cueman said:

We all carried similar cases in the mid 80s. Then Porper and Jay Flowers changed all that.

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Yup. It all changed. I still like the old stuff. I have never owned a "cowboy" case.

By the way, I have seen there is a guy reproducing the "Doom" case from TCOM, he's on Facebook.

I just got my cue and case collection out after 5 1/2 years. Started Sunday morning and just finished.

It was like Christmas. I had a head injury that messed with my memory, so I had forgotten some of the cues and cases I own. It was really fun. Now the project is to inventory and photograph all of it. Customs, production, antiques, etc., it's a very eclectic collection.

As far as box cases, I have a number of original Palmer cases, O'Neal cases, McDermott cases, as well as others. I have the six, eight, and twelve cue O'Neal cases and more. But I focused on the Fellini style cases and have a pretty nice collection of those, including a few Fellini. I unpacked one Kelli case today in the original plastic, never had a cue in it, still smells new. I really love that style case, and am looking at building some.

This is the Kelli case. Pic is from the seller, I have yet to photograph it myself.




By the way, I gave away one of those tweed cases with a 1990 McDermott HD-1 and two shafts about 8 or 9 years ago. It was my buddy's birthday present. Now he's dying with liver cancer.

billiardshot said:

Retired Navy boiler Room 150+ temp

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Yeah….I’m imagining down within the hull of a ship, heat escape is really poor. At least above ground, you get to open building doors and when really lucky, lift doors. Now hospitals will have boiler buildings or rooms, cooling towers, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. The worst was working on cooling systems on roof tops that tend to be asphalt.

You bare handed touch an aluminum roof top panel panel after 10am on a summer day, you’ll remove your hand fast.
But do it around 2-5pm, you’ll burn your hand. The whole challenge is to remain well hydrated so you sweat a lot that helps to cool your body. But make no mistake about it, doing it in hot weather sucks which is why you show to service those accounts at 5:30 - 6 am during the hot summer months. But a enclosed boiler room on a ship must be tough and in tight quarters.

Bob Jewett said:

I'd like to see a video of that.

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ok -video challenge accepted

but i’ll need some time because i can’t get to a table for at least a week and there might not be time or a camera so maybe two weeks +

skor said:

What’s wrong with metal?

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Metal versus wood. Metal wins. Don’t want to chance it. The tiger bridge is leather which is not abrasive on the shaft.

thrillsoft said:

BTW... Speaking of Hueblers... I have a 70's brass pin H1 in excellent condition (needs a new tip). What's something like that worth? I also have this Huebler Carom Cue (mid 80's)... I don't have any friends that play carom so I don't know what it's worth either? Any collector value in that?

I'll have to take pictures of the H1. I don't have any on my computer at the moment.

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So the one on Ebay sold 4/26 for $225 + $20 shipping. I have the pics and listing saved in my files, but I went and found the link for you. Huebler values are strong but apparently not the billiard and jump cues. I have seen the Jump/Break cues have strong value. Of course, none of them touch anything close to the value of the Custom Shop cues.

I really love my H-14. I have the 29 inch shaft, plus two original 31 inch shafts, and the original Huebler joint protectors. To me, it is priceless. I have a number of other Hueblers. I am working on cataloging my collection. I started unpacking it Sunday morning and just now finished, four days later. I will start working on an inventory and proper photographs next.

LINK

If you want to talk about selling that carom cue, please message me, I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

Ah! Got to the moment in time. Yeah, I guess timing plays a part!

Check out the Road Bridge a/k/a Stretch Bridge discussed in Posts 18 and 31:
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and

Shooting over another ball is not a shot you run into everyday, but when you do, there is only bridge you would want to use.

azhousepro said:

The ladies behind the Cue Queens project gathered at the famous Amsterdam Billiards, in downtown New York on June 13th, for a fundraiser to help raise money to fund their upcoming documentary series. Fans in attendance were able to mix and mingle with such notables as Allison Fisher, Loree Jon Brown, Kristina Zlateva, Emily Duddy, Caroline Pao and Jennifer Baretta for three hours of fun to help raise funds to cover production costs for this project. Helping to keep everything fun for the night was event MC John Lehman and event Producer Emily Duddy. Lehman and Duddy donated their time, […]

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a ton of great photos, all the ladies

Link?

cueball2010 said:

Agreed. I wish more production shafts were the same diameter taper from start to finish. Right now I only see 1, and its only thanks to Fedor Gorst.

If you want a wood shaft you're SOL

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wood would noodle out I think. Tad's standard taper is about as practical as it gets. I've heard one claim that the whole cue is a continuous cone. Rolls flush the whole length. Cue tech used to make a long ultraslim FG cue cheap. Never got around to getting one but that's my kind of taper. Hit as good as your stroke no matter the distances.

Jayson Shaw might not, having just watched his interview on the tube of you.
Have a little more respect for the guy after that to be honest. Was decent background noise at work this morning.

Poolhall60561 said:

I did it, $299 all in, they look great.
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They play great too

cueman said:

I am very impressed that you could pull something like that off with 3D printing.
Good Job.

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Thanks, Chris. That sure means a lot coming from you!

Digi Graphics anyone? Wifi to NFL/Nascar/Olympics depiction software.