shaft with flat faced joint INTO butt with piloted joint

[Kona]

Hi,

I want to know can a flat faced shaft joint be screwed into a butt with a piloted joint? (obviously the pin being the same on both)

I would think it will screw alright, but what about the hole left between them?
will it make some kind of hollow sound or even affect how the cue plays...

Thanks

 

[whammo57]

Hi,

I want to know can a flat faced shaft joint be screwed into a butt with a piloted joint? (obviously the pin being the same on both)

I would think it will screw alright, but what about the hole left between them?
will it make some kind of hollow sound or even affect how the cue plays...

Thanks

I have made shafts with a flat face for butts like that and it worked just fine. If you look closely at a piloted joint the pilot doesn't actually touch anything. I believe it is supposed to but on the few I have done, it did not.

Kim

 

[opiesbro]

I have done this and my advice is don't over tighten them. I have seen the insert fail and get sucked down into the pilot.

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[Craig Fales]

Hi,

I want to know can a flat faced shaft joint be screwed into a butt with a piloted joint? (obviously the pin being the same on both)

I would think it will screw alright, but what about the hole left between them?
will it make some kind of hollow sound or even affect how the cue plays...

Thanks

Predators barely have any pilot on their shafts and I haven't found that it effects the sound or playability.

 

[Kona]

thanks for all comments.. very helpful.