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After getting the 36" Mini-Raptor and checking its travel ... my thinking was flawed. I now think the 48" model would have been the better choice for a cue making CNC machine. Willee

I have received my Mini-Raptor machine from George and am very impressed with the build quality. I thought it would be much lighter but this thing is heavy duty. Everything went together fairly simply and I am waiting on a few odds and ends to get the stepper motors and spindle installed. I...

Nice ... A Hightower reinvented with stepper motors and CNC control. Is their someone that is selling a CNC upgrade kit for Chris Hightower lathes? I dont see why an existing Hightower lathe could not be retro-fitted with stepper motors. The cutting tool box that had the vacuum attachment was...

Triangle or LePro cheap and easy to install. You can get 5th Street 5 layered tips for about a buck each on eBay and those are fairly decent tips also. Willee

Wishing you a fast recovery Jim. If there is anything I can do for you just call. Wish I could buy all that stuff ... I have missed my CueMonster. Just dont think I can spend the money right now. Willee

Dale, I was not aware of your exceptional mental ability to know who I was referring to and exactly what took place. If you applied that to cue making a customer would not need to call you to order a cue ... you would just know what to make and where to send it. A lot of speculation took place...

Welcome to the club Randy ... I too make that same mistake. Willee

I am not sure what the question is exactly. I think you are asking why others like the cue they are playing with ... correct? There are so many styles of play and preferences between pool players that no one cue could ever suit everyone. A great playing cue in the hands of one player can...

I will echo the advice about sending it to Rat Cue maker and master repairman Ryan at Mueller's. Let him tell you what you need to have done to make the cue look and play like a new one. Willee

Oh Yeah ... that wil do! And it has a DRO. Wish I had bought that one rather than the Porper B Q-Lathe last year. Willee

I have owned and used Chris Hightower's cuesmith deluxe and it is a very good well thought out cue making machine. Lots of years of cue building experience have went into the development of his equipment and it will do everything he says it will. I highly recommend his cue making equipment...

I agree with Chris that it will be hard to get an exact color match on the brown phenolic. Hard ... but I guess not imposable. The only cue maker I know with a Bludworth CNC machine is Mr Arnot. Any CNC shaft cutting machine should be able to duplicate that taper exactly if the G-code data is...

Yes it will be tight but ... I think it should be long enough ... 30" actual cutting length. I can make the bed any length to support the "A" axis head and tail stocks. As long as the cutter will move a full 30" to profile shafts and taper butts it should work out. The 42" model has a two week...

Wow ... that is an old cue. Highly collectable and very valuable to the right person. I wonder how many custom cue makers were there when this cue was made?

Well ... I decided to buy a new Mini-Raptor 36 and do the outfitting of stepper motors and controller myself. Really need something like that to start cutting custom tapered shafts again. I am thinking I can fit it with a 3/4" thick plywood floor but if that dont work out I can buy a slotted...

Anyone got a Mini-Raptor or something like it for sale? Willee

When some one asks me what the price of my cues are I dont tell them to go to my website, register, get a password, then email me for a quote. I generally tell them the price straight up on a cue that is built and ready to sale. If they want something special made, I take the time talking to...

Eddie, It is very rare that an aftermarket shaft will match a butt perfectly. I think the only way you are going to get the results you want is to send it off to a cue maker for a fitting and possible refinish. Be sure to send the original shaft to have it done also. That way everything will...

It would take about as long to change jaws as it does to shim them to center. The fellows that think they require .0001" accuracy to make a cue are the same fellows that whip out the 10x loop to look at a finished cue. willee

I have owned and used both of these lathes and each has its own merits. The Unique lathe has a collet type chuck using delrin jaws and requires the tail stock to help support any piece of wood you put into it. There are two chuck assembly's available ... a large and a small. It is safe for the...