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    Fellini parts are back

    They were flute case locks, not clones. Nobody has cloned these locks. Initial tooling and setup is cost prohibitive.
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    Fellini parts are back

    I remember the storage locker story. I don't know if these locks came from that. I have seen pictures of boxes full of them. The company that made them went out of business decades ago. I think it was excelsior. I researched all that over 10 years ago and have notes on it somewhere. John...
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    Fellini parts are back

    It's Sam Engles.
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    Adam william cues info?

    The lines get blurry about what is an Adam and what is not. With so many different brand names we're seeing on these cues on eBay out of Asia that we don't otherwise see in the US, it gets darn confusing. I have seen numerous cues that are definitely Kao cues that sellers in Japan say are...
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    Adam william cues info?

    I think same factory as Lucasi, at least that's what they look like. So, maybe not a bad cue, but not Adam.
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    Ebony and Maple, No Veneers

    Happy to report the E-F5 is a great player! Oh, and I have two shafts for it. I dig having two shafts for any cue I own and try to make that happen if I get a cue with only one shaft. Tracking down originals can be challenging but a second shaft for this one practically fell in my map. Sure...
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    Pretty cool DIY lathe for you 3D print guys!

    Rube Goldberg solution to a paperclip problem. All you need is a 3D printer, the materials, software, and experience to do it.
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    Looking for Ebony into BEM Cue

    Yeah, you know what I am talking about.
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    Introduction. Hi everyone

    You got it! 👍 But...we need pictures! I know. That is dwindling. I wish you luck in finding good wood. But regardless of that, it will be the skill in putting it together that will determine the outcome. I am trying. I left this forum for 5 years and only recently returned. I am...
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    Introduction. Hi everyone

    Yeah? Well you did seem to be interested in a challenge as posted in my wanted thread. That's not an order, but sure sounds spunky. Nothing but fun, but if you can do what you said, I will back up what I said. Remember, we work for pictures! Good, bad, or ugly, I will cheer you on if you...
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    Frye? Paradise? Mayer? …Rich?

    I have a 1969 Rico cue, but I can't say it is representative. I haven't examined his cues enough to say really. I'll say maybe.
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    Looking for Ebony into BEM Cue

    I will add for clarity. I would really be into a traditional 5/16 x 14 piloted joint at 0.840 Stainless is cool, imitation ivory is cool. I dig the way Sly does it. I will consider ivory but I am really careful about that. If a Joss/Stroud/Scruggs shaft fits that's excellent. Plain black...
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    Frye? Paradise? Mayer? …Rich?

    The very blunt pin is interesting. Unusual perhaps.
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    Looking for Ebony into BEM Cue

    The Dufferin is cool. If you read my post, and the thread, I think what I want is pretty clear.
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    Frye? Paradise? Mayer? …Rich?

    I believe that's one I saw and passed up. I don't know what it is. I would love to know though.
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