Wood Shaft Pin - Graphite Shaft Adapter
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That's my vision but the wood pin is something like 1/2 - 10-1/2. Just slightly different than Longoni and all the other wood pins.
I'm kinda worried about weight increase... Maybe G10?
Anyone interested?
Might be a little tricky to create and adapter, but definitely doable. You'd just need a pin with 2 different male threads. Do you have the graphite (carbon fiber?) shaft already? What threads?
If you don't already have a shaft, one could be modified permanently to fit the Dieckman butt. A new phenolic insert with the proper male threads wouldn't add a lot of weight.
If you don't already have a shaft, one could be modified permanently to fit the Dieckman butt. A new phenolic insert with the proper male threads wouldn't add a lot of weight.
3C shafts are shorter for a reason. The shorter bridge length, punchy stroke and heavier balls works better with a shorter cue. I think that adding a mid extension is a bad idea. But, I'm not a fan of mid extensions for any reason. You would be a lot better off if you got a CF blank that matched your cue joint diameter, cut it down to carom length and fitted it with a wood pin. You could get someone to fabricate one for you or you could take your worst shaft, cut off 6 inches and taper it to fit into the CF blank.
The left pin was made and fitted into a torrefied maple carom shaft I made for the Longoni. It could just as easily been fitted into a CF blank.
The left pin was made and fitted into a torrefied maple carom shaft I made for the Longoni. It could just as easily been fitted into a CF blank.
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I'd put flats in the middle to use if it got a little stuck in either the butt or shaft ... nothing worse that a stuck stud !Dave <-- not a cue maker as must be obvious
Ok, So a couple years ago I looked into graphite and couldn't find Blanks that could be adapted to anything.
Just did a new search and found a few blanks. Of course nothing is exactly my joint diameter. Some are close.. but?
I'm not a cue builder. Only spent several days with Dennis and a few others and fairly familiar with most cutting tools. Never actually made any official cuts but, at one point in my life I used to recommend certain tool geometries to accomplish what a machine shop wanted to do.
Too long ago to argue anymore but still have the basic/general thinking.
I don't need a graphite shaft, but intrigued and have this problem with the wrong cue joint. If I really want to try this.
I do have other cues that would make this experiment easy, but they're in mothballs.
Lets say I had $400 to spend the Genie says I have to choose between a Cue Shaft or a Fishing Rod and Reel?
Just did a new search and found a few blanks. Of course nothing is exactly my joint diameter. Some are close.. but?
I'm not a cue builder. Only spent several days with Dennis and a few others and fairly familiar with most cutting tools. Never actually made any official cuts but, at one point in my life I used to recommend certain tool geometries to accomplish what a machine shop wanted to do.
Too long ago to argue anymore but still have the basic/general thinking.
I don't need a graphite shaft, but intrigued and have this problem with the wrong cue joint. If I really want to try this.
I do have other cues that would make this experiment easy, but they're in mothballs.
Lets say I had $400 to spend the Genie says I have to choose between a Cue Shaft or a Fishing Rod and Reel?
Get the rod and reel. You'll catch more fish.
Good point! You'd want something to grab onto for sure. At least an inch or so. Unless you wanted to just leave the thing in the shaft, you could glue it or put a little loctite on it.