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the method dave is suggesting is an easier and more reliable way to cut your butterfly. it can be done with a band saw but it has a slew of problems associated with it. the main problem is that you are cutting a round blank, it is very hard to keep the cuts even and perpendicular on a bandsaw...

Dave and Brandon great people and so is there staff. glad they will give you a hand. i suspect though that the problem is the "A" joint and will have to be replaced. they are more than capable of fixing this. as to your original idea, you would have to have an understanding of "why" it warped...

curious as to what the concern would be for handle material. why would you be apprehensive?

just for clarification, having a square core and being cored are 2 different meanings now days. "coring" a cue involves drilling out the center of a piece of the cue and inserting a dowel into it. having a square core involves gluing pieces of wood to the sides of a square blank ( as cueman has...

i have used it a few times, turns out nice , no issues

it was a fun game to watch, Jerry sure had it tuned in.

I'mdoingit - why do you ask? ..... all the pics so far of cues (with the exception of Murry's bottom pic) are all short splice.

your guess is as good as mine on who made it. if most of it is stock, i would say it is a 1 off from the factory but who knows. the catalin could have come from someone who had old stock and the phenoic insert looks to be newer stock. just not enough info other than the base build is probably 1950's

interesting cue...... the catalin collar may indicate wartime but the wrap i think is 1950's possibly Katz because of the veneer colors

"How do you make or cut V grooves / pointers into a forearm without an A joint?" it would seem you are describing what Schuler used to do - his "Floating" points. these are milled points much like an inlay. use machinery that designed for inlays. "meaning to say, im using a full 30" maple...

so what is so wrong about asking the president to attend? regardless of politics, its a media draw to the event. other than mark (and well wishers), i haven't seen any straight forward comments other than to criticize the effort. if there is some other idea, put it out.

and paul sure had that talent

i try to mean what i say chris :smile: thanks to all who commented