Recent content by Kim Bye

It wouldn't be a problem for most cue makers to make a maple shaft with a short, light weight ferrule and a Schon pilot and ringwork.

Just proves that marketing trumps quality...

The fact that cues from well known cue makers hold their value or go up isn't that crazy. As far as new stuff goes. Prices on machinery and raw materials have skyrocketed..8 years ago you could get a Grizzly 13x40 for a little over 4K, now they are over 7K. A Bison 6 jaw used to be around $1200...

Milling a wrap groove into a CF tube is very different from wood. First off all, I would need to know the thickness and construction of the tube. Milling almost a mm down can totally ruin the CF layup construction. As with any cue where people want's to do major changes. My advice is always to...

That sounds like a lot of marketing jargon.. I make CF shafts and I can tell you that there's no revolutionary way to make a CF shaft, sure you can have different tube thickness and diameter and different ferrule and shaft collar materials, but there's nothing magical out there. I have been...

Curve shot? do you mean massé shot? A Massé shot works best very stiff shaft and a larger tip diameter. So if you are playing with a 11.8mm shaft, massé isn't what it's made for. My question is why do you need to use massé shots all the time? Just work on your speed control, so you don't have to...

I see about as many CF shafts and wood shafts in my shop, so they are far from indestructible. If you go back and listen to the original promo video Predator made for the Revo line of shafts, Pia is basically just parroting those claims, so this is nothing more than marketing in a more personal...

They do have a new BJ3 now. It's different material and it's quite new, so even if I have sold some and installed a few, very little feedback on them as of now.

Taom stopped making the 2.0 break tip a few years ago, so you will have to check with stores and see if they have any left

No is my definitive answer. The reason people think this "works" is because all the big pins basically have a 5/16"/8mm minor, so you can stuff any pin in there with enough force. If you have a look at how those threads are cut on top of each other, it doesn't matter if it's phenolic, micarta...

I machine tips to size with super sharp inserts. I take off only the last couple of thou with a utility blade. I'm not discouraging anyone to do their own tips or make a homemade lathe, but please be careful, both with your digits and eyes and also with the shaft, especially if you are working...

Hi Scott. I'll send you some pictures, specs and settings in a message later today 😊

Not only that, some players actually think there's something wrong with their cue if it makes a ping sound...

If you have the logo as a high resolution file, you can certainly have decals made or as suggested above, you can have it laser etched. This is my logo etched on carbon fiber. Wood will be just as clean, but it will have a slightly dark surface due to the heat.

You are totally overthinking this. If you think that a plug of some magical material will let your cue play like a McDermott, you don't really understand how a cue is made and how the different materials interact with each other. If you absolutely want to change the pin, by all means do so...