REPLY TO PIN QUESTION,trueblue,jschelin99-top hat cue, whammo57

[avscue]

Avscue: Yes, you are correct that I said to put a G10 radial pin in a vise and whack it with a hammer. I didn't mean to be literal and set a challenge for you, but I applaud you following through with the experiment.

To clear up any misunderstandings:
- I'm not a joint pin expert.
- I'm not a G10 expert.
- I'm not the world's best cue maker.
- I can be an incredible smart-aleck, and sometimes my sarcasm is mistaken for grumpiness.

The reason for my original response was that I just didn't agree with some of your statements, and thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth. Hence, the disclaimer "perhaps I'm totally wrong".

As pointed out above, your experiment doesn't apply in the real world. To do so would require breaking, or attempting to break, a cue with a G10 pin. Since no sane person would purposefully break a perfectly good pool cue, I suggested the vise.

If you feel like following through with the "break a cue with a G10 pin" challenge, I'd be interested to see the results. If the cue is tightly screwed together, with the butt and shaft squarely mated, and you break it, I'd be willing to bet more than just the G10 pin will need to be repaired.

no hard feelings now or then. i just thought maybe your source of info was worth rethinking. in any case, the post was not to "rub your nose in it". i try to keep an open mind and you certainly have a right to share you view. instead of swapping posts back and forth, it seemed simple to just break one as you had suggested so you and the others could see. i'm no "cue guru" either, the info i got was from the mfg. their claims on breaking "seem" to be correct and thanks to ryan (rat cues), the claim of ease of replacement appears to be correct as well. i wouldn't be so quick to determine "real world" outcomes. i don't have a scrap cue lying around as yet, but perhaps when i do, i'll try that as well. keep an open mind. i am not an engineer either but i've had the privilege of helping them out of the problems they got into by being objective. usually it was something they were so confident would not happen...then did.


"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation."