Special way of "weight adjustment" - any one seen this ?

[Newton]

I had a old Meucci Original turning up in my shop and the reason was that
the owner wanted the cue "refinished".
Well, this cue was kind of special - so I took the job - due to the fact that the
cue had no clear coat and also the wrap was not coated.

However, the main reason for the cue was returned was because the grip on
the cue was getting loose.

Now look at the pics and let me know your reaction about the "cheeky" way
of balancing the cue :scratchhead:

The reason for the loose grip was rust as you can see ......
Kent

 

[rhncue]

I had a old Meucci Original turning up in my shop and the reason was that
the owner wanted the cue "refinished".
Well, this cue was kind of special - so I took the job - due to the fact that the
cue had no clear coat and also the wrap was not coated.

However, the main reason for the cue was returned was because the grip on
the cue was getting loose.

Now look at the pics and let me know your reaction about the "cheeky" way
of balancing the cue :scratchhead:

The reason for the loose grip was rust as you can see ......
Kent

Meucci has been doing that for years. One of Bob's - better? - ideas. As long as they stay solid so that there is no rattle or vibration I guess it works okay.

Dick

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

The old hide the weight bolt under the wrap trick, EH.
Got caught in the rain walking home one night, case got soaked but the Meucci was ok, it seems.

 

[manwon]

I had a old Meucci Original turning up in my shop and the reason was that
the owner wanted the cue "refinished".
Well, this cue was kind of special - so I took the job - due to the fact that the
cue had no clear coat and also the wrap was not coated.

However, the main reason for the cue was returned was because the grip on
the cue was getting loose.

Now look at the pics and let me know your reaction about the "cheeky" way
of balancing the cue :scratchhead:

The reason for the loose grip was rust as you can see ......
Kent

I have seen a number of Meucci cues like this, there are many Pro's and Con's to doing things this way, I would never do it personally but Bob Meucci has far more knowledge than me. The first cue I found this technique used on hand a rattle in the handle, first I removed all the weight bolts from the cue because in many cases they put weight bolts on top of each other. Now this did not solve the problem, so I thought that maybe the cue was loose at the A-Joint. Since I had gotten the cue as part of trade I thought that I would replace handle, so I started by unwrapping the cue. When I removed the wrap I found the same set-up as you have pictured, and there I found a loose bolt and thats what was causing the rattle. I removed it cleaned it up re-epoxied it back in and it solved the problem.

Again, I personally would never use this method I think there are far to many things that can cause a failure like the one I mentioned above.


JIMO

 

[Newton]

Thanks for the feedbacks.

For me this was a kind of "special" way to do things and I would never do it this way my self...
What I thought was the worst was that the screws used rusted and stained the linen,
which for me must be the ultimate no no...
But I guess the clearcoat over the grip was ment to prevent this,
but that did not work when the clearcoat is taken off...

Was a new experience for me, but I understand this has been done regularly by
Meucci which is not adding on to my impression of these cues ...

Thanks
Kent

 

[Fatboy]

one good thing about it is if the owner of the cue wants to add weight to his cue-but dosent want a butt heavy cue using a butt screw, you can add weight upfront thus elimanating the butt heavy problem. But it sure is alot of work to add weight if the cue dosent need to be rewrapped.


How does linen rust??? Just kidding.

 

[Newton]

one good thing about it is if the owner of the cue wants to add weight to his cue-but dosent want a butt heavy cue using a butt screw, you can add weight upfront thus elimanating the butt heavy problem. But it sure is alot of work to add weight if the cue dosent need to be rewrapped.


How does linen rust??? Just kidding.

Fatboy;

My thought on weight distribution is that it should be balanced by the cue maker using
different woods, but then thats me :smile:
I think if we managed to get linen rusting - we might have a problem he he he :thumbup:

K

 

[johnqbs]

hubler cues

i talked to paul hubler about 15 years about buliding me a cue .
i ask him how did he wieght and ballance his cues. told me he drilled
hole in handle under wrap and filled with lead shot and two part glue
to hold in place. i thought that was strange , did'nt sound good to
me. what kind of noise would it make if something moves every time
you hit ball. did not buy hubler cue.
take care johnqbs :anderson sc

 

[manwon]

i talked to paul hubler about 15 years about buliding me a cue .
i ask him how did he wieght and ballance his cues. told me he drilled
hole in handle under wrap and filled with lead shot and two part glue
to hold in place. i thought that was strange , did'nt sound good to
me. what kind of noise would it make if something moves every time
you hit ball. did not buy hubler cue.
take care johnqbs :anderson sc

I have refinished around 50 Huebler cues, and I have never seen any holes drilled in the handle. Now, I have heard of some cue makers doing what you described, I have even seen photo's of a cue where it was done, but I have never heard of Huebler doing it.

JIMO

 

[johnqbs]

I have refinished around 50 Huebler cues, and I have never seen any holes drilled in the handle. Now, I have heard of some cue makers doing what you described, I have even seen photo's of a cue where it was done, but I have never heard of Huebler doing it.

JIMO

i am sure you know what you are talking about, but i do remember what
mr. huebler told me . may depend on weight and where you want ballance
point . take care johnqbs:anderson sc

 

[Newton]

Just a picture showing how it looks...

Here's a pic for those which have not seen this before - showing the amount used and spacing.

K