Three piece cue

[robbycar]

My main job involves quite a bit of travel and sometimes it is not practical to take my cue case with me on a plane.

I was thinking of making myself a 3 piece cue, so I could just put it in my main suitcase. The joint only has to move forward about 2 inches to fix the problem.

I guess the balance might shift a bit forward due to the joint being closer to the tip, but maybe an aluminum or G10 joint would fix this.

For the rear joint, I was thinking of live tooling a wood to wood joint.

Has anyone else tried this and could offer any advice?

Otherwise, I will just give it a try, nothing lost nothing gained!

Rob
Sydney, Australia
www.carnellcues.com.au

 

[cueman]

My main job involves quite a bit of travel and sometimes it is not practical to take my cue case with me on a plane.

I was thinking of making myself a 3 piece cue, so I could just put it in my main suitcase. The joint only has to move forward about 2 inches to fix the problem.

I guess the balance might shift a bit forward due to the joint being closer to the tip, but maybe an aluminum or G10 joint would fix this.

For the rear joint, I was thinking of live tooling a wood to wood joint.

Has anyone else tried this and could offer any advice?

Otherwise, I will just give it a try, nothing lost nothing gained!

Rob
Sydney, Australia
www.carnellcues.com.au

There have been a lot of what we call Airline Cues made in three pieces by various cuemakers. The first I know of to do it for that purpose was Cal Hedden over 20 years ago.