Wtf !!!!!

cuejo said:
Just cut a section off an old house cue and put a Ferrulle end "a joint" in.
Maintain standard length anyway
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This sounds so cave man but works so well! WAY better than making it into an ultra-high deflection shaft by putting the weight of a screw way out in front...bad plan.
A new shaft is the best thing, but Cuejo's repair works better than some would imagine. I have one out there I repaired like that years ago...it keeps running out!
OK, maybe the player has something to do with it, but the repair works.

Robin Snyder
 
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Lee
I am willing to bet that shaft had a power piston ferrule on it when it was new.
Customer dropped off a black dot 2 weeks ago to have a ferrule replaced.
I didn't photograph the tenon but It was tapered ?


The shaft was delaminating anyway and the butt was falling apart too.
Note the shaft is not flush with the joint .





Anymore I don't like taking these cues in.
It seems that I have to explain to the customer what's wrong, and I never figured out a polite way to say its a POS.
These cues may hold up in other parts of the world, but northern Nevada destroys ever single one of the black dot Meucci cues.

I have never seen one hold up......................................................
I have picture after picture of these cues falling apart.............................................

MMike
 
I've come across 3 or 4 of those steel ferrules on old Vikings but never on a Meucci. The last one I just left alone and replaced the ferrule only. I think this was a common production ferrule for a while for Viking.
 
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Is the shaft solid below the gap/break? I hate to make someones shaft shorter, so I've fixed a couple of shafts like this without losing the stock length. It will leave a seam, but they played fine. Both shafts had one foot in the fireplace so it was a no pressure experiment. Let me know if you would like an alternative. Also, about your first pic with the stud as the tenon. I don't know who started that, but it must have been fairly common at one time cause I've run into about 7 or 8 of those over the years. Seems like all of them were Meucci's for some reason.
 
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Any time I have to replace the tenon, I make sure it goes into the shaft at least 1 1/2 times the length of the the ferrule tenon. So, a one inch ferrule would have an inch and a half piece into the shaft. This would have prevented the blow out.

I also like to make the diameter the goes into the shaft a larger diameter than the ferrule tenon. I use 3/8" for a 5/16" tenon.
 
Finally finished with the Meucci shaft(s). I took Darcy's, Robin's, and Palmetto Cue's advice and went ahead and spliced an "a-joint" section into the old existing shaft. I honestly have to thank you guys for the idea and also the reassurance, it came out 100times better than I ever expected it to. You can SEE a seam where it joins but you damn sure can't feel it. I'm very happy with the outcome of that repair. I also went and got a bar cue from her and cut it In half, replicated the collar, and made a shaft from scratch from an old bar cue. Also...... pretty impressed with the outcome of that too. Especially the replication of the collar. It ain't an EXACT match but considering it is my first collar building and matching up (with the exception of a few plain black phenolic collars) I am quite happy with it.

Here is a pic of the two shafts (original one and new one) next to each other........


Here is my replication of the shaft collar I made sitting next to the old one for comparison. All I had to use was some black and white juma and the green rings are the plastic ones from Atlas, not paper veneer. It was ALL I had to use and also my first one, so go easy on me,lol.


Here is the new shaft I made on top compared to the old shaft I repaired on the bottom. Notice the seam line where the a-joint section is spliced in. Also notice I goofed and made the ferrule a tad too short....... oh well,lol. :o


And here is a close up of the a-joint section sliced in. Still a noticeable seam but you can't even feel it with a fingernail.
 
The matching collar is pretty damn good! Granted, if you had the exact matching materials it would be even nicer, but you did a spot on job with those!
 
She said it feels the same to her. She only paid $20 bucks for it and all she wants to do is flip it.

Lee Casto
 
Good work Lee!! Where there is a will there is a way!! That joint ring looks really nice.
 
tsp&b said:
Good work Lee!! Where there is a will there is a way!! That joint ring looks really nice.
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Thanks Todd.

I "feel" like I made significant progress on the power feed the other day. Went to go use my welder to make a different support bracket and found I had sat my deep freezer on my mig gun crushing the inner sleeve so that put a halt to my progress right there. Plus I had to go get kid from daycare. Will jump back on it tomorrow when the kido gets back in daycare.

Lee Casto
 
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