Recent content by DeeDeeCues

I didn't call you out on the mistakes...bro.

We should be scared of the future. The internet already started getting worse around 2016, when all google and amazon searches stopped actually giving the correct results (i.e. if I search for 'Milwaukee M18', I get Temu, Rigid Tools, Boiyongo Tools, Dewalt, etc. before I get milwaukee). So...

Nice. Anything that keeps it from turning into a forced action.

I've watched a lot of beginners, I spent a few years hanging out with instructors at my university. Most beginners want to jerk the cue back, completely avoiding any follow through. This is obviously horrible. When you teach those beginners to 'concentrate' on following through, they start...

Trying to extend follow through will likely lead to trying to power through the ball and is a horrible way to think of the desired outcome. You don't follow through the ball, you naturally allow your stroke to come to an end. On some shots that could take three inches, on others it may take a...

Funny stuff.

I'm an engineer and the term is used often in speaking and writing. In calculations and proofs, acceleration is always used. The reason 'deceleration' is used in scientific writing is that it is the most concise way of communicating the idea at hand. Some engineers and physicists are...

It's a well known phenomenon that very smooth, non-porous have high stiction forces. It is why we don't finish the maple shaft the entire length. The effect is compounded due to the oils in a person's skin, and (likely) the Van der Waal effect.

Anyone who has the ability to hold the cue in a lathe with the pin exposed can do it. I've modified many in a lathe with a hand file. You can do it by hand with a file, but it is harder to get professional looking results. Not impossible, just harder. A steady hand and a benchtop belt sander...

If the insert isn't an open cylinder, then the bottoming tap may work. The inserts I used to use were open cylinders. Regardless, a machinist could likely drill the end of the insert without harming the existing threads. If you aren't concerned with originality, the Adam screw could be...

Any UNC 5/16-18 bottoming tap *should* be able to cut a few more threads if my theory is correct, but I didn't consider that it had an insert, so it probably would not work. The ball nose might be compressing the wood beyond the insert, in which case it would need to be bored a bit. Could...

Yes, I had it backward in my stupid head.

If it is only the last couple of turns, I would expect that the Valhalla pin is longer and you are screwing into the partial threads caused from a starting tap.

Yay, cuemakers! Attempting to undo 185 years of thread standardization for absolutely no good reason!

Au contraire. I find you hilarious.