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You should have no problem cutting Ivorine, I suspect it's either the way you are cutting or your cutter is toast. Slow RPM and slow feed rate, try taking lighter passes. Any pictures of your cutter and setup?

It would look something like that.

I'll take a picture when I'm in the shop, that will explain everything 🙂

People have built cues on all kinds of lathes, so your problem solving skills and how determined you are can make up for some machinery shortcomings. I would look into getting a wide ball bearing with a big enough through hole that you could use a Delrin sleeve between the bearings and cue and...

Wood lathes and cue making isn't a great match, but there's always workarounds. Concentricity would be my main concern. Is your stead rest the type that can be adjusted from three sides, like a metal lathe steady? Do you have a mag base and a indicator? Personally I'm a test dial indicator kinda...

I'm personally not a fan of turning the cue around the joint pin. Sure it gets centered that way, but that does not mean the pin installation is straight down the forearm. You say less then optimal machinery, what are you using and is there no way to improve the accuracy?

I have the first batch coming in about a week. As far as I understand from the information provided to dealers, it's the same tube, ferrule and construction, but without the cartridge system and they come with a less expensive Tiger Everest tip. Only 29" lenghts and only two sizes and the thread...

What's the reasoning here? The new inserts are aluminum, while the old ones where some sort of plastic, could they be worried about galling? I will have to check with Triple 60. I sell their products and it's been a very positive experience for me as a dealer and for the players using the...

I don't see how you'll be able to force the pin in and maintain good concentricity. Those pins are seated deep into the cue. The official specs say drill 3" deep and tap 2.75" deep. The barrel is usually .371" or .372" I always measure the pins so I bore the barrel part as snug as possible. You...

I would make a phenolic plug, glue that in with the correct epoxy for carbon fibre. Once that has cured. I'd machine the inside of the 5/16-14 brass insert to spec. Finally I'd drill, bore, ream and thread the shaft and install the brass insert.

The part with no threads is .450" long, the barrel diameter is actually.422" not .420" as I first said..

It's a regular 5/16-14 thread with about 1/3 of the threads removed and bored out to .320"

I don't care what chalk you use, if you miscue, that 99.9% of the time a user error. The solution is simple, stop going so far out on the CB. Look at the best players today the majority of their shots are stop ball shots.

Z and 314 shafts + 1st and second generation OB shafts are overrepresented in my shop and I've been doing this for close to 15 years now..

Taking good photos of cues is a trial and error thing, it takes a while to get the hang of it. But taking acceptable photos if you wish to sell a cue or send pictures to a cuemaker for the purposes of evaluating a cue for a repair quote or something like that isn't difficult at all and I'm...

Certainly looks like 5/16-14. What's the O.D and minor diameter of the pin?

I have witnessed an incident where a player actually was caught rubbing a cloth with silicone spray on the ball and it definently affected the CB. Not really sure how long the effect lasts and if this in some way permanently damages the cloth. I know once silicone is used it finds it's way...

Some wraps are easier to hide seam than others, the skill of the cue maker doing the work plays a huge part. But I have wraps I have just never gotten a god seam on as they are too soft and stretchy. So finding the right person who has quality wraps is key.

They certainly are. A solid carbon fibre shaft would be a terrible solution. But you can't equate a hollowed out wood shaft to a carbon fibre one. Carbon fibre is so much stronger, even though the wall thickness might only be 0.8mm. Since it such a strong material impact transfer through the...

Yes it's a low deflection shaft, but they have done it in a sensible way, so the shaft doesn't have the same issues as Predator Z/314 and OB shafts have where you hollow out the shafts so much and put on flimsy ferrules that tend to break or crack all the time. As a bonus you get a shaft with a...