Ferrule replacement

[Mellow Yellow]

As the title really, how? who by? and how much?

Mine is looking a little worse for wear now and isn't totally flat.

Is there a way of flatting it or is ot just a case of a replacement, if so where can i get this done and what sort of price will i be looking at?

Many thanks

[ADR147]

this is a difficult job to do without the right tools - best to take to your nearest cuemaker / cue doctor if possible it would be better to turn up and get it done because the job itself is not big but the postage costs if you need to send it would be high, where do you live and i will see who is nearest? best guess craftsman cues in kippax.

[Semih_Sayginer]

about £10, or just under is a good price for this job.

best spending the £10 to get the job done than to do it yourself (it is possible to do it yourself without a ferrule cutter, but isnt really advisable, especially on a "good" cue.

local cuemaker, or even private cue retailer, will do it or should know someone nearby who will

[Mellow Yellow]

Thanks, i'm in east yorkshire so anywhere around here would be great.

I had a feeling most where all down south.

£10.00 seems a really good price as well!

Does anyone know of someone local - also what is involved? will i lose some cue length?

[Semih_Sayginer]

Thanks, i'm in east yorkshire so anywhere around here would be great.

I had a feeling most where all down south.

£10.00 seems a really good price as well!

Does anyone know of someone local - also what is involved? will i lose some cue length?

£10 is a decent price, but not a total bargain....

ferrules are very cheap, and if using the correct tools its less than a half hour job, so i wouldnt pay much more.

you will lose approximately your tip, your current ferrule and about 2mm of wood, but then a new tip will be added to that new length

[ADR147]

hard to see better than craftsman cues without knowing where you are exactly - dave brown craftsman cues 51 high street kippax leeds ls257ah

[craigslater]

Yes they are excellent, for small problems such as ferrule work i use a stu green from greenbaize as he is close to where i live and i sometimes play pool at thornaby where his shop is.....nice bloke

[MrRottweiler]

The advice of using a pro to replace the ferrule is a sound one. I tried changing a ferrule once using pliers and I completely ruined the cue.

Of course I was very very drunk.

[craigslater]

Lol :d :d :d

[trevs1]

£10 is a decent price, but not a total bargain....

ferrules are very cheap, and if using the correct tools its less than a half hour job, so i wouldnt pay much more.

you will lose approximately your tip, your current ferrule and about 2mm of wood, but then a new tip will be added to that new length

There's not really any good reason to have to lose any more than about 2mm total of the length of the cue, so losing the length of the tip, ferrule and a few mil of timber is quite extravagant.

Normally, it's only a question of cutting a new seat for the ferrule to fit onto, then re-finishing the shaft top, though occasionally you might have to lose a little more. It is the case that many makers or cue specialists will lop off the top of the shaft in order to ensure they're able to use one of their own ferrules, which by the way, will have a standard bore size (hole through the middle). In many cases, the ferrule coming off the cue might have a smaller bore size, so the new ferrule might have too large a bore to fit to the exsisting wooden spiggot (or peg on the end of the shaft).
If this is the case, a ferrule can be made to fit that spiggot, so 'no length' would need to be lost.

It would be for this reason that the whole job could cost more than £10, which when you consider it, is not excessive for ensuring it's done properly first time, with no mistakes.

The charge for replacing a ferrule also has to take into account the fact that some of those jobs will be easy and some can be more tricky, as described above. So really, one price for this covers all, good or bad.

[Semih_Sayginer]

i know you dont have to lose the length of the ferrule + a mm or 2, but most places i, or others i know, have enquired about this, the standard is to do this, for the reasons you give above.

ive did it myself and lost less than 1/2 a mm