HELLO EVERY ONE .MY INCOME DOES NOT COME FROM CUE MAKING AND NEVER HAS . I do what i do because i enjoy it i could stop today and never even feel the impact. my spelling sucks guys i write big long sentences without periods and i,am sorry if you don,t understand them sometimes . this thing with lee is between him and i. I have decided to let it go . the guy who stated this should have not been brought to the forum is correct but when i seen certain post that were made i was upset at what i have been told that did,nt match the post. Think if building cues are my commission from designing cue machines was my income i would not have voiced anything on the forums because i would have been afriad of losing my income i,am sure the machine will be put to the side and not pushed to be sold but i only have one regret and thats that the cue builders could miss a very good chance of having a machine that cuts striaghter shafts and butts and takes less room in the shop and gives them more free time to spend with there familys instead of spending all there time in the shop without getting payed what there worth. i realize alot of cue builders relie on there income made from cues thats why i have backed down from this issue . I,AM SORRY FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FORUM AND I,LL BE SURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN .i,ve alway said if we all worked together we could push cue building to a new level. as for alighnrite tools they build really great machines we just had so many issues that it progressed into a total misunderstanding on both partys and ended up being he said she said. just think what we could have brought to the cue making world if we would have worked together and not let these issues come into play . i,ve always put morals ahead of money and this does not work in todays world that was 50 years ago not now. we all work so hard just to pay the man it makes us hard and broke.please read my past post and see everything i mentioned here is in past post about pricing is true. i,am sorry i brought this into the forum and i shall avoid it in the future. i,ll probally over the next 3 years finish up my orders and let my son take over the cues do to my extreme health issues. i owe a few cues to people that have not been build because of my health issues and i,ll see there taken care of so my son has a new and fresh start hes always been my right hand man and builds very nice cues. i wish you all the best that includes lee and alighnrite tools and jerry powers. i hope that i have not caused any problems for them are anyone and god bless each and everyone of you every cue builder works very very hard and has my total respect. it,s been great guys so many of you all are great people sorry for another long mis spelled post without periods it is my last it,s just to upseting for me. MADISON BOB