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lightest coring Think you may have a tough situation. Trying to go light by coring. But do you need the stability of the core. And then you need to put the pin into the wood. I wouldn't be comfortable putting a pin in balsa. How about you put a maple plug in both ends of carbon fiber and...

Never let it be said that we didn't joust with the windmill. Did find out that not much irish linen is made in Ireland anymore. We nailed the color, but couldn't get them to go thin enough on the individual threads. (3x3) would have been the holy grail, but I could have lived with something...

organizing What every you decide on. Stay with it and be consistent. The busier you get the less time you will want to spend on paper work.

Cuestock Looking at the latest photo's, maybe we should have called it Graystock. Maybe some Grecian-formula samples at the next one.

I think we should revise the question, to cues with out smooth gloss finishes. I've never heard of a cue that was intentionally unfinished. I would be really nervous about climate changes. As the other posters have mentioned, it's probably some type of oil finish. Gives a natural look, but...

Come on Rick, two posts before this one you said Thompson, so make up your mind. And by the way, what the F do you know about flying. And only an idiot would fly an approach on an un calibrated system.

Rick said "Traming in your tail stock up/down and in/out using a hardened Thomson rod with true centers is not a rocket science skill set. Or do you think that is BS too?" Well yes I do. Thompson's own specs are .001 straightness per foot. So now you can get you tailstock within .001...

Why I asked is because different finishes require different compounds. The three you mention are quite different in hardness. So doing 3 finishes will probably require tweaking. As earlier posted, the menzerna stuff from grizzley is a good starting point for auto finish, but menzerna makes a...

OK , I'll put it in baby talk. Are you finishing your cues in epoxy, 2 part auto, super glue,UV acrylic, UV poly, water based urethane.

Depends on what you are buffing.

Sw Jake hit it on the head. I didn't start to bash you method, just your drummed up tolerances. Let's talk some real world numbers a 190.00 bison live center holds +/- .0001 an import +/- .0003. As I stated how do you know that your import indicator is really moving .00025 When's the...

Roll So I'm not misunderstood. I'm all for tolerances. But let's be realistic. 4 digits is just pomp. Most high end cnc lathes barely hold that. We're talking wood or phenolic. We're talking coefficient of expansion of the epoxy. How about us old 5/16-14 guys. Most of those are rolled...

This from the inventor of the over reamed hole and chrome plated pin. I love the .0002 standard from a cheap uncalibrated indicator. Hey what happened to the .00025 from your last joint pin saga. Let's hold the BS tolerances from post to post

Cuestock Maybe it was triplets.

camera Found a photo I took thru the camera. I really like how fine the crosshairs can be made

camera mount Here's the set up on my Haas. Really saves my back leaning in to find points on the cue. Camera is Dino lite microscope camera. It's way over kill, but my old eyes need all the help I can get. I would recommend really researching the camera before buying. The biggest problem I...

I think TW would agree that cue design isn't something that just happens. It takes lots of hard work and study. I would recommend that any serious cuemaker get some books on perspective and composition. Things in art, just don't happen. At Cuestock Richard Helmstetter mentioned to me that...

Cuestock I hope someone has a good picture of Stadum and the shotgun versus the drone.

Whitten I've been happy with every case I have gotten from Whitten. Customer service is top notch. This one looks like a keeper.

torrefied wood There are levels of "cooking" do it long enough and hot enough and you have charcoal. Do it the right amount and you have crystalized resin, added stability and a higher frequency response. So, please don't use it.:smile: I mean, what could Gibson, Fender, Ernie Ball, Shur...