Torture tests?

[JoeyInCali]

This mock-up has been in the trunk of my car since late October last year.
A-joint is wood threads ( no phenolic insert or internal rings ).
I wrote down the specs of the tenon/thread and epoxy on it.
I made 2 other mock-ups with different epoxies and those buzzed after a while.
So I band sawed them and examine the inside.
This was the winner. To this day, no buzzes.
I will see if it survives the summer. Eventually it has to buzz I think.
I'm kidding about the top secret , epoxy was West 206.

 

[FLYINGSNAIL]

West 206 superslow, slow , medium, or fast?:grin:

 

[desi2960]

for a real test drive over to lake havasu this summer.

i lived in that oven for 7-8 years, i was going back for vacation, and my buddies wanted me to bring some cues. as i was flying, i sent them usps priority mail. they had not arrived when i got there so we went to the post office annex, the box was in a locked up mail truck. i had sent 6 cues, 3 of the six were crooked after a day or so in the back of that truck.

 

[JoeyInCali]

i lived in that oven for 7-8 years, i was going back for vacation, and my buddies wanted me to bring some cues. as i was flying, i sent them usps priority mail. they had not arrived when i got there so we went to the post office annex, the box was in a locked up mail truck. i had sent 6 cues, 3 of the six were crooked after a day or so in the back of that truck.

I can understand why.
I have house cues inside the house that go bananas when the heat gets to 100 and less than 20% humidity. Then they go back to normal when the weather goes back to normal for a while.

West 206 superslow, slow , medium, or fast?

4-part mix, 2 part process and slow.:wink:

 

[macguy]

This mock-up has been in the trunk of my car since late October last year.
A-joint is wood threads ( no phenolic insert or internal rings ).
I wrote down the specs of the tenon/thread and epoxy on it.
I made 2 other mock-ups with different epoxies and those buzzed after a while.
So I band sawed them and examine the inside.
This was the winner. To this day, no buzzes.
I will see if it survives the summer. Eventually it has to buzz I think.
I'm kidding about the top secret , epoxy was West 206.

It is possible a cue can just be an anomaly. Here is a picture of a cue I made around 1990. I was just learning to splice points and it didn't really work out as you can see. The handle is purple heart and is one piece under the wrap. In other words there is no butt sleeve. It is joined with a 3/8 x 10 screw at the A joint with a phenolic sleeve. I played with the cue for a while and it was one of the best cues I ever played with, I even beat Ralf souquet in Germany playing with this cue and almost everybody else I played when I was over there around 92. Once I made a little fancier cue for myself it got put away and didn't think about it again.

Fast forward 19 years I pull down the cue from the rafters where it had been shoved while looking for something and think maybe I may make a break cue out of it. I take it in the in the house and roll it on the pool table, (just the butt) to my amazement it is almost perfect, at least as good as you would expect from any cue that is not brand new. I put a shaft on it and began hitting balls and wow, it played as good as I remembered and I have been playing with it since putting away my fancy inlayed cue for now. I didn't even do any refinishing on it I just left it like it is, sort of like some guitar players do with old instruments they like, the old cue has character. You can't really see it in the picture but the finish is all crazed. It originally sealed with west even under the wrap. That may account for it's seeming durability, I don't know.

Back to maybe my original point, some cues stay straight and solid and some don't. I should add, this cue even spent a day lying in my yards under water after a hurricane some years ago. Go Figure. I remember once having a one piece I carried in my truck to play in bars. It was stored in the truck all the time if I wasn't using it and it stayed straight for months till it got stolen. I could never figure that out. How did that cue stay straight. It was an old tru-balance I got from a pool room and was an old cue when I got it. Just a unique cue in that respect.

 

[GBCues]

MacGuy

I don't think it's an anomoly - your reference to old guitars and other instruments is right on point - we use many of the same tone woods that luthiers do and for good reason. They DO get better with age. (Luthiers and wood LOL )
When they start out right, they generally stay that way.
That's why we preach "do it right" to certain upstart Romanians and such!
Great job!
:thumbup:
Gary