Harry Richards Cues
Hi there Chris,
Sorry to disappoint you, but all the work done on my cues were done
by me. I did work with Dennis for a couple of years, when things got
really slow in Daytona. Then things picked back up and i had to stop
going to Davie to work with him. I did repairs for him, built some cues
for him and whatever needed to be done in the shop. Turn down some
shaft wood or anything else. I did the Allan Hopkins Expo in 2003, and
two weeks later had a heart attack. Triple bypass surgery, ho hum!!!
I took six cues and twelve shafts with me and sold all but one, and it
got sold withing a week of being back home. Swore i would never work
that hard again to take cues to a trade show. Well, about November of
2003, the trade show snake bit me again. I built twelve cues and twenty
four shafts to go back to Valley Forge again. Sixteen to eighteen hours
a day makes for a dull boy. Got it done though. I would build the cues
completely in my shop approximately .030 oversize including the points,
stitch work and whatever else needed to be done to the cue. I would
then take the cues down to Dennis shop and do the inlays myself. I had
learned how to run the partially built Searing/Bludworth CNC machine
myself. I would epoxy them in at his shop, take them home and turn
them down to size, match up the shafts and joint to size, clear coat
all of them, wet sand, polish, put on the wraps, ferrules and tips and
then breathe a sigh of relief. Usually got done a day or two before it
was time to get on a plane, and sleep all the way to Philadelphia. I dont
have the energy to work like that again. So i am presently building cues
on order only and sometimes it works me harder than i want to, but i
enjoy doing cue work, and have for twenty years. Worked on and off
with Wayne Gunn for two or three years, and that was something i
wont forget either. If anyone needs to reach me, you can email me at
hrcues@yahoo.com. Take care all, hope this clears up some of the
threads that have been written on here, and erases any doubt as to
who built my cues.
Harry Richards
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