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This cue was shot outside, in natural daylight with a swimming pool as the background. The cue was held in one hand and the camera in the other. Everyone has a different idea of what they want out of a cue photo, but to suit my personal taste this is about as good as it gets. There are three...

homage to The Lone Star State. A tribute to Texas would be a "southwestern" style design... wouldn't it? TW

"Albino Ebony"? What a great story! You actually made me check my calendar to see if it was April 1 already. TW

Your wife. And mine - because you're setting a bad example for the rest of us. TW

Many, many years ago Danny Janes (Joss) told me a story about a guy who complained that his custom Joss tended to make a funny sound when he held the assembled cue out sideways by the grip section and slapped the joint area firmly with the palm of his other hand. Danny asked him one simple...

Samsara has had in inexpensive - and very effective - shaft straightener (which they sell) for many years. They invented and perfected it during the time when they were roughing and finishing Predator's shafts, since many of the Predator blanks that came in were too warped to install an insert...

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Corresponding witness marks to align the floating-headstock base with the dovetail, plus a peripheral witness mark on the rotary part of the floating headstock, would allow you to take multiple passes with very repeatable accuracy. In other words, a couple of scratches in the right places could...

The very fastest way to get a perfect finish on shafts is to open a box of them you ordered form Samsara, or one of the other expert shaft producers. You're asking the wrong question when you ask how you can get faster results. Now, if you ask the RIGHT question - "How can I get better...

I'm a fan of Southwestern art (and have used it in my own work), so it's pretty hard not to like anything Kokopelli, if it's well executed. TW

VERY nice design. However, there is a major difference between scrimshaw and engraving, and what you are showing here is engraving. That does not "devalue" the work in the slightest, but since the art form referred to as "scrimshaw" and the art form referred to as "engraving" are both...

Most small grease guns come with the "business end" (as an additional accessory) for those grease ports. Basically, it's a necked-down tube that you press firmly against the fitting, and the pressure of the grease gun forces the tiny spring-loaded ball valve to open and allow grease into the...

It's important to understand that "strength" is not the only important quality, or often even most important quality, needed for good cuemaking. TW

My submission for the 2007 Houston ICCS "Lonestar Collection". TW

Yes, "Porper". typo. I also built my first linen press. And, like yours, it's necessary to straddle the cue from the opposite side where you'll be standing, and then reverse the process when finished. In contrast to that minor inconvenience, the Porper press opens and closes like a pair of...

Meuller's. They own the Proper gizmo line. TW

No pics. TW

Joe Porper conceived this idea in the mid-90's. I helped him figure out how to make it work, and eventually he had two cues at the '98 Gallery of American Cue Art show in NYC that utilized the principle. Ultimately, however, the difficulty of obtaining a "perfect" bond between flat surfaces of...

Actually it's not too difficult at all - assuming the configuration of your CNC machine is such that your spindle moves in both the X-axis and the Y-axis without moving the cue around. That is to say, if your cue remains stationary (except for rotary indexing) while the cutter head does the...

Would a 5-V-point full-splice qualify? 'Cause I've done that a lot... TW