Recent content by bman43

i hope this makes sense i would turn theforearm and sleeve down to 625 then slide cocobolo over it.lol. i just dont like the looks of it.but i have made several for customers because they like it. i would use brown with white specks for the darker. which ever u choose i would try to avoid a...

hey palmetto thank you for the link. the one thing i didnt try was what ive been doing for years on layered tips,mooris in particular, is lick them .what i have done with the soft ferrules is cut the grooves and let the glue dry longer as i stated in the op and that has worked but... at a...

listen to the cuemakers this is the answer a lot of people dont want to hear, but it is the right answer. and rolling a cue on a pool table isnt the best way to check for a warp, but it works. just understand like craig said it aint perfect.

over the years ive had a few tips pop off on cues with soft ferrules.one i particular was an old helmsteader. the tip was a elkmaster. i fixed the problem by taking the shaft to my old willard and refacing the ferrule with the carbide disk on the willard.it leaves small groves in the ferrule and...

learned my lesson on a printing press... cleaning a large cylinder laying on my back someone yells to me and scares me. i hold the inch button down alttle longer than i wanted to.i had to have somone else reverse the press to get my hand free.luckily just the tip of my middle finger.

have a deluxe and love it.but love my southbend.its a beast!

apparently theifs like my cues in philly. thats number three.thats three scumbags probably reselling them for fifty bucks to go get hopped up on goofballs.i should install lowjack in the a-joint.

i always use a cue i made to shoot with.years ago i met a guy who was a cuemaker.i asked him if the cue he was using was one of his, he said no.i found it odd he didnt use his own cue.so i always use one i made.it seemed to me like bad advertisement and that stuck with me.

twice i had customers hand me cues with weight screws super glued half way in and about 2" hanging out.a little information can be dangerous

does anyone know of a coarse linen like cortland that is available these days?

ive always threaded the butt caps but not anymore.most of my cues have wood buttcaps and even though i make it real clear that they r brittle i still have to replace one every once in a while.but if its threaded to try and recut the thread is a pain so i just use epoxy.the only exeption is...

i used to use aegis only on repairs but couldnt get it in solid rod for a while.while i was ordering from prather they told me to try their linen base rod and i use that only now, i really like it.but i do stock a few others.

u should be ashamed u let you wife fix your cue??? then you told everybody? have u no shame? haha.and now she wont let you forget it right.atleast it didnt cost u money.

touch up points hey guys, i have a cue with a small void..................nah,just kiddin

thats not bad dave, i only live about 1 hour from u.i will drive to your house 20$ in gas and use your press. ill make out like a bandit lol