Recent content by lspyderll

every sport, hobby, and every day life has the "why spend so much on that" syndrome..... why buy a $50,000 cadilac when a $12,000 cavalier will do the same thing? why buy Samsung instead of Sharp why buy Nike shoes instead of going to Walmart. why buy a $1500 computer to browse the internet...

This one happened a couple years ago to my team. My 9ball team was in the last playoff match after the regular session, winner goes to the local team championships to try to make it to Vegas. Well, it was a skl 4 to 5 race, the winner of the final match wins the night, both players only needs...

i would weigh the percentage of your play, as if you are going to use it to improve your own game, vs. how much guest play you intend on having... i shimed my own pockets because my guests only make up mabey 5% of the playing time on my table.

thanks to all who showed interest in the lathe. the buyer, John aka renegadej was great to deal with. received payment promptly. hopefully he has a lot of fun with the new lathe!

Hightower Midsize lathe to renegadej received payment very fast from John, pleasure doing business with. hope you enjoy the lathe!!

lathe sold pending payment

heres a couple of pics... I also have Chirs's book that i can toss in with it too. I have everything in the package minus the wax, cleaner and sealer. The tips that i have are: 1 box each of 13mm of Lepro, Triangles, Elk Master, and 1 box each of 14mm LePro and Triangles. There is only a few...

Hi everyone, Well not due to my interest in working on cues, i just dont have the time or resources to make it enjoyable. So i have decided to sell my Hightower Mid-Size lathe, its about 1yr old and its basically just been used for doing tips, and shaft work. Its Chris's $1395 deal on his site...

here are a few rulz that i can up with. using 9-ball: designate 1 person as the ball maker and the other as the safe player Using APA rules Ball maker gets pts as they would in a normal 9 ball rack Safe player gets: 1 pt for foul 2 pts for foul that results in a scratch the Ball maker...

Hi everyone, I picked up a Cuesmith Mid size repair lathe a couple of months ago and have begun doing minor things to my own cues and a few of my friends cues. I have been basically getting supplies on an as needed basis and i want to start to get some what of an inventory of tips, ferrules...

I have heard that Purpleheart makes for a good break shaft and i was just looking for some feedback about them.

i do know of the ferrules that dont have a cap. Even with the uncapped ferrules/tenon all the way thru the ferrule eventually you would need to replace the ferrule right? How far can you let a ferrule go before you would need to replace it? Example - if i have an uncapped linen based...

I would be refering to a capped ferrule. I just had my wife's Players cue tip replaced and i noticed that when it was faced off that the tenon was exposed. I didnt know if with capped ferrules if it would weaken the ferrule by not having the cap on it.

When a tip is replaced and a lathe is used, the ferrule is faced off right? This actually take a small amount of the ferrule off, so is it time to replace the ferrule when the tenon is exposed?