Who makes wood thread/wood Joints?

VietSoClassic

VietSoClassic

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Who makes the wooded thread to wooded inserts like the 3 cushion cues?

The process of it... do the cue maker use the existing part of the shaft to make the thread male joint or drill a hole and stick a dowel to make a stronger thread?

Reason why I'm asking is, I'm going to purchase a cue but there won't be a joint made on the butt and same for the partial shaft.

The shaft im going for is the OB Classic, I will be talking to Royce about it.
 
vietsoclassic said:
who makes the wooded thread to wooded inserts like the 3 cushion cues?

The process of it... Do the cue maker use the existing part of the shaft to make the thread male joint or drill a hole and stick a dowel to make a stronger thread?

Reason why i'm asking is, i'm going to purchase a cue but there won't be a joint made on the butt and same for the partial shaft.

The shaft im going for is the ob classic, i will be talking to royce about it.
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VietSoClassic said:
Who makes the wooded thread to wooded inserts like the 3 cushion cues?

The process of it... do the cue maker use the existing part of the shaft to make the thread male joint or drill a hole and stick a dowel to make a stronger thread?

Reason why I'm asking is, I'm going to purchase a cue but there won't be a joint made on the butt and same for the partial shaft.

The shaft im going for is the OB Classic, I will be talking to Royce about it.
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You usually have to have a shaft blank about 3" longer than the finished shaft length and cut the threads on that. I've done a few for Helmstetter 3C cues that way. I've never heard of anyone making a wood screw and inserting it and it wouldn't make a stronger thread unless the laminations caused a problem. The billiard cue shafts are generally shorter and stiffer than pool cue shafts so with them it's not a problem. Talk to Royce, he can probably do this if he wants to mess with it. It's pretty basic lathe work for a machinist or anyone who chases threads on a lathe. The harder part is doing the internal threads going into the butt, but that's not rocket science either. I'm not sure how this would work with an OB shaft beings as it's a complex laminated one, but I guess it would probably be OK. Maybe because of the lamination, it may be better to epoxy a solid maple tenon into the shaft to cut the threads on but Royce would probably be better suited to answer that. Good luck with your project.
 
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