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Interesting. So, this creepy poster is not some dude named Rick? I wonder who he really is. He must be somebody very important to be able to destroy thread after thread here and remain untouchable.

Quit hijacking my threads. This has absolutely nothing to do with the spirit of this thread, which was to call attention to a change of opinion previously held by a world-class player. Take your relentless crusade about subjectivity vs. objectivity elsewhere and start (yet another) thread about...

That's IT? :rolleyes: ;)

I'd be very interested in that myself. I remember when my grandson Ethan was that age. He wrote the book on "The Terrible Twos". Cheer up, they get to be a lot of fun by the time they are 5. But for now, may I recommend four fingers of J.W. Weller 107 proof after your duties are over for...

I followed John's FB post and all of he comments, and I just didn't see the kind of animosity that appears immediately when a similar post is made on AZB. Sure, folks are on both sides of the fence over there, and some just sitting on the fence about it. But mostly it's done with a show of...

Wait for it... Figueroa will be along any minute claiming Schmidty's buddy only gets it to work because John told him to clean the balls after every rack.

Looks yummy! All you need is a fat wedge of Cropwell Bishop stilton and a fresh baguette. We both love that Cockburn's Special Reserve a lot. We even learned how to pronounce it properly after my wife's Welsh friend Gwennyn stopped laughing long enough to correct us. :o

Can't say much about shaft sanding, but I really love your avatar. I'm a huge Gracie fan from way back. Seen her live in 1970, 9 months pregnant and still out there belting out tunes and strutting her stuff while we all expected her to drop the kid at any time. I was tripping pretty heavy on...

My wife's name is Rose, so I'm giving her a dozen of them.

Sweet! I'm mostly a violin guy, even though I'm a blues guitarist. Way more money in fiddles than guitars, at least for me. I don't really build guitars (although I have a Benedetto-style jazz guitar in the works with KILLER bigleaf maple back and sides), but I used to make lots of violin...

No, no! Don't try it! I was just throwing out a little filthy innuendo since Tramp Steamer hasn't been around much since he got ill. Hope he gets better soon, his schtick is a hard act to follow.

My shaft was a bit too flexible. I was advised to soak it in cider, and damn if it didn't stiffen up a lot. :p

H-mmm... have to read up about that one. It's pretty hard to get wood to near 0% MC without raising the temp above 215º, and then you are risking damaging the wood IMHO. I know that fly rod makers heat treat their Tonkin cane when they make bamboo rods, but resonance and tone are not deciding...

Ya, it was actually a trick question. ;) I've been a professional luthier for 40 years now, and understand everything you are saying. Been in a few arguments with cue makers on the forum here, but got nowhere. I decided to not bother anymore. Here's a link to a U.S Forest Service...

Who did back then? Here's a shot my wife took a few weeks ago. I'm putting about two tips of left on the ball, but to me it looked like I was aiming right at the point of the opposite diamond. We both paid careful attention to where the CB struck the rail, and we both agreed that the diamond...

Rolando Aravena? If so, send him back north, we need more like him up here.

What exactly is the moisture content of "kiln-dried" wood, and why do you believe your climate won't let it stay at that MC?

Depends on what you call gambling. :) I started playing way back in college because there was a table in the rec room, which was right next to my dorm room. The city guys basically monopolized the table because they were way better than us country bumpkins. They played 9-ball with two money...

Gotta love Engineering Toolbox, that site saved my butt on many projects in the last few years. I believe most tips today (at least the desirable ones) are highly compressed leather with proprietary "stuff" added during manufacturing. From Milk Duds to multi-laminate glued-up tips, there is...

The bridge length they used on that machine was fairly long, at least 8" by looking at the photos. Also, the top bearing is spring loaded, so it would yield to an upward force. Besides, they made provisions for adding rubber sleeves to the bearings to isolate it from the shaft like a human...