Wity's Trevor White Rattle.

[Wity]

Though you'd all like to see this one...

Copied from ME + ADR messenger conversation 5 mins ago...

Wity says: HELP!

Andrew says:
?

Wity says:
can the brass thread in a butt be easily removed?

Andrew says:
yes

Wity says:
how?

Andrew says:
why?

Wity says:
i've buggered up mine remember how i 've shaped a cok for a bung?

Andrew says:
?

Wity says:
cork * (letter r on my keyboard is playing up)

Andrew says:
still don't understand

Wity says:
ang on

Wity says:
these things: http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...highlight=cork

Andrew says:
and the problem is?

Wity says:
well the one i made fo the trevor white cue i bought sorta broke off and a bit was left inside. I've poked around with a needle and then with a screw and as the brass is end less then a biro insert then a screw in the end of the biro insert until now and they are all stuck up the butt.

Wity says:
plonker eh?

(LONG PAUSE)

Wity says:
have you stopped laughing yet?

(Duing the pause I opened the window and heard him laughing all the way up there in Scotland )

Wity says:
c'mon calm down it aint that funny.

Wity says:
MOM ! this mans laughing at me make him stop please.

Andrew says:
hehe

Wity says:
i dont like this rattle mommy i want a new one

Andrew says:
you have a cork screw?

Wity says:
no good

Wity says:
look up the butt now and you see the screw head

Andrew says:
what is stopping you pulling it out?

Wity says:
which i can reach with my screwdiver but the screw is scewed into the end of the bio insert

Andrew says:
maybe that is a good thing?

Andrew says:
can you get it with pliers?

Wity says:
no room even fo tweezes

Andrew says:
wire loop then

Andrew says:
fishing line

Andrew says:
strong stuff

Wity says:
cool

Andrew says:
with a slip knot

Andrew says:
loop over pull out

Wity says:
yeah that might do the trick only all me fishing gear i keep at me dads

Andrew says:
lol

Wity says:
bloody stupid eh

Andrew says:
not really - you could try being a bit more agrexssive with the screw driver

Wity says:
thought of that but i imagine the plastic of the biro insert would bend inside the butt

Andrew says:
i would have a coat hanger and give it a go

Andrew says:
unlikely to damage the cue butt thread

Wity says:
no room their is perhaps 1/2 a mm either side of the screw head

Andrew says:
i see

Wity says:
the fishing line might do it

Andrew says:
the word muppet springs to mind

Wity says:
only one ? I'm calling myself everything here

Andrew says:
hehehe

Wity says:
if the worst comes to the worst how do i remove the brass insert?

Andrew says:
you will not need to do that

Wity says:
i hope not

Andrew says:
worst case the screw will shatter the biro and it will fall out

Andrew says:
brass stronger than plasic

Andrew says:
its a one piece eh?

Andrew says:
tap it gently on the floor and see what happens?

Wity says:
hmmm i think if i were to be heavier handed with the scredriver the plastic would bend not split. I've got a soe hand fom thumping the trevo white attler lol

Wity says:
sore*

Andrew says:
i would be able to drill through the screw etc!!!

Andrew says:
just drill the whole lot out

Wity says:
bloody hell.

Wity says:
i'll try the fishing line idea first, then a bit more agrresive with the screwdriver i think

Andrew says:
fishing line should work

Andrew says:
if not a very good metal screw bit would do it no problem.

Andrew says:
or superglue on the end of a pen - stick it to the screw head and remove?
Wity says:

AH THATS A GOOD UN

Andrew says:
need to get it right though

Andrew says:
i would glue the end of the screw driver to be sure

Wity says:
would be easier than trying to loop the head

Andrew says:
loctite the end of the screw driver!

Wity says:
yep

Andrew says:
then one way or another its coming out!

Wity says:
its coming out by hook or by crook i gaurentee it.

.................................................



Now where that bloody supeglue got to.

[poolqjunkie]

So, did it come out?

[Wity]

Nope. Been trying for an hour or so now and I'm giving up for the night. See what the morning brings when I get the Black and Decker out

[trevs1]

Send it back Wity, I'll remove the joint and re-fit another. No charge as long as you cover the carriage cost.

There's a lesson here somewhere I think.

[ADR147]

trevor it can't possibly be a difficult fix - let him work it out!!!

[ADR147]

Send it back Wity,

There's a lesson here somewhere I think.

If your IQ is smaller than your waistline do not attempt to modify your own cue?

[checkSide]

This one's a fooking classic.

I'd pour a few drops of petrol into the butt, give in a minute to soak in, then spark it up!

Bound to work.

[poolqjunkie]

Use a drill, turn it in the counter direction, the insert will come out. Then put in a new one.
Actually, you should just send it back.

[SideShowKeith]

Why have you stopped shoving things in the butt? Surely there must be room for a bit of custard!

[Wity]

Well I tried the fishing line idea but the screwhead is virtually the same size as the inner hole of the brass thead and no way was there enugh room to cast a loop over it, a needle hardly went past it.
Superglue went well, I managed to fix the screwdriver head in the slot but it wasnt quite enogh and pulled apart. Further attempts were useless as is often the case with superglue on superglue and a drill is pointless as any force just bends the biro insert. So I'm left now with this:



The screwhead I can get aligned staight using watchmakers screwdrivers but the kink is acting as a spring and it just bounces back to the position shown. The rattling is coming from the nib not the screw, shake it and the screw hardly moves.

Looks like I'll be posting it to you Trevor if I cant suss it, Thanks for offering to sort it fo free but no way is it your faullt I'll pay you for it.

"Fooking classic !"

Too bloody right it is

[LWB]

Ok so I thought 'hmm this is a tough one, who could possible help with this dilema!'

So I went to the master himself, nope it wasn't Trevor, or Mike, or Keith.

Stephen Hawking got back to me this morning, he suggests trying to create a black hole next to the butt of the cue. Because the mass of the objects stuck inside the cue are less than the mass of the cue itself, they should be pulled in first. To avoid everything else being sucked in too, like our galaxy, the black hole should only exist for about 0.00078 seconds. It will also need to be very small so about 0.0001 mm should be enough.

If all life ends I'll know you failed and text Stephen to let him know, otherwise my friend, goodluck and god speed.

[ADR147]

lol - a practical and workable answer!

[LWB]

Yes maybe I made it sound over complicated Andrew, it sounded easy when Stephen said it! You gott laugh eh, now that higgins is out if I don't laugh I'll cry .

[ADR147]

i bet on ryan winning - that way i can't lose!

[SideShowKeith]

Pour some water into the butt joint. Then insert something akin to a lolly stick and freeze the butt. Then it's simply a case of unscrewing the popsicle once the ice has frozen, taking your biro insert with it.

Failing that, have you tried fire?

HTH

I'll PM you my address for the reward