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Cue Repair, Shipping Disaster

Kim Bye
Chopdoc said:
For that reason I think this is truely a "rebuild" case, not just repair.

Cosmetically it is a restoration, but the construction is a rebuild.
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It's one of those jobs that more than likely will ramp up in complexity during the process and since everything is at final dimensions there's no margin of error. It's not an uncommon thing, but with multiple X factors and only one chance to get it right it's one of those jobs you rehearse in your mind several times before starting the job.
How dimensionally accurate the cue is will certainly be a key factor and determine how to best go about this.
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Finishing nickel silver

Poolbawls
I’ve spent 3-4 years working with old house cues. Mainly, to learn what works for me, and what doesn’t. I’m pretty limited on equipment, as I only have a semi cheap bandsaw and a 30 year old Hightower deluxe, and a lot of time. This particular Pool cue essentially is my first complete build (cored, bored and threaded). Everything I did before, was done using an old Pool cue… dressing it up per se. I struggled with a few things, but always kept everything in front of me. I’m pretty pleased with this particular build as everything is dead nuts straight, the shaft is old growth with very minimal taper roll. Of course, prior to gluing everything together, I must have assembled this pool cue 50 times, measuring, testing, adjusting and the likes. I’ve learned a lot from this approach. I’ve assembled rings and tried to visualize what the pool cue would look like when glued up, so there was probably 3-4 different versions I came up with, but I chose the one you see a few weeks back. Because I don’t work on pool cues all year long, I tend to forget a thing here or there, and that has been an issue. I applied finish on this pool cue a few times, only to have to remove it and try again. I polished the nickel silver rings to 600 grit and they looked very good. Once I applied the finish (Solarez), they exhibited a tarnished look again. What technique are y’all using to maintain the polished look on nickel silver? As for the lifted finish on the shaft collar…. I broke my number one rule, I hurried the process because I wanted to shoot the cue that evening with a friend who was coming over.
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2026 WPA Predator Men's World 10 Ball Saigon

S
it struck me that with the absence of the ko brothers, the top dogs must like their chances a little extra this year. filler, FSR and shane can complete the world championship triplet.

shane's route to SE is

unknown peruvian,
nasution or billy,
casper or FSR

nasution is a very solid player from indonesia, he beat szolnoki and other good players to reach the finals of a WNT satellite event earlier this year (oi won).
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Abe Rich Florida Cue?

SunDogAZ
I recently got this beastie. I think it's an Abe Rich Florida Cue. As you can see, it has a brass joint with a short, flat-topped (non-pointed) pin that seats deeply into a noticeably long, pronounced pilot on the shaft. It weighs 19oz, has a 12.75mm tip, 58" in length, rolls straight together and apart (thankfully), has a thick butt like my other various Rich cues, and is a good shooter. The bumper screw is not epoxied, but is hard to turn, so I'm not gonna force it, lol. I re-tipped it, but unsure if I like the yellow, but the thinking was that it would match the ring in the butt sleeve.

Matches pretty closely to this one:

Abe Rich Florida Cue Era Pool Cue

Can any of you pool cue gurus confirm? And if it is, then it looks like it is possibly from the 60's?

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Is isolated straight-stroke practice really worth the time???

L
Yes, I have many videos from behind and from the front. It's clear what's happening. The challenge and difficulty is correcting it!

I've been a full-time technical development tennis instructor for 40 years. I understand how long it takes to develop technique, especially for very precise strokes.

For the pool stroke I have read, seen and heard probably most methods of developing a straight stroke.

One of the most difficult things in all sports mechanics is feeling, and correcting, what's happening behind you while you're looking at the object in front of you.

I think the bottom line is that it's just going to take more time and correct repetition to develop the feel ("muscle memory") of a straight stroke, even with good instruction, video, training methods and training aids.

I also have a strong technical background in golf. The pool stroke, being such a short simple motion, is very similar to the golf putting stroke, which is also a very simple short motion... an 8-inch (seemingly) simple stroke that a two-year-old can do the basics of!
There are entire books and professional coaches in golf dedicated to nothing but putting... and professional golfers work on it their entire lives.

SIMPLE does NOT equate to easy because of the level of precision required.

The search continues. I'm getting closer. PROGRESS is probably all I can realistically hope for at this point.

From all I've read, I'm certainly not alone in this challenge of developing a straight stroke. I'm sure it drives a lot of people crazy. So I guess there's some comfort in sharing the frustration with others...

Hopefully a year from now I'll have a straight stroke to post a video of 😊
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