Recent content by Kim Bye

Adding inlays and rings to a finished cue is a PITA and generally not worth the time and cost. If you have an idea for a design, reach out to your cuemaker of choice and start from scratch. It's the best advice I can give you.

What Mr. Webb is saying that what we commonly reffer to as 3/8-10, like what McDermott uses, really has a much smaller minor and most regular taps you can buy tends to tear the hole at that minor. With the regular taps sold by places like Atlas, it's hard to get nice looking threads before you...

"8 ply laminated pig skin" That's all it says on their page, so not a name brand. Pretty common to keep costs down..

You won't even be able to see that work has been done. Don't sweat it. Try with wax first and if that fails take it to your local cuemaker.

It's rare, but it does happen, it doesn't take much. Have you tried a little beeswax on the pin? If that doesn't work you need to take it to a cuemaker.

Sounds like this is a Radial pinned cue? My guess is that your Radial pin is just out of spec enough that it's tight and you need to have a cuemaker run a tap through the shaft.

You tend to get what you pay for. Carbon fiber is no exception to that rule.

It's obviously all about money. The colours of the new ball set is awful. I thought they learned that lesson back in the Cyclops days..

I'm not a fan of the Gorilla CA. I prefer Loctite 401 or 454. Starbond is also very strong, but the medium density one is still quite runny.

The faces clog up and inside the inserts and also down in the recess tends to be places where gunk accumulates. So when the shaft and joint face is full of grime, the cue doesn't close properly. The fit is really tight and I have seen brass shavings get cought in the threads, leading to the...

Uni-loc needs regular maintenance, something most pool players totally Ignore. I'd take Radial over Uni-loc any day of the week, I have never understood why fast takedown is so important. I have heard from people who have had a stroke or hand issues, they appreciate how fast it is, so I get that...

Turned out really nice and the phenolic came out jet black as I said 😎

5/16" for 3/8-11 is the "standard" minor

Well it should be a tight fit, so it will only be a thin layer of epoxy, so that's normal. The issue is almost always bad prep and the wrong epoxy used.

Not that unusual. If you're covered by warranty, email McDermott, if not any competent cuemaker can fix that.