I had an OB1 shaft made for a Richard Black Bushka cue without sending off the Butt. Shaft came back with the stainless joint a slightly larger diameter than the joint on the butt. I have a cue lathe etc but don't know how or even whether I could reduce the diameter of the shaft joint to fit the butt joint. Any thoughts on this will be greatly appreciated.
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Stainless joint diameter
- Thread starter Tmac
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"I have a cue lathe etc"
In your 'etc', do you happen to have a set of calipers?
Did you send the joint dia. of the cue to the person who built the shaft?
You might want to consider sending the shaft back to the builder with the correct dimension.
Better yet, send him the cue. Stainless to stainless is tough to mate when you're just guessing.
If the pin or the insert is off by just .001", you'll feel it.
HTH, KJ
In your 'etc', do you happen to have a set of calipers?
Did you send the joint dia. of the cue to the person who built the shaft?
You might want to consider sending the shaft back to the builder with the correct dimension.
Better yet, send him the cue. Stainless to stainless is tough to mate when you're just guessing.
If the pin or the insert is off by just .001", you'll feel it.
HTH, KJ
Joint diameter
Ok. This is what I get for relying on my memory -- and not sending the butt originally. The butt is 20.71 mm exactly at the point of connection with the shaft. The only stainless is on the butt. The shaft is 20.38 exactly at the point of connection with the butt. Because the shaft is smaller than the butt, the butt would have to be taken down to fit the shaft, which seems to me a really stupid idea. Only reasonable solution would be to send butt off to have another shaft made. Instead I'll try to make it myself. As I am newly retired and aspire to teach myself to build cues, the attempt to build the shaft would be good experience. What I've learned so far is that building a cue is anything but easy.
At any rate, I should have checked my memory before bothering you guys with my question. Apologies.
Ok. This is what I get for relying on my memory -- and not sending the butt originally. The butt is 20.71 mm exactly at the point of connection with the shaft. The only stainless is on the butt. The shaft is 20.38 exactly at the point of connection with the butt. Because the shaft is smaller than the butt, the butt would have to be taken down to fit the shaft, which seems to me a really stupid idea. Only reasonable solution would be to send butt off to have another shaft made. Instead I'll try to make it myself. As I am newly retired and aspire to teach myself to build cues, the attempt to build the shaft would be good experience. What I've learned so far is that building a cue is anything but easy.
At any rate, I should have checked my memory before bothering you guys with my question. Apologies.
Ok. This is what I get for relying on my memory -- and not sending the butt originally. The butt is 20.71 mm exactly at the point of connection with the shaft. The only stainless is on the butt. The shaft is 20.38 exactly at the point of connection with the butt. Because the shaft is smaller than the butt, the butt would have to be taken down to fit the shaft, which seems to me a really stupid idea. Only reasonable solution would be to send butt off to have another shaft made. Instead I'll try to make it myself. As I am newly retired and aspire to teach myself to build cues, the attempt to build the shaft would be good experience. What I've learned so far is that building a cue is anything but easy.
At any rate, I should have checked my memory before bothering you guys with my question. Apologies.
umm well i would just build the finish up on the shaft to match the diameter of the butt. that would be the easiest way this is something you should be able to do faily easily if you have a lathe and some practice finishing.
Ok. This is what I get for relying on my memory -- and not sending the butt originally. The butt is 20.71 mm exactly at the point of connection with the shaft. The only stainless is on the butt. The shaft is 20.38 exactly at the point of connection with the butt. Because the shaft is smaller than the butt, the butt would have to be taken down to fit the shaft, which seems to me a really stupid idea. Only reasonable solution would be to send butt off to have another shaft made. Instead I'll try to make it myself. As I am newly retired and aspire to teach myself to build cues, the attempt to build the shaft would be good experience. What I've learned so far is that building a cue is anything but easy.
At any rate, I should have checked my memory before bothering you guys with my question. Apologies.
Actually, the problem that you now have with the fit between but and shaft is much easier to correct than what was earlier presented. If the difference is only a few thousandths then the shaft end can be re-sprayed to make up the difference in size and if the difference is to great for that then just the end ring can be replaced so as to match both the joint and the shaft. Never in life should a butt be taken down in size to match a shaft and it's folly to believe a shaft needs to be constructed for such a simple, simple repair. Duck soup.
Dick