SpiderMan
06-21-2004, 11:27 AM
If you use a Longoni hard case, here is a situation which, though perhaps unlikely, can cause great damage to your cues. I found out the hard way, with my new case which I received in 'Vegas last month.
The Longoni cases resemble a hinged clamshell case of the type used for takedown shotguns. Molded interior liners are fitted inside the top and bottom halves of the clamshell case. Butts and shafts are held in place by slotted foam blocks, similar to the method used to retain arrows in archery cases.
Also molded into the lower liner of the case are two accessory compartments. When the case is closed, a flat portion of the upper liner covers the compartments to keep your trinkets from spilling out into the case interior.
The closure fits well enough that large stuff like chalk cubes will remain trapped, but such is not the case for thinner items.
I had placed a half-roll of quarters in one accessory compartment, with the paper twisted on the end. It spent the weekend being moved from one vehicle to another, maybe with some bouncing around behind the seat of my pickup truck, but it wasn't opened again until Sunday night. When I opened the case I found that the quarters had spilled in the accessory compartment (not a big problem) AND about half of them had found their way into the main compartment (very big problem).
With enough random bouncing and movement, it appears that several of them must have gotten wedged edgewise between shafts and compartment walls. A couple of pristine shafts now have enough "quarter dents" to keep me busy for several evenings of repair work.
Careful inspection by closing the case on different objects seems to suggest that the "cover" to these accesory compartments only closes to within about 1/8". Coins, keys, and other thin objects CAN spill out into your case and MAY damage your cues.
It would have been very easy to design a corresponding plateau on the molded upper liner, which would slightly enter and effectively seal this opening, but such is not the "case".
SpiderMan
The Longoni cases resemble a hinged clamshell case of the type used for takedown shotguns. Molded interior liners are fitted inside the top and bottom halves of the clamshell case. Butts and shafts are held in place by slotted foam blocks, similar to the method used to retain arrows in archery cases.
Also molded into the lower liner of the case are two accessory compartments. When the case is closed, a flat portion of the upper liner covers the compartments to keep your trinkets from spilling out into the case interior.
The closure fits well enough that large stuff like chalk cubes will remain trapped, but such is not the case for thinner items.
I had placed a half-roll of quarters in one accessory compartment, with the paper twisted on the end. It spent the weekend being moved from one vehicle to another, maybe with some bouncing around behind the seat of my pickup truck, but it wasn't opened again until Sunday night. When I opened the case I found that the quarters had spilled in the accessory compartment (not a big problem) AND about half of them had found their way into the main compartment (very big problem).
With enough random bouncing and movement, it appears that several of them must have gotten wedged edgewise between shafts and compartment walls. A couple of pristine shafts now have enough "quarter dents" to keep me busy for several evenings of repair work.
Careful inspection by closing the case on different objects seems to suggest that the "cover" to these accesory compartments only closes to within about 1/8". Coins, keys, and other thin objects CAN spill out into your case and MAY damage your cues.
It would have been very easy to design a corresponding plateau on the molded upper liner, which would slightly enter and effectively seal this opening, but such is not the "case".
SpiderMan