Recent content by RickLafayette

Very nice. The wood is darker than what I'm looking for. Thanks.

I have located a Titlist by Skip Weston. Thank you all.

Just this past Friday I shipped a cue, which I had packaged myself, to Proficient Billiards, at a local UPS shipping center. I insured it for $1K no problem. Scot has already sent it back via UPS. I got the tracking info this morning.

As a satisfied customer, I highly recommend Cue Maker Supply lathes.

I was thinking of boring and tapping the hole a little further until I attain the length needed to add more weight. I have a lathe and dozens of various weights so that shouldn't be a problem. I was just wondering what I was in for as this is my first experience with a bumperless que.

Does anyone have a picture of a bumperless cue butt without the bolt inserted?, or a picture of the bolt itself? I'm looking at a bumperless cue that is a little light and am wondering if I can add some weight to it. Thanks.

Just my personal opinion, I've had my table recovered three times with Tournament Blue and I'm thinking about going back to traditional green. Nothing wrong with the blue but I played on the green for many years of my life and I'm just missing it. Maybe I'm just getting nostalgic in my old age.

You would need a lathe to cut the tip square, but, yes.

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This is a video on You Tube covering the history of Gregorio George Balabushka, his method of making cues during his three distinct cue making periods and the evolution of the company making modern copies of his models. Pete Tascarella's involvement is also covered. I only wish they would have...

I don't know much about life cycles of leather tips but leather does get harder with age in certain situations. I tend to go through tips fairly quick so I couldn't say for sure.

I recently bought 10 from Ultraskin and had them in about a week.

I ordered one single joint protector exactly 2 months ago today. Guess what? I strongly urge you not to order anything from Meucci as there is something seriously wrong going on at that place. (P.S. I love my Meucci cues and all this saddens me.)

My recent order of tips was delivered within a week without any problems with my order. While it's been a while since my last order my past orders have always been fast and accurate.

George Balabushka made his earliest splices but started getting his spliced forearms from Burton Spain of Chicago. These accounted for most of his cues. He eventually started using splices from Gus Szamboti which he used until he stopped for health reasons. I was lucky to have a Bushka Spain cue...