removing joint help

[stejohn]

My Nephew has a cheapo bce cue and the joint has come loose. Loose in the fact it twists a mm or 2 but wont actually come out. Its making a funny noise every time cueball has hit as obviously the joint is loose. He has asked me to have a look for him as its not worth anything gonna have a go myself.

Now i'm thinking the obvious solution is to heat the pin on the joint to break the gule then hopefully it will twist/pull out, so i can reglue it. Bit like the ferrule but i guess will be much harder as the pin inside will go quite deep. Obviously the problem is heating the wood up too much but i havent got much to loose, just wondered if there was a more obvious or easier solution before i get the iron out lol.

[jim evans]

just get a small blow lamp on low heat the very end of joint, heat will travel down joint and unscrew dont let the brass turn colour ie blue,a little bit at a time and put a bit of fine emery on joint when unscrewing

[stejohn]

thanks for your advice Jim, some fine emery on the joint whilst unscrewing, is that to protect or grip the joint Jim?

Cheers,
Steve

[jim evans]

both..................

[stejohn]

ok good stuff, thanks