The mystery of froggy solved! He was owned by darth maul ;D

[RGCirencester]

Some of You round here might remember froggy and his mystery base joint that jrc first bought a while back. I Am The new proud owner of him and Low and behold, the man that owns nothing but airlock extensions has solved the mystery of froggy!

Apparently he was owned by darth maul. Though the darth maul configuration is a little unwieldy it does have the advantage of you being able to play on two tables at the same time.




Ok so apparently my butters cue has the same 3/4 joint on the shaft as froggys butt joint, but does anyone actually know what joint this is? At the minute I have a 48" tapered mini butt :P

Can't help thinking this is fate... The cracks even line up between the cues!

[culraven]

email the picture to blue moon leisure, they do every type of extension available and are very helpful.

[jrc750]

The force is strong with you young Jedi Rob
You could ask Butters ??

[jim evans]

I beleive. Its same thread as parris

[RGCirencester]

I beleive. Its same thread as parris

I did think it looked similar but I've never seen a jointed Paris in the flesh.

[Maverick54]

Its got the look of a centre joint thats had the head cut and shaped to make it fit into the butt. Obviously to heavy in its construction i.e. thickness of the joint which has meant quite a large hole has had to be drilled to get it to fit in. This appears to have been the reason it would have split the butt by the joint.
Just my thoughts for what they're worth.

[Terry Davidson]

On another subject, referring to the cracks in the cues. This type of crack is easily repairable by a non-expert using a type of glue which has the density of water and the characteristic of swelling the wood. It cures overnight and the excess can be taken off (carefully) with a craft knife and then just a little rub with fine steel wool. The excess can also be taken off with a wet cloth at the time of application.

I've just repaired my main playing cue using this stuff (it's called 'Hot Stuff' or else 'Chair Doctor' over here and available from Lee Valley Tools - I forget the generic name but I'm sure you have it in Britain). You apply it with a syringe that's supplied.

In my case that crack I had in the butt is now completely sealed (it was in the ebony) and actually now you need to know it's there in order to find it. On another string I'm looking to get some cracked cues if I can to work on and get some experience with but I can't offer this repair to anyone in Britain as the shipping would be a killer

Terry

[vmax4steve]

Its got the look of a centre joint thats had the head cut and shaped to make it fit into the butt. Obviously to heavy in its construction i.e. thickness of the joint which has meant quite a large hole has had to be drilled to get it to fit in. This appears to have been the reason it would have split the butt by the joint.
Just my thoughts for what they're worth.

I think you're correct there, looks like the ebony splices have been pushed apart by the drill bit. You need to clamp the butt end when drilling to prevent this as I found out to my cost on the two piece cue I'm attempting to make at the moment.
Still it's all experience and one learns from ones mistakes.

[bigandyg]

Just bought some to try Terry,normally I would use normal super glue and then quickly cover crack with ebony dust and push it in until set and then rub down.Would I still need the dust with your stuff.

[culraven]

On another subject, referring to the cracks in the cues. This type of crack is easily repairable by a non-expert using a type of glue which has the density of water and the characteristic of swelling the wood. It cures overnight and the excess can be taken off (carefully) with a craft knife and then just a little rub with fine steel wool. The excess can also be taken off with a wet cloth at the time of application.

I've just repaired my main playing cue using this stuff (it's called 'Hot Stuff' or else 'Chair Doctor' over here and available from Lee Valley Tools - I forget the generic name but I'm sure you have it in Britain). You apply it with a syringe that's supplied.

In my case that crack I had in the butt is now completely sealed (it was in the ebony) and actually now you need to know it's there in order to find it. On another string I'm looking to get some cracked cues if I can to work on and get some experience with but I can't offer this repair to anyone in Britain as the shipping would be a killer

Terry

Reading the bumf on this stuff, sounds like it would be good for fitting ferrules, or would it damage the cue?

[Terry Davidson]

biganyg:

This stuff has the consistency of water and it goes right down into the crack. It will swell the wood and shrink or even close the crack completely and it is perfectly clear when it sets so no need for ebony dust. PM me your email and I'll send a couple of pictures with the original crack in the ebony of my MW cue and the crack after I used the glue.

culraven:

Don't know about fitting ferrules since there would be no crack there for the wood to swell into. If I can get off my butt I have an English pool cue here which is worthless to me and maybe I'll try and fit a ferrule using this stuff, but don't wait for me as I'm still trying to use all my hours to practice for upcoming tournaments

Terry