skogstokig said:

cool, you will have a follower in me. with moose and roe a good bit of the of inner part is porous af. and even if it doesn't look it, it's often weaker. but on a big long moose antler you can get inlay material too..

be interesting to see how a joint turns out.

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skogstokig said:

isn't that just one more hour..? either i'm daft or this equation doesn't make sense.

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RidgeRaider said:

Believe it or not, I have a bandsaw... I am just extra lazy some days and use the cut off to hack stuff apart haha.

Yeah, these types of ferrules are really for looks and appearances. I'd never put one on my playing cue. Mainly teaching myself some techniques for turning for when I start making cues. I'll be using antler and horn for rings and joints.

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sjm said:

Yes, except they have been extremely successful on every continent for twenty years now. They have done some of their very best work right here in the United States.

The Derby City Classic, contested in Southern Indiana, in January is certainly not humid, but Reyes, Pagulayan, Orcullo, Parica and Bustamante have combined for 14 of the 25 Master of the Table titles ever awarded.

The Pinoys have never needed home court advantage to shine.

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sjm said:

Probably about the same number of tables as in 2024 --- just a long session on day 1. With a 10:00 round to start the day and a 19:00 round to end it, the day's play will likely last close to twelve hours.

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Maxx said:

I think it’s the table, sell it (especially if it a GC IV) and buy a Diamond table. I heard that will fix anything, even a bad break!

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sjm said:

I'd be very surprised if anybody below Fargo 820 won the US Open 9ball title. Cinderellas are few and far between. Since 2000, I'd call Gabe Owen and Kevin Cheng the only two Cinderella winners.

The globalization of pool over the past decade has greatly changed the landscape of the pro game, and the major 9ball titles are the domain of just a select few.

I predict that the winner will carry a Fargo of 830 or better.

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skogstokig said:

that's funny. i can almost feel the smell. no bandsaw i presume?

end result looked ok. gonna be high deflection but i like the idea

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Paul_#_ said:

Your ferrule has more depth to its appearance than these from Temu or ones I bought and photographed in sunlight:
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AtLarge said:

26 now, stu.

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RidgeRaider said:

I made the mistake of cutting the antler with a cut-off disc and smoked it, and the garage, and ended up barfing from the smell.

Turning it made almost no smell compared to burning it with a cutoff wheel lmao.

Here's the ferrule all finished, ignore the lack of facing on the shaft, I was in a massive rush before league and threw this ferrule on a junker shaft just to get it done.

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