Cue Companion

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croscoe

Retired
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Cue Companion (SOLD)

Cue Companion Lathe package 3

High power motor with reverse. foot control etc.
6 DVD's , Large chuck

This is only 3 months old. about $1800 new.

Shipped

Got hooked looking to pick up a build lathe...Wife is not impressed but DADDY is...
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sileighty_guru

sileighty_guru

5A Grade Wood Pecker
Silver Member
This may be my fault ;)

Good guy I will vouch for him! This thing has seen very little to no use...
 
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croscoe

Retired
Silver Member
Yep Aaron's fault. If he would only move closer so as to get a couple fixes ( cue drugs)
a week. But nooooooo ��

5 hrs round trip. Govmenters should make him move. It's just not right. ��
 
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KJ Cues

Pro Cue Builder & Repair
Silver Member
At this point in time, the best advise you'll likely get is to quit while you're almost back to zero.
That's not meant to be a 'funny'. You have about the same amount of knowledge as there is sawdust on that lathe.
Have you done a tip yet ? You're about to throw your family under the bus so you can impress someone.
I suspect it won't be your wife. Mean and raw, I know. How did you think the truth would come ?
Personally, I couldn't care less what you do with your money but your family and their stability might.
Granted, I have no diplomacy. That doesn't mean I'm wrong.
 
wreiman

wreiman

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Yeah, there's no going back ..... then you'll start looking at wood porn on eBay
 
WilleeCue

WilleeCue

The Barefoot Cuemaker
Silver Member
KJ Cues said:
At this point in time, the best advise you'll likely get is to quit while you're almost back to zero.
That's not meant to be a 'funny'. You have about the same amount of knowledge as there is sawdust on that lathe.
Have you done a tip yet ? You're about to throw your family under the bus so you can impress someone.
I suspect it won't be your wife. Mean and raw, I know. How did you think the truth would come ?
Personally, I couldn't care less what you do with your money but your family and their stability might.
Granted, I have no diplomacy. That doesn't mean I'm wrong.
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Got to agree here ... there is no money left for a cuemaker.
The lathe is just the down payment for all the other equipment you will need to buy.
If it isnt just a hobby for you better reconsider.

How do you plan to finish your cues?
A spray booth is just one of the other "things" you will need.

Think about this ... McDermott sells a STAR line of cues for $100.
Can you make and sell a maple shaft for under $100?
I realized imports were coming years ago and sold out all my entire shop.

The money is in repair work ... not cue making.
 
scdiveteam

scdiveteam

Rick Geschrey
Silver Member
WilleeCue said:
Got to agree here ... there is no money left for a cuemaker.
The lathe is just the down payment for all the other equipment you will need to buy.
If it isnt just a hobby for you better reconsider.

How do you plan to finish your cues?
A spray booth is just one of the other "things" you will need.

Think about this ... McDermott sells a STAR line of cues for $100.
Can you make and sell a maple shaft for under $100?
I realized imports were coming years ago and sold out all my entire shop.

The money is in repair work ... not cue making.
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Hi,

Willy speaks the truth.

I bought a Cue Companion 3 as my first lathe to do tips at my Billiards Cafe in 2002.

In the next ten years that lathe earned me over 15,000.00 per year or a total of over 150,000.00 in the ten years I was in business.

That lathe paid for everything I purchased to set up my cue shop with totally dedicated machines for all my operations not to mention some nice vacations, Then I sold it for a decent price.

For a small tipping lathe, you can't beat it. I also built my first cue on it, that's when I got the disease to build cues. 15 years later I sold my first cue selling for $10,000.00. Suffice it to say, I am glad I made my first capitol investment on a Cue Companion.

If you buy a lathe like this and are enterprising you can parlay it into a complete cue shop if you have talent, a burning desire and don't quit.

There are a few guys out there who make great money doing a rocking cue repair business. The only way for an individual to make good bucks building cues Is to attract customers who are 5% of 5% of the total market. Companies selling low price cues make money by selling cues by the thousands relying on economies of scale. If you are an individual and you build cheap cues, you will be known as that CM who builds cheap cues. You will be spinning you wheels and never recapture your capitol investment in equipment & materials and make a profit. A hobbiest CM and that's ok too. There is a lot of self satisfaction received excelling in a hobby.

That does not mean you can't build nice cues that play well either. If you learn how to make very fancy cues with great precision and design, you must be ready to cast off customers who don't want to pay you what you deserve for your time, effort and investment. You must be ready to tell people who wish to discount your prices this: "I am sorry but this cue is not the one for you".

Understanding a market is the most important thing. I am indebted to the guidance of one of the finest Cue Makers in the world for this advice. I took his advice and now I make a small amount of cues and way more money. I would have never figured it out on my own.

Just saying,

Rick
 
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croscoe

Retired
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Well in the BIG wait mode for Chris to ship a Deluxe.

Really just a hobby. Make a cue or 2 for me to try and then play with. Nothing
To fancy. Have done some tip and repair work with the Cue companion. Great for what it is and Jim was / is SUPER to work with. Chris well just different personalities.
Need something with a longer work area. As I plan on working different projects on the lathe also.
 
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