Playing Without a Weight Bolt

victorl

victorl

Where'd my stroke go?
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Recently, I've found that a lighter cue suits my stroke a lot better, so I decided to take the weight bolt out of my cue (Pechauer) and it plays fine, but I'm worried that playing with an empty hole in the butt might be bad for the cue somehow. Any opinions?

Vic.
 
It depends on if the butt plate is held on with the weight bolt or not. Usually delrin is done that way. If not, stick the bumper back in if you can, and play away. Even if you don't have a bumper in, it is ok, just be careful.

Ain't nobody gonna look up your hole.
 
Thanks for the advice. I think I'll keep the hole in the butt plugged up for now and see how it goes. :wink:
 
Spray Foam

Get a can of spray foam and shoot it full with that, it will fill the cavity, and may give alittle stability, and put the bumper back on.

You can get different brands around the Hardware Department of most stores.


David Harcrow
 
if you look online you can find lite weight plastic bolts with the same thread as your weight bolt. I have used them, and you can drill into them to thread in your bumper bolt. The last one I did I drilled slightly smaller for the bumper bolt, then heated the bolt with a lighter, then screwed it in and basically it made its own thread.

My cue with a delrin buttcap MUST have a bolt or it might fall off.....just make sure there are a few threads past the starting point.

G.
 
lighter

i just recentley did the same thing with my joss cue removed weight
bolt 1 1/2 oz went from a 20 to 18 1/2 it realey help my stroke brought me up a ball, i think i can see improvement each time i play. i did not like the
noise it made being hollow .i only have a small lathe to do ferrules and tips
i cut a a hard wood dowell to fit in hole minus about 1 inch for rubber
bumper to screw in ,turned it down to slide in with very little pressure
used contact cement wiped around hole in cue ,pushed dowell in side
cue ,let set over night . contact cement is runney as i pushed dowell
turned it as to spread cement all around inside , just don't go over kill
with glue got to let air out and glue move to create a good seal .
after dowell in place used paper towell to wipe excess out of cue.
cue has a good hit feels good and don't make funny noise.
that worked for me john107:anderson
 
The weight bolt is only there for the weight, but it oftimes hold the bumper in place. If you have a plug type bumper it doesn't matter. If you have a bumper with a center screw you'll need enough weight bolt there to attach the bumper.
Your friendly neighborhood cue repair person can fix you right up. :smile:
 
When I first began playing (many a year ago), I always reached for a 21 ounce. Over the years, I played lowered my preference to play with 18's and 19's.

I once found myself without a stick in a tournament, and borrowed one from a friend. It was a spare (he sold sticks) and the weight bolt was removed. I played lights out with that stick. We later weighed it and it was only 14 oz's!

I eventually had a couple custom sticks made a light as could be made, without drilling a large weight bolt hole, that it. Both of my playing cues are under 16 oz. I break with them, jump with them, and generally beat the crap out of them. I haven't had any issues, then again, I don't have a large, hollow bolt hole either.

I've never babied my sticks because I think of them as a tool. Something to use and to become an extension of me. I feel if I am overly cautious with them, I won't play as well. I love beautiful sticks, I just don't play with them.
 
i took the weight bolt out of my lucasi and was always worried the cue would be damaged somehow.
so far nothing has happened and it still shoots great. glad someone else asked because i always wondered if it was a mistake or not
 
I took the weight bolt out of my J&J and it plays well. If you don't want to hear that "thunk" sound when you stroke. A guy I knows put packed styrofoam to muffle out the sound.
 
I removed the weight bolt from my cue and it was used to hold on the bumper. What I did was screwed the bumper into a plastic drywall anchor and then put it into the hole, As I turned the screw a few times the anchor expanded enough to grab the sides of the hole and it holds the bumper securely. I don't bang it around and it has been fine for a couple of years now.
 
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