I'm tired of flipping the heavy case upside down to fish out the short butt. Thinking about sticking a long enough piece of foam tube to the bottom so the short butt would sit on top - high enough for me to grab the joint protector. Is there a better solution?
Pulling out short break butt out of 2x4 ??
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I'm not explaining it right. Meant cant fish out the short butt because it's too deep inside the case.
Foam tube works great. I put a styrofoam cylinder in the bottom of my case when I had one of those short PowerBreak 2 break cues.
The problem is I'd always forget which hole had styrofoam in it so I'd try to stick my player in there and it would stop halfway down!
The problem is I'd always forget which hole had styrofoam in it so I'd try to stick my player in there and it would stop halfway down!
I hear ya. I might mark it with tape.
Why not get a longer joint protector.....
I was thinking even simpler than that. Hole through the JP, tie a string, tie a big knot on the other end so it doesn't fall down the tube, and done.
I tried the shoving foam down the tube thing, and the two problems I always ran into were:
1) whatever foam I used eventually got packed down and had to be replaced
2) the foam would move around and the shaft/but could get wedged in there. Not a big deal getting it out, but I don't think I'd want my cue with that sort of side force on it for long periods of time if I can avoid it.
In my case, just adding regular JPs was enough to solve the issue for regular cues, but I was fooling around with a jump butt and the string thing worked dandy.
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Take an old house cue that's warped and basically unusable. Cut it up to however you want length wise. I cheated at cut at the point I needed so I didn't have to size it. If you've cut a piece that's bigger diameter than you need, it doesn't need to be pretty, so cut it down as quickly as you want. Drill and tap, and if you wanna get fancy add a proper insert. I did this for my Lomax jump cue with occupies the middle slot of the 3x4 interior. Granted it was only 3/8x10 I had to do, it took me less than 10 minutes to do. Only ended up being longer than 10 min because I decided to add a black collar to match the cue. Less than 20 min work time with a 24hr drying period.
Well, I have a lathe now so I can easily make any darn thing I want. I'm talking before I had that:
I tried the washers thing. It worked great except I had to remember to really tighten the joint protector or it would eventually rattle loose and I'd find washers rattling around my case!
That would be too easy of a solution.
Hell, turn down a 1" round delrin rod to .840 by 2 inches long or so.
Thread a hole.
Done.
"honey we can save our marriage. The Dr. prescribed a long joint protector."
I don't get it I'm missing 4" where am I gonna get a 4" jp? I'm thinking instead of foam maybe ebay rubber tubbing and drop a 4" piece inside. Since those tubes have holes in them it won't add much weight ( the case is too heavy as is ).
Either have a long JP made or use a cue extension with a JP on it. Easy. Then you also have a cue extension in case you need or want.
Or you can use the foam spacers. Many ways to deal with it, but I like the cue extension option with a JP.
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You have any local cue repair people? Ask them to make a 5" long piece of maple drilled and tapped to fit the pin on the break cue. No finish, no fuss. If they can't make it in less than 10 minutes don't bother. Or do as Joey said.
Be careful not to put something in the case that will get stuck in the bottom.
An easy solution I have used is to just buy a wood dowel (the Home Despot has them, e.g.) of an appropriate diameter (¾" works well for me), cut off a piece of whatever length you need, and drop it into the case. The jump butt then sits on top of the dowel, at whatever height you want.
I agree, this is the less problematic, less cost, no tapping, no screwing / unscrewing, won't get stuck, and will work all the time, everytime..
Just a suggestion but how about putting the cue butt into the compartment with the joint pin facing up? So that when you're taking the butt out, all you have to do is to connect the shaft to the butt and pull.
That's how I usually does it with really tight cushion in my case... I've a JB rugged.
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That's how I usually does it with really tight cushion in my case... I've a JB rugged.
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A friend of mine has a Lucasi jumper. He got a joint protector from them which has a larger diameter, so it can't drop below the surface level.