Recent content by kilby

it was sold locally.

I do have my custom inlay pantograph, manual control, not CNC, with almost 60 patterns. It comes with Foredom model H drive and is indexable for 3/4/5/6/8/10/12 pocket patterns. It must be partially disassembled for shipping, but is not difficult to reassemble. It is a 2 to 1 pattern using...

I can still produce shafts, have a couple dozen already with wood pin, and can still produce some other pin connections; my shaft blanks are very limited, and only segmented blanks, no carbon.

That's it, the doors are closed, the inventory is gone -- I have retired (39 years)!

Thank you. I'm currently making a cyprus falmenco that I have high hopes for.

Oops, sorry. $800

Here is a pretty "spec" pool cue, just wanted to use the last of my long point inlay materials (still trying to retire). bloodwood forearm with 5 long bone points, light blue and white linen wrap, ebony buttpiece with 5 bone diamonds, Uniloc joint and a 13mm 314-2 carbon shaft. It weights 20.5...

not full splice, but exquisite nonetheless. (and it is available!)

Asking what tip a particular Pro uses reminds me of a Sang Lee story. He was watching two 0.5 players in a friendly match; one of the players asks, "What would you shoot here?" Sang Lee replied, "What would I shoot here, or what should YOU shoot here?"

While there are extremely small differences in energy transmission among the range of tip hardness, the difference is generally too slight for a player to measure with a human stroke. Consistency within a given brand is important; however, maintaining a tip correctly is far and away the most...

Book provide ideas, only practice provides results. As has been said, "Don't practice until you can make a shot, practice until you can't miss it!"

It is a shaft that contains two separate tapers, one from the joint end that is quite strong, and the forward taper which has a slightly steeper slope to achieve the final tip diameter. The two tapers are blended together 8-10 inches from the tip. It is slightly more stiff than a pure conical...

Your 5th? email me.

Here is a very traditional butterfly cue with non-traditional woods. Macassar forearm with veneers; Australian Red Gum cored handle, Marblewood buttpiece with "Lithium" woven rings, veneers matching forearm. 56"length, two 11.8mmEuropean taper (compound, not conical) shafts, 18.7 weight. $850...

Well presented data. I would like to see further data using conical shafts to compare.