So what would you propose? Should we monitor each and every reply in this area, and delete the ones that don't come from legit cuemakers? How do we define a legit cuemaker?
Or should anyone be able to answer and posters can then decide how much credibility they want to give to an answer based on who answered the post?
Mike
Mike, with all due respect, how can a beginner know the difference between a cuemaker that actually knows their stuff and a shit talker that doesn't? You are the owner of this site, and unfortunately the responsibility pretty much falls on you or your moderators to sort people out, not the beginners or the members to figure it out. A few makers have tried to do that and they have gotten lambasted for doing it. You have been around from the beginning and you pretty much know who knows their stuff and who doesn't. I do build cues, but am not an expert in any way compared to Kj, Dick Neighbors, Steve Klein, Eric Crisp, Jerry Eik, and many others.... so when I give advice it's from what I have learned thru doing it and based on the advice from these others that have helped me thru the years.
KJ was referring to the Ask the Cuemaker section, not this section. He is right, in that section, there are many people that throw their 2 cents in a thread, and that they may imply they build cues, or have the knowledge, but when giving advice, give the most ridiculous/bad advice, one post comes to mind...using a battery charger to heat up a joint pin to remove it.... unfortunately, there are beginners that follow the bad advice and then f-up their build, or hurt themselves, due to bad/faulty advice and no one of authority holds the poster that gave the bad advice, accountable.
In most craftsman type forums that I belong to, the poster such as I described, usually get warned for giving bad advice a couple times and then get silently shown the door. It makes the advice area more safe, and the advice to be correct, rather than some half-baked idea some idiot dreamed up...IMO.
Have a great week everyone.
Dave
Dave