I made one last night.
Heres the story. Quite some time ago I bought a cue on EBay with the initials PR on it. It was suggested in the ad that it might be a Paul Rubino.
I kind of doubted it but it seemed like a nice cue and I got it pretty cheap.
It was to be my experimental cue. The first thing I did was put a new wrap on it.
18 TPI pin, piloted. Huge void on the joint collar. Yesterday I installed a 3/8th x 10 pin and cut off the excess collar. The shafts I got with it were warped so bad that you could shoot around a corner with them.
One had matching ring work so I removed the insert and took off the ring work. Someone had given me a half decent shaft so I cut off the rings, installed the matching rings, plugged the hole and re tapped for the big pin.
The last thing I did before heading out for some pool was to pour a little thin CA in the hole and turn the shaft to spread it around.
I went to pour out the excess onto a paper towel on the bench and I poured it onto my right hand. I let it dry for what I thought was a long enuff time, screwed the shaft back on to see how it would fit.
I was playing around admiring my handy work and then went to unscrew the shaft.
Guess what, instant one piece cue. There was no way I was going to
crack this one. I used a heat gun to finally separate the cue, luckily without melting anything. The pin came out of the butt but was still firmly in the shaft. I heated this thing with my mini blow torch and there was no way this was coming out.
Finally, I took the shaft to the garage and cranked the pin in a big vice and was able to crack the bond.
CA is not the glue to be used to install a pin. OK, it still works tho.
Me not do that again. I get to wear the Cue Repairman dunce hat for a day.
Heres the story. Quite some time ago I bought a cue on EBay with the initials PR on it. It was suggested in the ad that it might be a Paul Rubino.
I kind of doubted it but it seemed like a nice cue and I got it pretty cheap.
It was to be my experimental cue. The first thing I did was put a new wrap on it.
18 TPI pin, piloted. Huge void on the joint collar. Yesterday I installed a 3/8th x 10 pin and cut off the excess collar. The shafts I got with it were warped so bad that you could shoot around a corner with them.
One had matching ring work so I removed the insert and took off the ring work. Someone had given me a half decent shaft so I cut off the rings, installed the matching rings, plugged the hole and re tapped for the big pin.
The last thing I did before heading out for some pool was to pour a little thin CA in the hole and turn the shaft to spread it around.
I went to pour out the excess onto a paper towel on the bench and I poured it onto my right hand. I let it dry for what I thought was a long enuff time, screwed the shaft back on to see how it would fit.
I was playing around admiring my handy work and then went to unscrew the shaft.
Guess what, instant one piece cue. There was no way I was going to
crack this one. I used a heat gun to finally separate the cue, luckily without melting anything. The pin came out of the butt but was still firmly in the shaft. I heated this thing with my mini blow torch and there was no way this was coming out.
Finally, I took the shaft to the garage and cranked the pin in a big vice and was able to crack the bond.
CA is not the glue to be used to install a pin. OK, it still works tho.
Me not do that again. I get to wear the Cue Repairman dunce hat for a day.
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