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I've decided I 'need' a small lathe for just tinkering. I have a Deluxe and it works fine for my cue hobby, but I want a small metal lathe. I don't want to get a big one - - yet. The price of a 60-year old Craftsman 109 and a new HF mini lathe are about the same. Which would you go for? One...

I just reread Blud?s comment on not mailing yourself drawings. I?m not sure where that ever came from, but the idea of that was to prove the date of invention. It?s a poor way of doing it. If there is some concern of who invented something and when, the preferred way is to have someone...

Chris' advise is sound. Low volume products have a hard time recouping the patenting cost. Blud is mostly right about price. An average U.S. patent (~25 pages) will cost you around $10 in patent office fees and attorney fees. Outside the U.S. there are over 130 countries available for...

A change to a patented item may still fall within the scope of the patent claims. It all boils down to the breadth of the claims. If I have a patent on a ?bicycle?, and you build a bicycle with fancy handle grips and a horn, it?s still a bicycle and would infringe my patent. The real problem...

Now back to the subject. I think I recall seeing a cue with two wraps. It might have been Yak Cues? the first one was shorter than a standard wrap - - maybe about 9 inches, leaving a longer butt sleeve. The second one was probably about 6-7 inches and was almost at the tail end of the cue...

Not to change the subject, but if you notice Earl Stickland's wraps, they are actually over-wraps. He's probably using them to increase the diameter of the butt and absorb moisture. Interestingly, if you look at the front cue, the dirtiest part of the wrap (arguably the part he uses the most)...

Chris, Will you have them at the SBE in March? Alan

Actually, they covered my table two months ago and I'd prefer to use someone else - - not a good experience.

I get it now. Thanks.

At the risk of disclosing my ignorance: What am I looking at in the second picture?

Any recommendations to re-cover a 9-foot Olhausen in the north Raleigh area? I don't like the current color.

Thanks to all. I'm going up to the Research Triangle Park area next weekend and have a better idea of the type of house I will get. I'm sure I'll have more questions/comments when I return.

I have a 9-foot table in my basement. I'm moving to NC, and it seems that most houses don't have basements. I once had an 8-foot table on the second floor of my house, and it had a tendancy to bounce a bit. What do people do to make sure the floor has enough support and doesn't bounce?

Better analogy: I fence in my yard, but in the process, I also fence in some common property. Should I be allowed to claim what was common as my own and exclude the general public?

Mike (and Chris), I think the anonimity of the internet has caused much of the disrespect and rudeness that you see on forums and emails. I doubt if we were all physically in a room that we would treat each other with such nastiness. I'm actually becoming numb to it, much like violence on...

Eddie, I've heard some good things about the Porper Model B, but I've not seen one in action or used one. I have the Deluxe Cue Smith, and I'm happy with it. I can't say it is cute, however. I consider it utilitarian in appearance. Comparing all of the Cue Smith lathes to the Model B isn't...

What part of the bit contacts the wood? I like the vertical set-up. It might be less taxing on the carriage system too. Is that the quick connect system Chris sells? I'm thinking about putting this on my list to Santa.

I live just north of Atlanta, and made the trip to Richardson to get a lesson from Carl Osborn (an instructor at Randy G's school). (Because of work issues, I never can seem to get the time to take Randy's regular class.) Carl solved some of my issues while I visited, and gave me drills and...