about 10 years ago the price was half a bill each, and I bought a 6 and sold them at twice what I paid for them.
Have not run across any since then even though I know a cue shop that has some but they are not selling it unless they make the shaft and you can prove you have one of their old shafts and it has Micarta. You get three guess which shop that is and the first two don't count.
Have not run across any since then even though I know a cue shop that has some but they are not selling it unless they make the shaft and you can prove you have one of their old shafts and it has Micarta. You get three guess which shop that is and the first two don't count.
At $200, you wouldn't be making money for your effort.
I have the dirty yellow and some of that creamy yellow slabs.
Not the same stuff.
I won't part with the real old stuff.
The creamy yellow slabs, I'd sell.
I have the dirty yellow and some of that creamy yellow slabs.
Not the same stuff.
I won't part with the real old stuff.
The creamy yellow slabs, I'd sell.
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Mason's Micarta is what you can request. It is pretty yellow and plays phenomenonally.
The old stuff that Joey has is worth more than gold.
The old stuff that Joey has is worth more than gold.
Where can I find Mason's Micarta ferrules?
Chris Hightower has them.