Recent content by billsey

Sounds like a recipe for a broken shaft to me...

You will likely find that a blow torch will put too much heat too quickly, a heat gun is better since it will be more gradual.

On my (android) phone, the cent symbol is on the second screen of punctuation marks... Not that that has anything to do with cue making, since we all charge $ instead of ¢. :)

I'm also 6'1" and use a 4" extension on everything except one of my break cues, and that's just because I can't find an extension that fits that odd pin.

2.3oz for 2" and 3.8oz for 12" means the difference is 0.15oz per inch. That sounds like the bulk of the weight is in the pin...

I'm 6'1" and using SSOPs video and calculations found that a 4" extension was just about right for me. That puts a standard cue at 62" vs the original 58".

And that looks like it's a lot coarser than -10 or -11. I guess I'm going to have to pull the pin and replace with a Uniloc... I'll probably want to do an insert as well.

Thanks! From that image it looks like this one might be the 1-678J. Now I just need to do some repair work to fix that separated piece...

Should I have asked this in a different section? I really only hang out here in the cue makers...

Stickers say Valley cues Inc. Shakopee Minn and H in a diamond. Inlaid dots look like metal, rings are plastic of some sort. The piece of the handle closest to the joint is stripped and off. Obviously needs some work, but somewhat better than the average thrift store find I hope. Any idea as to...

So, not Uniloc but quick release... I have a Champion Gino break cue that I actually like well enough for a cheap cue, but it's too short and too light for my taste. It has a quick release joint (actually two since it come apart to be a jump cue as well as the break). I have an aluminum...

You would have to either have a real hard cheese, or spin it really slow...

Are you sure you are talking warp here, and not just a taper that leaves a gap between the cue and table? If the latter I'd expect the gap to stay the same in all positions. If the former the gap should change as you roll.

Seems like his cues keep getting better and better with each video.

Snooker cues almost always have ash shafts...