Please explain why shaft collars are almost always phenolic. Since ivory, buck horn, and water buffalo horn are very highly regarded as being good joint material, why aren't they more widely used as shaft collars?
Shaft collars
- Thread starter Charlie Edwards
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Water buffalo? They're soft and ugly.
Ivory and buckhorn cost a lot more than phenolic.
Phenolics are really indestructible unless thoroughly abused.
Ivory and buckhorn cost a lot more than phenolic.
Phenolics are really indestructible unless thoroughly abused.
I have made several cues using water buffalo for all joints, rings and butt caps. Water buffalo is tough material and softer than phenolic. It has a very visible grain in it that some people don't like and others love it. The cues I have used it on all hit good IMHO.
John
John
Where do you get the Water Buffalo material? Can ya send me a set for the joint and butt of a cue 
Collar Material?
Hi Charlie:
You ask a good question.
I pondered this question in the very beginning of my cuemaking career. The first question I asked was: "What is the purpose of a shaft collar"? The answer is that a Collar's primary reason for existing is to prevent the wood from splitting. Therefore it should be made of a material stronger then the wood it is protecting. I decided that I would always use phenolic (Linen Based Fiber) either by itself or in combination with other materials that are not as strong.
Sometimes I see wooded joints (collars) used by themselves and I don't personally think they are much stronger (if as strong) as some of the woods they used in conjuction with.
Good Cuemaking,
Charlie Edwards said:
Hi Charlie:
You ask a good question.
I pondered this question in the very beginning of my cuemaking career. The first question I asked was: "What is the purpose of a shaft collar"? The answer is that a Collar's primary reason for existing is to prevent the wood from splitting. Therefore it should be made of a material stronger then the wood it is protecting. I decided that I would always use phenolic (Linen Based Fiber) either by itself or in combination with other materials that are not as strong.
Sometimes I see wooded joints (collars) used by themselves and I don't personally think they are much stronger (if as strong) as some of the woods they used in conjuction with.
Good Cuemaking,
Charlie Edwards said:
Have you seen many cues that don't have a collar, usually phenolic,
usually black, below the joint collar.
the matching black collar on the shaft provides a symetry in apearance.
Believe me, there is nothing custom cue buyers care as much about as symetry.
Dale Pierce