Question for all you Whitten Case Owners

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Anyone come up with a better idea for putting a Pad on the Bottom of the Tubes that Hold the Cue Butts/Bumper Down that work better than Cotton Balls.

To Raise up the Butt Sections just above the Top of the Tube so that your Butts do not FLOP AROUND.... ;)
 
Bruce S. de Lis said:
Anyone come up with a better idea for putting a Pad on the Bottom of the Tubes that Hold the Cue Butts/Bumper Down that work better than Cotton Balls.

To Raise up the Butt Sections just above the Top of the Tube so that your Butts do not FLOP AROUND.... ;)
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Contact Whitten he has spacers made for this purpose.
 
catscradle said:
Contact Whitten he has spacers made for this purpose.
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Are you say Butt Section Spacers? As I have the Small Shaft Section Spacers.....

No Butt Section Spacers.... ;)
 
Bruce S. de Lis said:
Are you say Butt Section Spacers? As I have the Small Shaft Section Spacers.....

No Butt Section Spacers.... ;)
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Must be a reading problem sorry. What I've done is pile up some quarters to a height that does the job, tape them together with masking tape and drop them in, works fine for me. I suppose you could use flat washers in the same way if you're even cheaper than me. ;)
 
a dowel rod works

Just buy the right size dowel rod, and cut it off
the height you want and frop it in. If you need
to turn it onto its bottom (if on its side), just
undo a wire hanger and use it to get the dowel
to lay right.
 
catscradle said:
Must be a reading problem sorry. What I've done is pile up some quarters to a height that does the job, tape them together with masking tape and drop them in, works fine for me. I suppose you could use flat washers in the same way if you're even cheaper than me. ;)
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I like your idea with Quarters. and I just Check the Tube Size on my Whitten. A $.50 Cent Coin would also work. Off to the Ave & True Value Hardware to look for Rubber Slugs...about the size of a Fifty Cent Piece..... :D
 
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whitewolf said:
I say this with 100% seriousness.

I drink non-alcohol wine and take the corks and put them into the tubes. they work wonders and if for some reason you want to remove them, they just fall right out. If they go in too tight, just get a long corkscrew. :D
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Why would you drink non-alcoholic wine :D
 
Wahoo.........

:D Just got home from errand run, Barber, POB, etc., etc., etc. Stopped at True Value Hardware. Bought some Rubber Gaskets that are 1-1/4” x 1/8” with a nice Little Hole in the Middle that will work PERFECT with the Whitten Bumper Putter Inner/Remover.


The Rubber Discs are about the Size of a Half Dollar, and should stack up nice to fix my PROBLEM. Think they cost about $.40/Rubber Gasket. So modification to my 2 x 4 will cost me about $3.00, and will get riddle of the Slop in my Cue when in the CASE.... :D
 
whitewolf said:
I say this with 100% seriousness.

I drink non-alcohol wine and take the corks and put them into the tubes.
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I say this with about 95% seriousness.

I use the corks as well. My wine has alcohol in it but the corks work just as well. Some better French wines have very long corks which gives you more flexibility, and some of the Australian wines have fake corks that cut down better than real corks because they don't tend to disintegrate when you cut them.

Never had a problem getting them out and the properties of cork cushion the cue or shaft when you throw them in the case.
 
Just a note to see if I'm being too anal. With my Whittens I remove the springs and modify the spacers so the shafts and butt are just slightly below the lid when closed. I don't want any kind of tension, i.e. compressing a spring or rubber stopper, on any of my cue components, especially the shafts. Any kind of compression energy is going to be displaced laterally (since the components aren't fully supported along their length) - meaning the force will try to warp/bend the shaft or butt. Granted, without the compression, you still have the weight of the components itself (gravity), but it has to have less effect than holding the piece in place by means of compression. I don't mind shaking the case slightly to get the cue pieces out. Thoughts?

Adios,

Pizza Bob
 
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