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Most of the strength comes from the tenon, but when you glue end grain to end grain, you'll have a certain amount of wicking action where the end grain sucks in the adhesive and leaves the joint a little dry, or at least having less glue than desired at this critical point. This can cause a buzz...

Me too. Now that Danny's in Jose needs to be next!

Read my post in this thread. Maybe it will explain how things really are! http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=2950967#post2950967 Sherm

Thanks Eric! You just saved me a bunch of typing! LOL Sherm

I am so glad that the BCA finally gave my dear friend Danny DiLiberto the recognition he deserves. I had lost a lot of respect for the BCA because of the length of time it took them to reach this conclusion. I was finally able to edit my sig line which showed my displeasure over Danny not being...

Now we're getting somewhere. My point is that doing something the harder way does not make it the better way! It does show a particular cuemakers skills in doing difficult tasks but the final product is not better because it's a full splice originally. And as far as me being the only one saying...

You are missing the point. It makes no difference if the cut is made above or below the points. It's no longer a full spliced cue if the maple shaft comes off. If it's not a one piece cue it can't be a full splice! And there is no real benefit, other that aesthetics. People have been saying for...

OK so you start with what you call a full splice, you want to put ringwork above the wrap. You cut the cue at the bottom of the points use a tenon and install the ringwork. Now what do you have?

Actually I know of no cuemakers or cue manufacturers who actually make full spliced cues with veneers today. A truly full spliced cue would be one piece with no joint like the old Titlist cues. The purpose of the splice was to achieve balance by using heavier tone woods in the bottom spliced...

I used to have an apprentice who left town several years ago. His name was Brian Martin, but he was a red head and went by the nickname Red Martin. Last I heard he was in the Pennsylvania area working in the construction trades. It's a possibility.

Well Paul if that's the case then the owner made a large mistake. He should have already had signs on all the entrances prohibiting anyone from bringing in food or drinks! If you pulled that at my pool room, the first time you would have gotten a stern but friendly warning, the second time I...

What makes you so sure that cuemakers can afford a cue of their own?

I've paid as much as $5.00 for a small bottle of water before. At Sturgis one year they were selling bags of ice out of the back of a pick-up for $10 a small bag that was half water by the time you could get it in a cooler. We all got to make a living. I think the customers should consider...

I'm of the belief that a pool table is necessary in a cue shop. You need some place to test hit cues, roll shafts, butts and complete cues and keep your repair customers out of your hair while you're working on their cues. Sherm

Yeah, they finally showed a cue and turns out they buy a $3 cue, a $2 case and an autograph worth no more than $10 for $600. Kind of a contrast to most of the other deals they make! When Rick finds out how bad he got screwed there will be no chance of them buying any descent cues!

I like the black Kamui Super Soft, but they play about like a medium IMHO.

Curly Maple and Birdseye are not a species, they are conditions that present themselves on a small percentage of Maple species. You usually can't tell if a log will have a curl to it or birdseyes until you mill the log. Sherm

You're welcome Slim. I'm glad we're in agreement on that anyway! lol

You may have to modify or replace your mount, but the Rigid laminate trimmer sold at Home Depot is IMHO the best of the routers out there. I bought one as a temporary replacement for a Wolfgang spindle on my CNC and when my Wolfgang came back from having it rebuilt I put it in a cabinet. Since...

One afternoon back in the '80's Tom Cruise came into my poolroom. He was in Cincinnati filming "Rain Man" which was the movie he did right after TCOM. He was still interested in pool and had a few hours to kill that afternoon and had a Taxi driver bring him to the "action room" in Cincinnati. He...