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The prescription part is easy and getting the lenses made is simple. All you have to do is engage a optometrist to help figure out what it should be. The choice of frames is enormous and you can go to any eyeglass store to get your prescription filled. With no disrespect to anyone but I have yet...

I know that SCDiver2112 just made one and he told me awhile back he’s done this. I recall him making, or at least I think it was, building a curly wood version that was so friggin’ handsome I wanted it immediately but it was the wrong thread. Besides, I’ve seen his cue workmanship and it is spot...

BTW….the weight range ratio is 18-22%……doesn’t mean 17 or 23% is wrong. I would have thought by now educated minds would recognize there’s no right or wrong when it comes to what you like, as long as it is legal. The best minds agree ivory is unique and plays differently than any other...

Bob, I am talking about a single ounce bolt in the bottom of the cue butt versus say 2 or 3 seven gram small weights spaced 3-5 inches apart within the butt. If my cue maker had to rely on more than say 1/4 - 1/2 oz. of weight bolts building my cue they did a poor job of building what I want. I...

Bob, doesn’t the fulcrum point change? When you change your grip position for different shots, you can tell the balance is affected if you had a heavy, not just any, but a heavy weight bolt that I’d describe as 1 oz or heavier. I can feel the difference in some of my cues that don’t have any...

I think anytime you can neutralize the additional weight by distributing and positioning the added weight in locations otherwise not considered before is a very good thing. When I say neutralize, I am referring to not having any form of added weight in one specific region, unless that was what...

Manson…..coring the butt is not hard……a cue maker that uses a single 1 oz bolt in a 18 oz. pool cue so a customer can receives a 19 oz. cue they want is not doing the customer any favors. At least distribute the weight within the butt and that’s not asking for much if the cue comes that short of...

Just remember that weight bolts are a crutch. IMO, the cue maker missed the desired weight and compensates by using a metal bolt of varying weight to fulfill the customer’s order. I’ve seem varying lengths, material and weight, sometimes more than an ounce. Sticking a chunk of metal in the ass...

Last October, I purchased my first KW cue shaft. It was made by Cory Barnhart and is a radial joint, 29.5”, 12.85mm, short ferrule and 3.81ozs. The tip is Cory’s and I fell in love with how it plays. So much so I embarked on trying to find a little heavier Kielwood shaft weighing at least 4...

Frosty and many other pool players endorse using a hard tip for your first pool cue. After you learn how to stroke the cue ball properly, which takes constant practice or else you’ll lose what you trying to perfect, you can better decide what tip hardness and brand suits you the best. Unlike...

Everyone has been very helpful in pointing out and explaining important things to keep in mind by a 1st time cue buyer. The one thing no one has mentioned so far is the most subtle consideration in deciding just how much enjoy your cue. Tip hardness……big difference between extra firm and extra...

It isn’t smart to lay different colors across and on top of each other because your eyesight tends to blend the colors. Actually, it’s not your vision but rather how it gets displayed in your mind and memory bank. A much better way is to lay the samples adjacent to each other but separated not...

Aside from the possibility of lot variation, which is likely not the reason IMO, Simonis offers a variety of green colors. Sometimes the shipper might pull the wrong color from inventory or maybe the buyer ordered a different color green. The color options are illustrated in the below photo...

Or any of the other NOMAD states either…….Delaware is only one of several states.

The players are in air conditioned locations so shorts should be verboten and long pants made of a material other than denim. Shirts should be tucked at the waist and collared is optional but recommended but no V Necks. Advertising should be limited to the sleeve area only and one sleeve, not...

Not exactly true…….prepared and ready to serve foods are usually taxable and food served is taxable…….certain supermarket items are taxable, hot prepared foods and take out foods, restaurant foods, foods that include utensils to consume it and many other food items as well are taxable, as is...

Or any of the other four states comprising the NOMAD states……New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana Alaska & Delaware do not have any state wide sales tax. However, Montana & Alaska have some resort towns that may tax specific services, in addition to some municipalities and burroughs which can vary...

If you do not legally charge sales tax because the cue maker paid sales tax on the inventory materials for building or repairing pool cues, you are still obligated to file both state and federal tax returns. Yes, tax returns become the legal yardstick for determining how much tax may be owed on...

What is your point? The 5 NOMAD states have zero sales tax but it has no impact on federal income tax reporting. Cue makers doing business as lump sum sales simplify things but obviously drive up their cost of goods. Income generated of any type for a business must be accounted for and that...

Occasionally…..It is a business…..inventory records, accounts payable and receivable, overhead, accounting, tax reporting, payroll with tax withholding & reporting….This is the real business world of cue making. You aren’t buying a cue at a garage sale or from an individual selling a pool cue...