Pin split in half

[SK Custom Cues]

I was talking to someone at the pool hall last night. He said he owned a Sledgehammer and the pin split in half. I was stunned. Just to make certain I asked him again and told him to explain to me exactly the part that split. He said it is because he breaks hard.

It was the McDermott Sledgehammer, so I told him he could send it back for repairs or to get a new one.

I want to know, has anyone ever heard of a pin splitting in half? and what can cause that?

 

[greyghost]

WTF? like split in half like when you chop wood? like top to bottom? or did it shear and snap in half length ways?

if its split on the width that has to be the most far out happening to a pool cue i've ever heard of by a long shot.

crazy,
-Grey Ghost

 

[Vahmurka]

you are talking about wooden pin, right? I have seen one b/j cue with the same damage (actually we still have it in our repair shop, didn't care to try to fix it). It is a Gino Ferrari cue. Not expensive one, so in our case the damage was caused by poor shaft material I guess and/or loose thread. In some of those cues there is some air between threaded pin and insert, so it suffers from a really firm stroke.

I just noticed a cue pictured has different construction. No wooden pin extending from the shaft like before. Probably there were too many complaints. Used to look like this:

 

[Russell Cues]

I've heard of a wooden pin breaking. Ive seen a g10 pin split as it was made from flat sheet not rolled and molded. A pin made from flat sheet material can do that.

What type of pin exactly was it??

 

[FLYINGSNAIL]

I have seen wood pin or G-10 broken in 1/2. I have never see metal pin broke in 1/2. Post some pictures would be great.

 

[Sport666]

I had one brought to me for repair, he told me he dropped it off a table when he was packing up. It split in half about 3/4 up.

 

[SK Custom Cues]

I believe it was a metal pin. Whatever they put in the McD Sledgehammer.

The way he was describing it, he made it sound like it split lengthways, but I didn't clarify that. I am willing to bet it broke in half leaving part of the pin in the shaft and the other part in the butt.

I don't own the cue and he didn't bring it in to me for a fix, so I don't have pics, but it was an odd occurrence that I had never heard of.

 

[Mr Hoppe]

I was talking to someone at the pool hall last night. He said he owned a Sledgehammer and the pin split in half. I was stunned. Just to make certain I asked him again and told him to explain to me exactly the part that split. He said it is because he breaks hard. snip...

I'm guessing he has the Mike Siegel style break where he drives the shaft hard into the table and bends the shaft, which applies a lot of pressure on the joint and pin. Even still, (if metal) I would think the pin would have to be defective to shear off before the wood in the shaft or butt breaks. Even if it were brass, I would think it would bend rather than break. I'm sure there is more to this story.