What is the best way to thicken a shaft?

Bob Callahan

Bob Callahan

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I have a friend whose 11.6mm shaft is a bit too small for him these days. What's the best way to get it to 12mm? Of course, it would probably be better for him to just get a new shaft, but this one has sentimental value. What do you feel would be a reasonable maximum increase? Could the shaft still have the same feel texture-wise? Thanks.
 
Bob Callahan said:
I have a friend whose 11.6mm shaft is a bit too small for him these days. What's the best way to get it to 12mm? Of course, it would probably be better for him to just get a new shaft, but this one has sentimental value. What do you feel would be a reasonable maximum increase? Could the shaft still have the same feel texture-wise? Thanks.
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make/get another shaft
you can take wood off,
but you sure cant put it back on
 
You can take it off but you can't put it back on.

I was going to be slick and say Viagra but that would be too easy.
 
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What about thin layers of CA, clear coat, or poly?
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possible i suppose
but most people dont want any finish on the business end of a shaft
it's not slick enough

added: and then youre going to have to deal the chipped finish constantly
 
Submerge it on water so it expands.
BHQ taught me that trick.
Keep it as a secret please.:grin:
 
sorry I gotta ask... Whats sentimental about that shaft? There's gotta be a great story behind that one.
 
My wife wants to know the answer to this as well. She tried soaking mine in the creek only to find out it had the opposite effect!
 
ok, bob is gonna get upset with us if we keep goofing off

sorry bob
 
If you want to increase the diameter to make it more playable, just buy a new shaft. To go up in size by 0.4 mm would be about 0.016 inch. That is a rather healthy amount of finish, especially cyno which goes on thin. And as mentioned earlier by another respondent, it will not slide easily through your fingers while playing. If you do want a new shaft, make it closer to 12.7 or 13 mm. Then you can pay to have it gently made smaller until you find the perfect diameter. Like the man said: you can take it off but not add more wood on.
 
Send it to Baby's Pro Shop and tell Mike that you want a triple coating of his shaft freeze, I have felt a few of these shafts at the Smokey Mountain shootout and they feel pretty good. But just cause it feels thick don't mean it's so.--Leonard
 
Thanks for the help, guys.

I was going to post, "I tried the 'water technique', and now what do I do about the warping?", but that was too cruel.

Unfortunately, there's no great story about the shaft--it's just the one he won his first tournament with (heck, not even a big tournament), but he treasures it.
 
your doing it all wrong....water don't work you got to PUMP IT UP SON!!!

i can't believe you fell for the old "put it in the creek" trick lol

heres what you really need to do the job of adding that much size to that small of a shaft.

I believe this one is made for a shorty shaft.....you can custom order a longer one for whatever size ya need......

believe it or not it actually expands the wood......stretching the inner cell walls of even the hardest of exotic hardwoods.

PROPER PPE IS IMPERATIVE.....SO KEEP THOSE SAFETY GLASSES ON!


HEE HAWWW,:D :thumbup:
-Grey Ghost-
 

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Couple thoughts that werent mentioned.

I REALLY REALLY like when having a new shaft made to use the OLD ringwork. These cuemakers mentioned new shaft but the key IMO is to use the old ringwork on the new shaft.

So for sentimental reasons, you would still have the orignial rings.

My second idea, is depending on shaft taper could one shorten the shaft slightly to get to a thicker point. Similar to replacing a ferrelle. Just a thought.

Ken
 
Tell him replacing the front wood part of the shaft is the only good option. This option saves his joint and rings. If he does not like that idea tell him to get a second shaft and keep the treasured shaft for playing snooker.
 
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