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Insuring Outrageous Pool Cues-Farmers won't cover them.... If I were a farmer I wouldn't want that responsibility either. :unsure:

I've advocated for years to not send cues in round tubes. DON'T DO IT BUBBA! Probably been more cues "lost" sent in round tubes than anything else. Round tube....rolls off the conveyor....worker picks its up.....looks at the tag...worker plays or knows someone who plays pool...round tube is...

Holy crap...you mean we're expected to eat and drive cars also? When am I supposed to have time to do that? I gotta get these cues done or somebody might be mad at me for missing my estimated target date o_O Gotta love Ray and Blues Brothers (rip John)

None taken..... Commercially, yes, you can be hard pressed to find trees that have grown as long as I am old. Privately, now that is where the "good" trees still are. You just have to know who is harvesting and processing this type of wood. That goes back to my making wood relationships post...

I'd pay a plumber $250 an hour. I hate that job more than electrical work. And I only know enough about that to get shocked every time I touch a wire. 🤯 Plumbing = special tools, secret hand shakes, being a contortionist, 23 trips to the hardware store, inventing new bad words, more trips to...

You sly :ninja: guy!

Well isn't that a kick in the pants. Now we'll have to think "out of the box" and figure out how engineer 2-24's to make a thirty! I is are a cuemakkbuilder so I are going to figure this problemo out!! :unsure: :coffee::coffee::coffee:drink lots of this...do some of this :poop::poop::poop...

You brought a tear to my eye. You will not find any HRB commercially kiln dried :unsure: Regardless of what is said, they get soaked in shellac when I get my hands on them. All that I have has been sleeping for a long time. Yet I still punch holes for cores and leave them sit for extended...

You'd be surprised how many younger individuals I talk with that have an interest in billiards history. It's up to you and me and everyone that loves the industry to point them in the right direction and make sure it stay's alive. Look at bell bottom jeans...who would have thunk they would have...

So what are you telling me? Good thing I may have some ratholed? Old growth is a little overhyped IMO. First thing is the term old growth needs to be defined. What is considered OG? 20 years old? 40 years old? 50-100 years old? There is no magic in how old the wood is. The other thing is...

Thank you. I've certainly been called a lot worse. :eek:

Seen it lived it felt it. 401K's were turned into 201K's over night. 2008-2011 was brutal in the real market for some and a God sent for others. Prices dropped considerably. Depending on when you bought and were you gonna live in it or flip decided if you won or lost. I don't see that...

No worries purchasing here. John is good as it gets!

I feel very fortunate that my neighbors have laying hens and will occasionally knock on the door with a carton or two. ;)

As I've always been taught about hiking in the woods...you don't have to be faster than the grizzly bear, just faster than one other person in the group! :LOL: But if you're the only person in the group of 1...then yea...you might be in trouble! o_O

Just buy her a really nice high grade hoover and..........then you're off to Ernie's shop! OOPS was that my inner voice going out loud again. Bad Bad Bad Bad......😶‍🌫️

Not to mention some wood species are no longer available period! What type of price do you put on BRW, Brazilian Tulip..etc, etc. And yes, for someone to purchase a lathe like I use today they're going to pay a minimum of 3 times the price for the lathe and tooling invested that I had out of...

Listen, I hear ya talking and that sir is your right to cue collecting. There are many out there tho that feel 5K to 25K for a cue is not a problem and will pay that OR more for the right one.

Maybe try collecting coins because it sounds like cues are not going to fit into your wheelhouse.

It's my opinion that "most well known builders today generally shoot for the forward balance of something in front of the wrap area of the cue. Balance point is one of the harder requests to accommodate and generally falls where it falls according to the builders specs. ie....99% of mine end in...