Why is the pin a part of the butt always?

[SeanC]

All the cues that I've seen out there, ranging from cheapest house cues to the Bushka's, from carom cues to pool cues, have the pin attached to the butt.

Is there a good reason for this type of construction? What would you expect be different if the pin was made a part of the shaft instead?

 

[01rkclassic]

Dufferen used to make the pin in the shaft,Layani also I think,may have been a few others but it is not very common.

 

[Paul Dayton]

All the cues that I've seen out there, ranging from cheapest house cues to the Bushka's, from carom cues to pool cues, have the pin attached to the butt.

Is there a good reason for this type of construction? What would you expect be different if the pin was made a part of the shaft instead?

The pin was always part of the shaft until sometime in the early 1900's. Turns out it works better.

 

[CuesRus1973]

If I'm not mistaken, they still do that with some snooker cues in Europe too.

 

[Canadian cue]

From a design point of veiw it makes more sense to put the pin in the shaft because it gives more wall thickness to the joint. From a manufacturing point of view it is cheaper to produce a cue with multiple shafts with the pin in butt. Snooker cues rarely have more than one shaft and alot of them are 3/4 shaft. That is a cue wich the shaft is 3/4 of the length of the entire cue. As well, tradition is what dictates the style. Poeple want to buy what they expect to see. When something is differant alot of people shy away. That is the way I see it.

 

[spktur]

Because that is where it belongs

 

[Junior1228]

http://www.pooldawg.com/product/elite-break-pool-cue-with-wood-joint-and-pin

Here is a break cue with a huge wood pin on the shaft. I tried one before and it breaks a ton too. I don't know why more don't use this type of set up.

 

[cueman]

Burton Spain is one of the best known cuemakers to keep putting the pin in the shafts. I think John Robinson also does. Both ways work fine. But the main reason I put it in the butt is back when I started in the 80s all the cheap imports had the pin in the shaft and I did not want my cues to be associated with them.

 

[Mcues]

Burton Spain is one of the best known cuemakers to keep putting the pin in the shafts. I think John Robinson also does. Both ways work fine. But the main reason I put it in the butt is back when I started in the 80s all the cheap imports had the pin in the shaft and I did not want my cues to be associated with them.

Chris,

That's an interesting reason that didn't occur to me but yes that was one of the ways to tell the cheap imports quickly.. I do it on Carom cues sometimes.

Mario

 

[jkmarshall_cues]

This old monster Brunswick 26 1/2 (predecessor to the Hoppe titlist) has a 3/8-9 brass pin in the shaft. Plays GREAT!!!


John

 

[KJ Cues]

That's a very interesting cue, lots of appointments.
3/8x9 is a first for me though.
Again, nice cue.
KJ

 

[midstroke]

http://www.pooldawg.com/product/elite-break-pool-cue-with-wood-joint-and-pin

Here is a break cue with a huge wood pin on the shaft. I tried one before and it breaks a ton too. I don't know why more don't use this type of set up.

My break cue has huge wood pin in the shaft. It breaks very very hard. I prefer it over a bk2.

 

[SeanC]

Thanks for all the replies so far!