Suggestions needed on how to keep shafts straight - no, not that kind of straight...

[Kickin' Chicken]

Having quite a number of plain black collared shafts, or black collared w/silver ring shafts, I am running into some difficulty in keeping track of which shafts belong to which cues.

There must be some method, aside from getting forty sets of unique joint protectors that can keep these organized.

I thought of writing on blue painters tape and wrapping that around each shaft, or those various colored small sticky dots, though, I'd prefer to keep sticky stuff away from cue shafts.

So, is there a product for this application or any suggestions of a good method to keep all of these similar looking shafts organized?

TIA

Best,
Brian kc

 

[deadnutz]

You could mark them with a felt tipped pen on the exposed wood on the face of the shafts assuming your collars leave some wood exposed.

 

[EDRJR]

Price tag on string

Try something like this. A loop in the string smaller than the joint collar if you store them upright. Stick on price tags are supposed to leave no residue and come off easily, but I don't know if that is valid long term.

https://www.fetpak.com/index.php/ta...ndise-tags-strung-white-1000box-c-274_328_333

 

[gergs]

Piece of paper and a rubber band.

 

[LucasBilliards]

Mark the face of the joint with a number or a unique set of marks(a line, 2 dots, a dot and a line) I saw someone do this on a "What's in the case" on YouTube and thought it was a pretty good idea. You could even use different color markers.

 

[Tony_in_MD]

Or,

Small adhesive colored dots on the face of the shaft and the face of the joint for the cue it belongs to.

 

[JMW]

I recommend that you also keep a file that notes the shaft maker, weight, tip size, joint size, ferrule type, tip brand, taper style and any identifying characteristics in the wood etc... You need this information for future resale and it can be used to identify a shaft if you lose track of which ones which.

 

[The Renfro]

I have been using a sharpie on the joint faces for years... Especially needed with my cuemaker now since he has been developing different LD shafts and the standard OMG Shaft isn't as hot as his V2.....

 

[ShootingArts]

easy solution

Having quite a number of plain black collared shafts, or black collared w/silver ring shafts, I am running into some difficulty in keeping track of which shafts belong to which cues.

There must be some method, aside from getting forty sets of unique joint protectors that can keep these organized.

I thought of writing on blue painters tape and wrapping that around each shaft, or those various colored small sticky dots, though, I'd prefer to keep sticky stuff away from cue shafts.

So, is there a product for this application or any suggestions of a good method to keep all of these similar looking shafts organized?

TIA

Best,
Brian kc

Brian,

Just cut a small notch in each cue butt and a corresponding notch in the shaft(s) that match that cue. Does get a little complicated by the time you get to number forty but notching in the grip area of wrapless cue butts helps keep them from sliding too.

Glad to help,
Hu

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

Brian,

Just cut a small notch in each cue butt and a corresponding notch in the shaft(s) that match that cue. Does get a little complicated by the time you get to number forty but notching in the grip area of wrapless cue butts helps keep them from sliding too.

Glad to help,
Hu

Yeah, but, Hu, I paid...., I mean some of the best cuemakers..., er, um, the finishes are like glass,... when I say rare wood.....okay, fine, I'll go get my chisel...

Best,
Brian kc