with some of the old cues,
there isnt a whole lot of xtra meat there to work with.
if youre wanting to just true it up before going on with assembly,
put your indicator on toolpost , coming in from the side.
to match the existing taper of that particular piece,
when you have zero zero at...
Crispy is the exception to the majority out there
you've seen it, i've seen it, we all have
the white bubbles, the chips, cracks.
my "cons" didnt include his ca & process,
just the shit that gets brought to me to fix
auto clearcoat
cue base-coated with clear epoxy MAX1618
Pro's
1) easy to spray ***
2) easy to sand & buff
3) not brittle like ca, will dent rather than chip or crack
4) high gloss with quality clear & good procedures
Con's
1) toxic of course
2) takes longer than an hour to do ( if that's...
hold on there fellas
i'm not sqauwking about it
it wasnt a blatant ripoff
steve did his twist on some that i was working on.
a year later he forgot about that i think
said to me "oh you're doing rings like i do now"
mine were inspired by a closeup pic of a Steve Klein bridged veneer cue i saw...
might be one of my real early cues
i only used radial for a couple years.
i could be wrong but i THOUGHT i always signed.
i'm not 1000% sure of that though