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When my back and shoulders didn't hurt like they do now and my eyes could see much sharper I used to hang out at a local bar and fell in love with a 16oz bar cue that was on the rack. I had the owner keep it behind the bar for me so it wouldn't get beat up any worse than it already was. I gave...

Glad you got your $ back.

I did a rebuild on a very old cue that had a .780 joint with a wooden pin in the shaft. The ivory joint on the butt and the wood under it was split. (imagine that) I encased the wood with phenolic and still had room to sleeve some ivory over it. I was actually surprised how well the cue felt...

Let me get this thinking straight........ You want someone to invest thousands in equipment. Possibly thousands in woods. Spend hundreds of hours learning and educating themselves in the craft. And work for $3 an hour so you can tell them how to build your cue to your exacting specifications...

Say you want a 400 offset taper you're going to move the tail only 200 1236-836 example Measure both ends and adjust from there if necessary. Make sure you start with the lathe at zero-zero on both ends before moving the tail or the numbers will be skewed. Unless your center points are a half...

Contradiction? The "form of flattery" is simply because there is very little ethical integrity in this industry. We're not talking about assembling simple 4pt 4ven with stitch ring cues with a luthiers diamond put in the pts. Companies or individuals may have a certain aspect about their...

It would be if you chaaaaaaaarged enough! ;) I have these conversations with people on occasion. They ask... "how does so-n-so get the price they do for their cues?" I tell them... "because that's what so-n-so charges!" LOL :cool:

Definitely best when cored. Even the good burls should be cored. Just too many different grain patterns and swirly grain not to core it.

Yea, I don't know, but I swear when I posted the link it was working on chrome. Now it doesn't work! Even if I do a search and click their web link it's broke.

Definitely needs to happen often when using the PT method. More often when cutting things other than woods. Not for everyone but I have parting tools custom ground for this particular operation. It's not an inexpensive option but when you figure the out longevity of each insert it ways itself...

By far the safest way.

edit: Not sure what is wrong.

Your searching needs some search refining. He only has about 50 different types of wraps listed on his web site that has been active for at least 20+ yrs. Like Michael said...good luck with snakeskin.

Not sure where or what you are purchasing but if do a search on this site you will find the number one leather wrap sells person for our profession. Contact him and I'm sure he'll be able to help. Good luck on the snakeskin. Never tried it, never will.

And that's what is important. Enjoy your cue.

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The right piece can be a beautiful thing. ;) Paired with the wrong woods can make it a fugly thing! o_O It's an extremely nice playing wood in a cue. It's down side is there are very few colors that can be paired with it. Edit: I guess I should have been a little clearer on the colors that...

Mine cost me .50 at a garage sale and only weighs 27 grams. LOL

Are you talking about the length of the wrap channel? The fixture used to come with a template to make your concave and convex end cuts. I use a steel mm rule to find the length of mine. My wrap channel is generally 12 inch long and a 12mm rule is shorter. Mark the first 12mm with a razor and...

I only have the experience with the "magic wrap" and it works great "if" you learn how to use it. I've watched a number of different ways to apply the wrap using it but as usual have figured out my own way to cut the leather complete, seam included, to fit the groove before adding any glue. Get...