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Ask any of the cuemakers who put cues in the Smithsonian "Exhibit" how that went. The cues were never put on display and never seen again. Is what happened to most.

Most any good auto clear coat buffing compound/material (not wax) will bring it crystal clear after sanding to 3000 grit. Same goes for the outside with no clear coat needed.

I built cues on one for a few years and the steady rest method is actually more accurate than going through the headstock if your steady rest bearing bushings are concentric.

It does say estate sell. What were the lathes selling for?

Jim McDonough was the cuemaker. He was in his early 80s. Anyone close enough to go there can buy a lot of good stuff. But who knows what the prices are. They might be dirt cheap or might be high.

Triump maybe? Way back I had a Triump or two come off the pad. So I started gluing on a Triump. Then cut the tip off the pad and install a Lepro on the pad.

I don't see any problem with the plastic box tips, but there was a box of tips with similar looking label that was made in China back then that were horrible. The plastic box says made in France on it. The other boxes actually said made in China on a little Made in China sticker.

That is true also.

I see parts three and four. Where is part two?

Yes.

Some of us have legitimate businesses and run the money through our bank accounts and pay taxes. There is a loop hole on about 75% of the sales tax if the cuemaker wants to hassle with it. That is to charge you for the materials 25% of the sale and charge you labor for the custom work to your...

I took a chance on an unknown cue for $700 once. I sold it for about the same years later still not knowing what it was. I had some Bushka experts look at it and they thought it was a very old unsigned Richard Black. The ring lengths and butt plate were the same lengths as a Richard Black I had...

I have a box each of 8 of the latest tips from the 90's or early 2000s. I also have three boxes of Champion tips I have had since the 1980s. One plastic box has 1985 penned on it. Below are pictures of two of the boxes. Notice the wording around the BB on the older cardboard box. "Marque...

It could be Better Billiards is the company that took over the manufacturing of the tips. I seem to remember that the BB brand goes back many decades. Something like a hundred years or more. The Brenner and Brocqut name popped up a few times when doing searches, but there is pretty much Zero...

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