Why aren't we using quick-release joints like these in pool cues?
- Thread starter MeeLosh
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Lucasi has Unilock u in t is similar. Problem is dirt, dust, and moisture is not fun.
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
Shouldn't be a problem. Look at where he is using it. It's dirty, dusty, and doesn't look like a controlled climate. Way worse conditions than my cue will ever see.
The joint in the video looks a bit bulky. The flanges need to be milled to be invisible.
What’s so hard about screwing a cue together?
Takes me 0.5 seconds to hit the cue ball. If quick release saves me 0.5 seconds per cue, that's like 4 extra balls I could be hitting a session instead of twisting my stick repeatedly like some goober. Over a year that's like 1460 extra balls hit, minimum!
If you're not using QR it means you're bad.
I own a late 90s Dale Perry cue with a similar unblock joint- works great! On of the best hitting cues I ever owned.You push the cue shaft over the steel rod on the butt and then screw it down about 3 full turns - very tight and secure. To release, you make three turns in reverse and just pull off the shaft.
why arent we playing on multispliced pool tables either?
xX-Wizard-Xx
Well-known member
what? lmao
this guy must be a robot .... no mistakes ... no time to screw a cue together ... awfully goofy lmao
I have a snooker cue with this type of joint and there is no problem at all with the fit or anything else. I've not had any major trouble with my uni-lock pool cues either. Dirt and moisture do not factor in. I've had it for years and years. If there is a problem it's that it's brass. Brass is somewhat heavy, so that has to be calculated into the balance and weight equation. For a snooker cue, there is little problem with this, as most snooker cues are too light to begin with and need to be weighted. That is for the most part true of pool cues as well, unless they'have a sh.. ton of ebony or similar. Traditionally pool cue makers have been much more "free" to choose materials for their joints and using the joint screw to tweak the balance. In a snooker cue, the joint is traditionally placed closer to the balance point (3/4 joint), so the weight of the joint system is less critical.
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dirtvictim
Ignore the entitled they haven't earned respect
I'll stick with my radial g10 pin wood to wood or a SW joint
I believe this thread may have taken a wrong turn.
The point is not whether or not we need to use quick-release joints or not. Those are here to stay, some will like them, some won't.
The thread is about qr joints that have the characteristics similar to the one in the original post, where there is even some vacuum with the tolerances being so tight and everything seems to go so smooth and the connection seems to be nice and tight.
The point is not whether or not we need to use quick-release joints or not. Those are here to stay, some will like them, some won't.
The thread is about qr joints that have the characteristics similar to the one in the original post, where there is even some vacuum with the tolerances being so tight and everything seems to go so smooth and the connection seems to be nice and tight.
That compressed air pocket is definitely going to change the feel of the hit.