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I agree with Gary. Fumes and dust need different solutions. For dust, a dust extractor or downdraft type system connected to a shop vac...

For me, dust and fume extraction are two different problems. I use a Ridgid shop vac connected to a Dust Deputy dust collector. A...

Believe it or not, but making and repairing cues is a job and some people have it as their full time gig as well. The cue maker in...

Back in the day all cuemakers were like elfs living in a cave. No records, all cash/check deals. Sounds like the maker in question is...

Great cue wood. Gone up a lot in price the recent years.

Any 5/16-18 flat face shafts bored out to a 17/64" minor will fit.

No matter how sharp your tennon threader is, you will never get threads that look like it's live threaded. The threads will be shallow...

Sorry about that. Woke up to the server being down, and it took the main site down with it. As far as I see, things have been running...

It sure can, I've done several. Phenolic is a pretty hard material, machines great and obviously takes a great finish.

Depends on the collets you use and where you use them. If it on a regular playing shaft, it's fine. If it's in a carom shaft with a...

Ever heard of this phrase? Friends don't let friends ________________. (fill in the blank) In this case the blank should read "do...

Mezz EXPro is built this way. I used to have a HybridPro with cf tube in it. Best wood shaft i ever used. Had to sell for fin. reasons...

Revo comes in all kinds of threads. It's about .842" at the joint and the weight is right around 4oz, so it weights the same as a normal...

Honestly, just say no. We all have customers who wants to reinvent the wheel and in 99.9% of the cases it's gonna be something stupid...

That's H10 or phenolic or some combination.. it's not for playing cues