How to straighten a bent pool cue (tune concentricity by manually facing the joint)

Most of the time when a pool cue is “crooked”, it’s not because the shaft or the butt are bent, but because the mating surfaces on the butt and the shaft are not perpendicular to the parallel axis of the cue. By facing the surface on the shaft at certain locations we can straighten out a crooked cue, with the shaft/butt already straight.
Reminder: this only works if your butt piece and shaft are straight to begin with. We are addressing a concentricity issue only at their mating surface. Bent shaft is easy to fix just by looking and bending in the opposite direction of the bend. Once you have two straight parts, then do this.

[@mansoorahmed3634]

You are absolutely right. I just bought 2nd hand shaft and it's bent, I straight the shaft and still have some curve in my cue. I thought that my butt have some problem then I I put it in other butt it was worst. Then I saw the gap between the shaft and butt, Now I am trying your method hope it fix the problem and see how. ( the ring where the joint is have some deep marks that's mean he lock very strong)

[@ke3552]

Check the face of your tip after you finish with the joint face(s).
Nice work, thanks. Subbed.

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

Thanks! So do you mean looking at the ring on the tip to see if they jitter? I didn’t think of that, very smart

[@ke3552]

It's hard to tell if the face of the tip it dented a bit or if it's discolored from dressing up the side of the tip.

[@bstanga]

great video, do you have a link to the rollers?

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

Thanks. I think they are just called billiards cue rollers, you can find them on Amazon

[@coreydavidson24]

What is you use a soft rubber seal between

[@Mikhail__]

Thanx!

[@zanethind]

You'd think the extra super thick coating the shafts come with would protect it from warping. Jeez! 😬

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

The shaft didn’t warp at all in this example.

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

But yea they do warp😂

[@levigarrett5614]

I need this done. I have a cue with 2 shafts. The man who made it im pretty sure is dead. I also have a cheap mass produced cue that i believe has potential. It needs a tip and the shaft turned down a little i find it too fat. Talk at me about how much this would cost if i mailed you the cues

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

@@levigarrett5614 first thing you want to check is if the shafts and butts are straight by themselves like I did in the beginning of the video. If they are not, this technique doesn’t apply. Check that first, you can find me on Facebook “goldenbreakbilliards” and we can chat more there. Thanks!

[@doom9863]

You my friend have earned your self loyal sun🤌🏽

[@tyarnold4088]

It would be easier to face off using a lathe.

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

That’s what I meant in the end when I said “the faces are relative.” They are CNCed out of factory yet this happens. The face on the butt is not perfect. The pin is also not striaght. What we are doing here is crooking the shaft surface in the right direction at the right amount, to offset the crookedness in the butt. Facing it square would be not different than factory setting.

[@rouncevilleandy]

You are definitely using the term concentricity incorrectly, the issue at hand is facing not concentricity

[@GoldenBreakBilliards]

Thank you for your comment! I’m not a trained machinist so I apologize if I’m using the term too loosely here. It’s definitely an issue with facing and perhaps run out on the join pin and holes, but the end result is that the all circular cross sections on the cue don’t have their centers on a straight line. Isn’t that what concentricity means?