Older Players Cue new Weight Bolts

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BarGuy

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I recently purchased a couple weight bolts for my Players Dragon Cue (which is at lease 8 or 9 years old, but still in great condition). when I went to put the bolt in (there previously wasnt any bolt as the cue is 17 oz) the bolt would not fit, as the hole was too small. When I contacted the seller of the bolts, I was informed that older players cues had a smaller bolt. Now my question is, can I just widen the existing hole, without doing any damage to the cue itself, and if so, whats the best method? Drill, circular file, tapping kit? Right now if I stick a drill bit into the hole, just to gauge the size, a 13/32 bit will slide into the hole with just a little play, and the bolt I have is a 1/2 inch in diameter.

I do realize that if I do widen the hole, it will throw the weight off slightly, so my 17 would become say a 16.7 oz or something, that I am fine with, as I have both a 1 oz and a 1.5 oz bolt, that should give me the weight I am looking for.

BG
 
wouldn't it be a lot easier to just get the right bolts than try and modify the cue to fit the bolts you have?
 
I had a hard enough time finding these bolts, no one in my city sells them, and searching online, every bolt I find is the same one I have.
 
The best way to do this is on a lathe with a boring bar, though a drill bit in the tailstock could be used as well. Then you would need a long tap - most cuemakers/cue repairmen have them.

When you say you couldn't find any bolts in town or on-line, I'm guessing you were looking for Players weight bolts specifically. For the most part, there is nothing special about a weight bolt, they are usually a standard thread bolt with a hex or slotted end. Your bolt may well be a metric thread pattern as well, which might make it harder to find, though I thought Canada was metric, but I'm not sure about that.

Anyway, hope this helps,

Gary
 
I may go to home depot with my cue, and see if I can find some bolts that will fit, and hopefully get a good weight out of it as well..

Thanks
 
IIRC, I believe the old Player weight bolts were 7/16x14 maybe someone can confirm this. :) If you go to the hardware store, try that first.

I would definitely use the right bolt rather than modify the cue.
 
you may want to also try a store that specializes in fasteners. they'll have all sizes and lengths of bolts, and even headless ones if you want to move the weight further in. the home depot type stores, at least where i am, don't have much selection. i'm pretty sure all the players cues, even the older ones, uses a standard US bolt thread, it shouldn't be metric. you could also contact cue and case, the distributor of players cues and they should be able to tell you the size of the bolt. if you can't find them locally, you can order them online at lots of different places
 
McChen said:
you may want to also try a store that specializes in fasteners. they'll have all sizes and lengths of bolts, and even headless ones if you want to move the weight further in. the home depot type stores, at least where i am, don't have much selection. i'm pretty sure all the players cues, even the older ones, uses a standard US bolt thread, it shouldn't be metric. you could also contact cue and case, the distributor of players cues and they should be able to tell you the size of the bolt. if you can't find them locally, you can order them online at lots of different places
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I agree that you will prolly not be able to find anything at home depot and will have to go to an ACE hardware or Fastenal type store.
 
Shouldn't be too hard to find if I am right about the bolt.

This thread in the forum supports what I thought I remembered.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=72767

I went to my local Home depot and bought a stick of 7/16 x 14 threaded rod, cut a piece of the right length and it fit like a glove. I cut a slot at the top with my dremel for a screwdriver to fit. Sometimes the simple fixes escape me for a minute or 2
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Old style Players weight bolt:
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I stopped at Home Depot and picked up a 3 foot 7/16x14 threaded rod, and cut several different sizes and notched it for a screwdriver.. I think I found the weight I want now.. Thanks for everyones help and advice.
 
Excellent!

As it happens I picked up a weight bolt for my 1970's JOSS today at Home Dept.

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