Weight Bolt Q - Socket Cap/Allen

[Cornerman]

Is there any disadvantage to using a socket cap screw for a weight bolt? I took a weight bolt out of one of my cues. I don't know what kind of bolt it's called, but I guess it close to a slotted flat-head, but not really since the head is smaller than a standard flat-head, and it has a shelf. Anyway, it's probably the standard weight bolt from Atlas.

I was surprised that the counter drilled hole is a counter-bore and not a counter-sink. Is that the common method (to use a counter bore in the wood and use a flat head screw). Is there some taper lock advantage or something?

Anyway, I wanted to change weights, and since it's a common thread, and it's counter-bored, I'm putting in a standard socket cap screw (Allen head screw). Any downside?

Fred

 

[cuetique]

Usually a countsink headed screw is put in to preserve the 60-degree turning center of the cue. I've seen a few that had the 60-degree angle counterbored out cylindrical, but I have a hard time understanding why.

Standard Allen set screws in various sizes are all we use for weight bolts. We wax the internal threads and the screw itself to keep it from binding.

 

[Cornerman]

Usually a countsink headed screw is put in to preserve the 60-degree turning center of the cue. I've seen a few that had the 60-degree angle counterbored out cylindrical, but I have a hard time understanding why.

Standard Allen set screws in various sizes are all we use for weight bolts. We wax the internal threads and the screw itself to keep it from binding.

Thanks. Set screws would have been my other question.