Any snooker/pool fans around?

[JoeJoe]

Looking for a rest for the above - cross and spider - nothing fancy.

Plenty to choose from, e.g.

but I cannot find a "stick" to go with them.

Am I missing a trick? I have a couple of cues that I don't need. Can I use them for the job? How would they attach to each other?

Sorry if answer is obvious - I am happy to admit total ignorance.

[JoeJoe]

I am happy to sacrifice one the the spare cues - length should be fine.

Problem I have is that it looks as if the spider/cross need to be screwed to the stick (see photos above), and I don't thing a plain cue, even without a tip will allow that.

[tabbypurr]

So you'll either cut the cue tight & screw it in, glue it in or measure the thread and find out how to cut a matching thread. What exactly is the problem?

NT

[Clive Arthur]

Do your spare cues have screw-on brass ends? I'm guessing the rests would have the same thread.

Cheers

[JoeJoe]

I have no idea - sorry, I am a total ignorant when it comes to these things...

This is what the tip of the cue looks like:

I was expecting to be able to find sticks/shafts with a thread at the top quite easily, but couldn't find any, hence the original question.

I suppose I can always carefully work the top of the cue with a rasp to slightly larger than the size required and force it to screw into the rest/bridge.

[Clive Arthur]

The brass ferrule will probably unscrew from the cue, it'll be very tight. It might just be forced on.

Cheers

[tabbypurr]

from the few I've seen disassembled, brass tips screw on. Plastic ones OTOH push on.

NT

[Terry Casey]

Why don't you ask somebody who might know, such as a Sports supplier - Billiard, snooker and pool players still need to buy chalk, replacement tips and cues and they have to get them from somewhere!

Or try a web search. Here's the first one I found:

or:

[JoeJoe]

Thanks, I saw these - this is the only hit I got when I searched. Reason I didn't proceed with them was because they didn't have a thread, whilst the rest does, so I thought that they were incompatible.

[JoeJoe]

Thanks a lot - I'll give it a try.

[Jim K]

No sticks on eBay due to impossible postage?

Epoxy casting onto end of WHY? Minor whittling possibly required...

[Jim K]

Dead link.?