Recent content by BarenbruggeCues

This is Ceylon ebony. I purchased it over 20 years ago. It is dry and ready to build cues with. As you can see it has some brown figure that runs through it which is typical with this ebony. I've built many cues with this stock and each one is unique with its own striping of brownish figure...

I use a #00 all the way up to a #6. Depends on what I'm drilling the center for. I've cut 1.5 squares to round between centers with a #00 on both ends with minimal pressure and have never had problem. I suspect you may have forgotten to snug something up.

I believe a lot of people don't understand this concept. I've purchased a lot of things throughout my life that I probably have over paid for just because I wanted it. ;)

There's a name you don't hear much unless you lived around the northwest Ohio. Never got to meet Joe. He was at the end of his career and I was greener than a greenhorn. Had what I thought was an appt to look at what he had for a shop and possibly buy it when I found out it got sold to another...

Find someone different that knows what they're doing. A lot of hacks with a lathe out there now. Just because one can afford a lathe doesn't mean they know what they're doing.

Now you've went and done it! :ROFLMAO:LOL:ROFLMAO:

Many different theories on ways to assemble cues. If your belief lays in one of many and it's working for you don't change a thing. In the beginning I was shown a certain way to assemble cues and felt there were some better ways to accomplish those ideas. I tried a few different ways in my very...

Even blasting air full bore you'll probably create more heat with more chance of deteriorating the glue bond at the points using a gun drill IMO. Coring before the points are installed will allow the points, the core and the host wood to have a stronger bond. Maybe 6 to 1 and a half dozen to...

"Pinging" wood has been around for, well as long as I've known wood to be wood. After a shaft is complete with a tip installed it takes a back seat because too many variables have been introduced. (IMO) All of the sounds I'm looking for come before any woods are assembled or have cue building...

Life without a DRO is like a peanut butter sandwich with no jelly. :LOL: Like cue building with a shop full of balsa wood. :rolleyes: Like eggs with no bacon. :unsure: Like a car with no tires. :oops: Like a handgun with no bullets. :eek: Like......well you get the picture. ;)

1.5 sq x 30 inch sounds like a piece wanted for a full splice or a MW style. Unless you know someone personally that has 2 pieces like you are looking for, your search may last a long time. Just a heads up..... Any wood store listed on the internet with 2 pieces as such would last all of about...

And yes, weight control!

Brazilian Tulip is a rosewood. Generally referred to a Dalbergia (given 2 different Latin names, no idea why) Very few woods I trust that do not need cored. Unless your woods are older than dirt, I would stress relieve them with a core. IMO it's just sound insurance for the longevity of...

Play it. You'll be fine. Some tip installers do this to help alleviate the mushroom effect. Just don't grind a chalk ring into the ferrule when you chalk the tip. 🤪

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