what cue makers dont use weights for balance
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Your Scruggs, Varney and Meucci most likely have weight added .
Unless they use G-10 or wood threads in the A-joint .
Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Meucci used metal bolts at the -A- joint.
Did Mr. Varney make other cues besides sneaky Pete's?
As far as not using a weight bolt??
What is good for one cue owner or at least what he thinks is good, is not for everyone.
No secret how far opinions go.
As an amateur, i don't make enough cues to be a datapoint.
Also don't make them yet for people i don't know.
However, if the maker has complete control over wood used, balance point, and dimensions, it's not hard (actually, easy) to hit a weight within a certain overall dimensions.
If you are using wood for visual design (rather than weight and other properties) and subject to a customer's specs for dimensions, wt, and balance point, it can take a little more thought and work but still do-able.
So far only had to add weight to one for a friend who wanted (he moved out of the country, this is from memory, so might be a little off) 63" long x 24 oz, 13mm tip, butt around 32mm . Design was up to me. I made a simple 4point fs sneaky. To add weight, had to use a longish steel 3/8"-10 joint pin instead of my normal G10 pin. Also did not drill the shaft as in most; though that is barely worth a few grams.
(Strange as that spec might seem, perhaps even more oddly was that women in the league were the ones who liked and shot better with it. All innuendo aside, probably because it moved like it was on rails, a person with a more hesitant stroke could find it stabilizing. )
smt
Also don't make them yet for people i don't know.
However, if the maker has complete control over wood used, balance point, and dimensions, it's not hard (actually, easy) to hit a weight within a certain overall dimensions.
If you are using wood for visual design (rather than weight and other properties) and subject to a customer's specs for dimensions, wt, and balance point, it can take a little more thought and work but still do-able.
So far only had to add weight to one for a friend who wanted (he moved out of the country, this is from memory, so might be a little off) 63" long x 24 oz, 13mm tip, butt around 32mm . Design was up to me. I made a simple 4point fs sneaky. To add weight, had to use a longish steel 3/8"-10 joint pin instead of my normal G10 pin. Also did not drill the shaft as in most; though that is barely worth a few grams.
(Strange as that spec might seem, perhaps even more oddly was that women in the league were the ones who liked and shot better with it. All innuendo aside, probably because it moved like it was on rails, a person with a more hesitant stroke could find it stabilizing. )
smt
Varney made sectional butts.
Made the mistake of making them with no tenon. Just flat face and bolt. Later corrected afaik.
yeah i got a varney still brand new and it not a sneaky . its zebrawood wrapless with birdeye maple before he died .i will have to take pics of it . i asked him not to sign it thou . so his name is not on it . im picky that way id rather not have name between tthe points. at the bottom or under the bumper im fine with . ive been member here since 2005 but since i dont remember my password , the admin said they could not help find my old account and nothing cam up . but i didnt have much on it so not to bad/
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