JC
Coos Cues
I agreed this year to build a cue for a complete stranger for the first time. Every cue I had made up until this time in my learning curve has gone to someone I know.
I was getting very close to the timeline I represented that it would take me to complete it and found that my current finishing skills were not up to the task. I have been finishing with epoxy with good results but this cue was making me crazy. In essence my mouth wrote a check my ass couldn't cash.
So I finished this cue twice and both times it had some small unacceptable defects and I was very frustrated as making cues is a hobby to me and I'm also building a house this year and running my auto repair business plus my 6 year old baby girl need a lot from me.
So I decided to have another cue maker put the finish on for me. It came out really nice. The guy likes the cue and I told him I didn't put the finish on because for some reason it didn't sit right with me not to.
My question is does this make me a hack or unmanly or something? I sort of feel like a failure about this. Time was really my main concern as I don't want my cue building hobby to cause me stress. I know many cue makers start with other people's blanks. Is this the same or is it different? Should I have even told the guy I didn't put the finish on it? Thoughts?
Thanks,
JC
I was getting very close to the timeline I represented that it would take me to complete it and found that my current finishing skills were not up to the task. I have been finishing with epoxy with good results but this cue was making me crazy. In essence my mouth wrote a check my ass couldn't cash.
So I finished this cue twice and both times it had some small unacceptable defects and I was very frustrated as making cues is a hobby to me and I'm also building a house this year and running my auto repair business plus my 6 year old baby girl need a lot from me.
So I decided to have another cue maker put the finish on for me. It came out really nice. The guy likes the cue and I told him I didn't put the finish on because for some reason it didn't sit right with me not to.
My question is does this make me a hack or unmanly or something? I sort of feel like a failure about this. Time was really my main concern as I don't want my cue building hobby to cause me stress. I know many cue makers start with other people's blanks. Is this the same or is it different? Should I have even told the guy I didn't put the finish on it? Thoughts?
Thanks,
JC