Kim Bye's latest activity

Yes it's a low deflection shaft, but they have done it in a sensible way, so the shaft doesn't have the same issues as Predator Z/314...

I won't be doing it myself, there is a local cue repair guy here in Vegas who has the gear. Knowing it is a standard groove really...

Tiger makes a nice 12mm shaft, you can buy that as a partial and have your preferred cue maker install rings, thread and finish it. A...

I sell the Kamui and Tiger ones, both are made of silicone. You don't want them to be made from a hard plastic material..

Joss also did it for a while. I sold Birdseye butt blanks for a while that a Mill spliced up for me that way. It is a good method, but...

That's a good advice right there. People underestimate the power of hydraulic preassure.

If you buy leather from a quality source, it's no problem at all. Mezz uses a standard wrap thickness groove. I assume you have the...

I've seen some fairly prominent cuemakers that build A joints with NO tenon. One of them even called me when I was starting out, to...

I've cut apart and reassembled 100s of cues. I've seen some pretty interesting A joints and a couple that challenge everything I think I...

See discussion about weak, mushroom-making, Cynergy ferrules that should be replaced with elforyn or tomahawk material (and not Rhino's...

I agree with you on lots of these points and personally I don't care much for Cuetec cues as they are frequent visitors in my...

Players mix and match all the time, I don't see why that should be a problem. The reason I mentioned Triple 60 is that they have both...

Triple 60 makes shafts in 12.2mm and 12.75mm, you can get those with Cuetec 3/8-14 insert.

Too close to their standard size. Seriously doubt there's enough demand for a shaft that close in size. Have you done something really...