That reminds me of when I worked for a guy who had a small retail shop selling dart and pool supplies. He said " Joe, I need a couple of short cues made up for table sales." I told him I would take some bar cues out to the shop and make them about fifty inches long, he goes watch this, grabs a...
One of my best friends who is 3 time VNEA and BCA international champion says you are the man to talk to about shafts, hands down. He told me of this cement test you do, nice...
Dale, you busted me on this one. Mr. Chilton is the one who did the inlays on this cue with his pantograph and also taught me how to build cues. But I did sand and glue in some of the inlays myself plus build the rest of it. Why are you selling the pantograph? Check out Dale's website and...
He has to be right up there, it doesn't look like the pressure bothers him either, alot of come from behind and hill-hill stuff. I know a few good players who used to play a lot of 14-1 in the 80's to improve their 9 ball. Maybe there was something to it!!
Joe T
By the way, I enjoy reading your posts on here and you have good input. I think you will be one hell of a cue builder and repairman. Hang in there, get all the info you can, and go to it, it truly is a blast to get good at.
Joe T
If you are still planning on doing the elkhorn and antler stuff you might consider a few things while working on bone materials. When I work on ivory I found out the hard way if you get it hot while drilling and you get even a tiny crack it will crack all the way at some time. It basically is...
Pool in general is really struggling right now but they are not the only ones. Professional golf and even the NFL are having attendance issues. Golf is losing tournament sponserships that have been in place for decades. Unfortunately people can't spend thousands of dollars going to pool...