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Ivory is a very unique material. I cannot understand how anyone can say it would play like garbage if someone installed one on an OB shaft. Did you put an ivory ferrule on an OB shaft? Probably not, so then how do you know it would play like "garbage"? And in the off chance that you did, it...

That was not cynical at all. It's the truth. In every profession there are bottom feeders.

Case closed. I had a feeling that was the case.

This may be a dumb question but how much was the cue and how much have you paid him?

I didn't have time to read the entire thread but from what I did read there is a question whether the previous photo's were laminations or tooling marks. They are laminations. As far as cutting sheet stock so that the lamination are running the wrong way: when turned round and not fully sanded...

BINGO! Keyword = just not managing it well. I hear all the stories as I am sure you do as well. If a cue maker isn't making money he is either not managing his money, too slow at production, hasn't figured out the assembly line yet, waiting too long for his money, has no inventory to pull from...

I have to say something here. If any of you believe that cue makers make cues as a labor of love, you're all living on Pluto. I don't know who the heck you are talking to but we deal with the lion's share of the market and most every cue maker I talk to is doing it for a living and making money...

Very very deep. :thumbup: In many cases that pretty much sums up most issues and problems.

I went to use the popcorn emoticon but couldn't find it. Bummer! In any event, I find this thread simply amazing.

Well gee, I wouldn't refer to anyone as "dummies" as that would not be very nice of me nor is it something I would say. I'm very soft spoken and believe we're all God's children and created equal. And please, please you're accolades about my intelligence level is not fair as many of you are...

Hmmmmm, white wood forest, brown wood forests (good one!) and bouncing shafts. I could have a field day but.... No comment :grin-devilish:

Slingage Coined by Zeus of the popular MMA site MiddleEasy, "it's a way to denote that a person has insulted someone by 'slinging' words at them." Dude, you caught some major slingage! I don't think 'slingage' is what you meant. Perhaps you meant 'slobbage'? Slobbage slobbage (noun) : The...

Huh?? Never mind, I see you're from California. :speechless:

I would have to agree 100% with Hightower and Spitz. People judge you based on one cue at a time and those oddball cues come back to haunt you. Remember, it's your reputation on the line and just because someone is willing to pay you to do something, that does not make it right. Never put money...

Absolutely, the "warpness" is extremely important as is the straightness, weightness, playabilityness, hitness and resonanceness. They're all necessaryness. :D Sorry, I couldn't resist.

That is definitely fabulous! Now the real question. How long did it take to to get to this level and how many previous NFG's did you encounter to get there. This doesn't happen overnight. Only through trial and error and more importantly perseverance can you accomplish that. Congrats! :thumbup:

It will be very successful!!! When I first put up a cue web site it had the options of ordering a cue with every imaginable option. We got plenty of orders. So, many that I cancelled the option functions. It was a nightmare. Who wanted this with that, that with this, this and that with the...

Yes, you're absolutely correct. :speechless: Good luck.

Actually, I don't have the time for a 3 hours drive down to WPB. I'd buy the machine in a heartbeat but we're just too far apart. Contact me by email if all else fails. We never suffer from that dreaded Italian disease - 'fundsalow'. :grin:

I have one question: Why are you asking $3400 for a machine that I can buy new for about the same price? Am I missing something? I must be out of the loop. :confused: