Recent content by Blue Hog ridr

Hi Guys. I haven't been around for a bit now. Cabelas called me back this Summer in Fishing and put me in as a permanent part time employee. Which is good because I seriously enjoy teaching people Fishing. Anyway, some time ago, Tony Jones from Talisman got a hold of myself and others to do...

I went to the Dr. Last week. He told me that I had 2 weeks to live. I said, "I want a second opinion". He said, "Ok, yer ugly too". (Channeling Rodney Dangerfield here). I went to another Dr. He said to me, "I have Good News and Bad News for you, what do you want first"? I said, "Give...

A Friend of mine, Billy Broad used to Flat Track when it was big around our parts. He used to have it rebuilt every year by a guy in Texas. One day, he put the Triumph thru a chain link fence on a curve, at a very high speed. He has a long scar down his one shin to prove it. I had a...

Keep in mind, a Push is different than a double hit. The only thing that I saw was the cue ball did go past the tangent line, before the back spin took over. I'm not the best Ref around, but I likely would have called a Foul on it, for that reason. As Bob mentioned, and don't know if we...

Well, many folks are also Biased toward that also. Chris's book and DVD Series is the best way to begin. Lots of informative videos on UTube as was mentioned, but usually not as thorough. Joe B also has a DVD series. Neither of the 2 series contradict each other, just a couple of...

I found the one video. Was Jacoby. Here is the Samsara straightener. If they say it works, then it works. As Thomas said, they had to have something that worked well with warped Predator shafts. https://www.samsaracues.com/#!/Cue-Building-Materials/c/18557039/offset=0&sort=normal With the...

How would this be listed or worded. I couldn't find a reference on EBay or thru Google. I built one based on Uniques design. I have had decent success with shafts on that Jig, using rubber tubing. Shafts could stay straight, or they could revert back in short order. I have done 2 for...

CC, mine is a Power Piston, or, PP 2. It has a nice grain in the Butt Sleeve. There is a place that sold nice materials, slabs and such for knife and gun scales. They had some of it. If not mistaken, Jim Baxter told me that was where he got some of his material for Joint Protectors. Faux...

Good point Sheldon. But as the same with removing a pin or insert, I apply heat at different stages and not all at once. So will try again and apply heat for longer periods.

Mine is a Black Dot. And no matter what, I always twist the shaft so the Dot is up.

I love that Pearlescent material. Wish that I could help you out. I only have white and black. And in 2" diameter.

I have no complaints with mine. As others have often wondered, how can a long ferrule as that, be Low Deflection. It just is. I don't wear my glasses to play as the progressive lenses mess me up, and I can see well enuff to play. With the Black Dot shaft, I can skin an object ball as well...

Obviously appears to be very thin walled. Quite a few moons ago, there was a member here that was designing, or showed a picture of his phenolic break tips with a little tail on them. I have no idea if this was done by a cue company or this was something of his design. But obviously a...

Thanks Michael, I appreciate it. If they are not threaded, then I wonder why the resistance at the first attempt. I didn't want to damage it so had wrapped a piece of leather around it and gave it a few twists at different stages of applying heat. But only so much as I didn't want to twist the...

I use an older Meucci cue for League, and believe it or not, one of my favorite cues. One time, I noticed that the ferrule seemed to move a bit. I applied steam from my steam gun to it and absolutely couldn't twist it off. Funny enuff, usually when you heat glue, it crystallizes and is...