Recent content by Ssonerai

It's nice to have a table larger than a 14" saw for that. Plus, 16" seems to be a baseline where manufacturers decide the purchaser is a serious user, and make them a little heavier and a little "nicer" in terms of ease of use, alignments, etc. If you can get one of the Euro saws in 20" or...

What makes it special is the way you matched pieces from different areas of the log, right straight across! Starting with a book match at center. Nice work. smt

Beautiful work! I tried to get him to buy an SCMI S15 short slider a few years ago :) (Not mine, either, they just used to be common on the market for very low $$.) Those and larger Rockwell-Delta 12-14 size cabinet saw. smt

That's either nice rosewood veneer with some tasteful :) contrast; or walnut same spec. Not gonna bet from this distance....the rails look walnut in the photos, and the skirts look like...."stained quality hardwood"..... "Contrast" e.g. sapwood, used to bother me in veneers. But it has grown...

I've posted this one before.

Geoff - maybe you have access to more pix than above, but one of my first thoughts was "wow - the veneer on the legs/(pedestals) looks really great and not delaminating!" Even the sheet metal parts are not as beat up as some. Not questioning value estimate - i have absolutely no idea. But the...

Thanks, guys - all this time on AZ and i had not noted there was a section partially dedicated for ball history! I reasked the Q up there. Sorry for the redundancy. smt

Can anyone ID approximate age and Aramith quality level for these base on packaging visuals? Does the cue ball look like it belongs to the set? TIA. smt

(recognizing that "old" is in context, Aramith balls have only been around since the 60's. :) ) Can anyone tell from the box what quality level and age these are? Thanks! smt

What is the one shown (besides the ph)?

Dee- Just build a cue or 2. Maybe don't go crazy with your best ideas for style, inlay, rings, etc yet. Save them up in a file folder. Don't spend $hundreds$ on "special" materials for the first few. Just look in the home -builder forum for some wood ideas, and start building a cue from where...

2 days plus and no one else stepped up? :) So not coming from a deep technical wood background? There are ways to manage almost any wood for cue building, if you have the background. If not, then you are sort of trying to attain ("master") 2 areas of expertise at once. First - just telling...

If you can use chemical thinners or strippers effectively (as opposed to primarily abrasive/mechanical removal), often the finish will be blended by the time you are done. What improvement would you hope to gain from staining mahogany? (or Sapele, or a look-alike)? I asked about lacquer...

Nice to get an unmolested set of rails! Will lacquer thinner soften it? Or did they use a 2 part finish at that time?

Did it have A or B joints in it? That is a good point - even if no metal in the butt to ruin your drill, there is probably a depth that could compromise the construction, if you don't actually know what the construction is. The few i make are FS so i don't think about that. Beyond that, the...