a friend of mine has an old cue with a 5/16-18 joint pin that needs to be standard uniloc. w what's the best way to remove the 5/16-18 with out screwing the wood up around pin too much so I can drill bore and thread for the uniloc?
I use a fender washer ( big washer , small hole ) and a small torch , Jim
Jim..... what is the fender washer used for ???
I would think Jim uses it as a sort of heat sheild
That was my initial thought too, but after thinking on it harder, it seems the washer is just a larger heat conductor that would be in the way. Seems like the washer could possibly do more harm if it was heated up enough and touched something it wasn't suppose to.......... like my hand,LOL.
That was my initial thought too, but after thinking on it harder, it seems the washer is just a larger heat conductor that would be in the way. Seems like the washer could possibly do more harm if it was heated up enough and touched something it wasn't suppose to.......... like my hand,LOL.
a friend of mine has an old cue with a 5/16-18 joint pin that needs to be standard uniloc. w what's the best way to remove the 5/16-18 with out screwing the wood up around pin too much so I can drill bore and thread for the uniloc?
Was making a pool cue and got the joint pin very slightly off. Should learn but haven't made a cue in about a year. Anyway, I had the joint pin epoxied in with 5 minute 2 part epoxy. Surprisingly, I heated the pin up with a Harbor Freight 2000 degree heat gun, which they put on sale for about $10 normally. Anyway, heated it up about 10 minutes with a large washer to protect the joint collar and rings. Threw it on my 3 jaw lathe chuck and the pin came out IMMEDIATELY. No problemo.a friend of mine has an old cue with a 5/16-18 joint pin that needs to be standard uniloc. w what's the best way to remove the 5/16-18 with out screwing the wood up around pin too much so I can drill bore and thread for the uniloc?
I wondered what happened to this thread?Was making a pool cue and got the joint pin very slightly off. Should learn but haven't made a cue in about a year. Anyway, I had the joint pin epoxied in with 5 minute 2 part epoxy. Surprisingly, I heated the pin up with a Harbor Freight 2000 degree heat gun, which they put on sale for about $10 normally. Anyway, heated it up about 10 minutes with a large washer to protect the joint collar and rings. Threw it on my 3 jaw lathe chuck and the pin came out IMMEDIATELY. No problemo.
I wondered what happened to this thread?
Seems like yesterday. Lol
Do you think the heat gun heated it up that quick
Or the 5 minute epoxy broke down that quick with little heat?
Hmmm???