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Is it possible there are two bolts? I often find a set screw deep in the cue after removing the bolt the bumper fastens to. It could be a second bolt if the obvious bolt was only checked for tightness. I still think a bolt would be heard if you slightly dropped the butt, without the shaft...

Here is my latest mailed yesterday. The customer wanted my blackest ebony with pink ivory inlays, but a generally simple cue. This is what I came up with. Thanks for looking and Happy Thanksgiving.

Tomahawk is a lot stronger than Juma. I have done "slam the cue down" tests with it to see how hard you have to hit it on concrete using the normal 1" bumper configuration with only about .005 clearance between the side of the bumper and the walls of the butt cap. I've also done this test...

I think you pretty much answered it yourself. My guess is that it is an issue with the ferrule. When the butt is not screwed on, there is insufficient mass to create enough vibrations at the tip end to hear it. When the butt is screwed on, you are able to get the tip end vibrating and hear...

:thumbup: I'm ready.

Thank you very much. :smile:

I was afraid that a lot of the figure in the burl would be obscured after the finish was applied without using good light to see it. It turned out not to be the case as it shows very well. When I core woods, I create pressure as the dowel goes in to see how many beads of epoxy sweat out from...

Thanks fellows. :)

I'm in. Thanks.

There is both improper chalking that wore the groove in the ferrule, and some sanding/cleaning/wear that rather slightly reduced the shaft diameter below the ferrule. When you install and turn the new ferrule down, turn just 4 or 5 thou off the transition area between the shaft and the ferrule...

Joe's cue package is complete. He asked me to post the pic that will go up on my website. I don't think it could have come out any better. Kudos to Joe for the cue vision and inlaid ring design.

I've seen chalk grooves from bad chalking. If the cube of chalk has a deep hole and you chalk the tip with the bottom of the hole with a rocking motion as you twist it can happen. With a really short ferrule, it can happen on the shaft portion.

It's been a while since I posted a finished cue. I finished this one earlier this year. This black ash burl had pretty much everything going on. The small 4 pointed stars are approximately .112" in height. The large ones about .167". One of the shafts was made from a Tiger partial, the...

Any Louisiana cuemakers have a spare 1" ivory butt cap blank they would sell me? Thanks.

Thanks to all for their comments.

Thanks to all for their comments.

The black is thin black paper. It is pretty commonly used with the typical .022/.036 cue veneers to create a defined look rather than a classic transition or flame look.

Thanks for the orders. I'm back home now and all packages are shipped.

Hopefully the mods don't mind the double posting as some cuemakers don't visit the gallery and vice versa. Some time back I started building jigs to make my own full spliced blanks. I recently took a trip to Erie to work with Bob Dzuricky on adding mitered veneers to them. Bob documented the...

Some time back I started building jigs to make my own full spliced blanks. I recently took a trip to Erie to work with Bob Dzuricky on adding mitered veneers to them. Bob documented the endeavor in a video linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4lRBZM_gFw I had a lot of fun and am...