3 points

What woods were you wanting? What color of veneers? What will the butt sleeve be like? I am actually thinking your three point idea would look better than four as far as the butterflies in between the v-points go.

That's a sharp looking Lomax. Steve does great work.

beneath_the_sur said:

I got the idea for the wrap from lomax
Incidentally, he put that wrap on a 3 point 3 butterfly cue he made

But he's way out of my price range

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PM my what you are hooping to spend. I never knew Steve to be expensive on his cues. I have always thought he sold for pretty reasonable prices. If I am not wiling to build it for your price I might can send you to someone else.

I have done several 3 pointed cues with 3 butterflies in between.. shoot me an email and I will send you some pictures. A little bit time consuming but can be done no problem.

Thank you
Doug Patrick
Patrickcustomcues@yahoo.com

beneath_the_sur said:

Who would make a 3 point cue or blank, I've been turned down by a few I've asked

Perfer blank

Is it that much more of a pain in the ass than 4 points?

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Hi,

I built two 3 point half splice cues and because the wall thickness between the points at the bottom were so thin it was very difficult. The v grooves were past the center core of the cue at the bottom.

The 3 wide point geometry has a very striking look!

Rick

And they came out great Rick:smile:.

Call you soon for our next adventure :wink:

Take care

Christian

Chrippa said:

And they came out great Rick:smile:.

Call you soon for our next adventure :wink:

Take care

Christian

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Hey Chris,

Forgot to mention you were the inspiration for the idea and request for walking on the wild side with the 3 point wide geometry on these cues. I love the look. Not something you see.

After failing on the first attempt it lead to starting with a 13" forearm and cutting a 1" x .800 tenon with a 2" epoxied sleeve at the bottom of the points followed by a 11" handle piece creating the needed mechanical integretity for the joinery and a standard 12" wrap and forearm.

Thanks for pushing the envelope on this one. It was a lot of fun.

Happy Easter buddy,

Rick

PS:

I am shutting down my shop in Palatine this week as I am getting ready to move to Henderson Nevada.

After living in Illinois for 62 years it has become apparent that the corrupt politicians here think they can keep stealing all they can off the backs of us tax payers so I am voting with my feet.

Still got your museum grade exotic burl pieces and I will be up and running again by August, hopefully.

MVPCues said:

If you ask for a 3 pointed cue and you want the point bases to be close to each other, with conventional 90 degree cutters and square points, the grooves would have to be cut well past the center of the forearm. That would require some recutting and a little larger cutter than some might typically use.
If you don't mind the gap between the base of the 3 points to be wide, then it is straight forward and less work.

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Sometimes, the extra width can be put to good use. This 20 second video shows a 3 pointer whose gap is filled with butterflied veneers.

dzcues said:

Sometimes, the extra width can be put to good use. This 20 second video shows a 3 pointer whose gap is filled with butterflied veneers.

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That looks sweet!