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I used to mostly agree with Bishop especially because niche makers of any product tend not to be able to get professional discounts or buy at the larger jobbers who sell volume to the trade anyway. However, these days, the big places have started to have some accommodation & lower minimums for...

My experience is "not within 5 - 10 years" but "maybe within 10 - 20" Though it does depend on the wood. Some, like heavy (thick) ebony, will crack if dried much faster without being machined smaller, though For instance, take a solid block 6/4 x 6+" W x 18" L, if it is wet as acquired, it might...

I started from the other direction - had to use exotics and semi-exotics for millwork and furniture, needed something to make out of the scrap. I learned to make full splice 4 and 6 point joints on legs designed for furniture; although that was partially intentional on my part to subsidize...

Yes, Gabon ebony As stated above, really am making flooring borders for the billiard room, what i've been doing the past week. So when the subject came up here on AZB at the same time, i just had to chime in. Sorry! :) About done that part now. When i was a kid we had a coal bin and coal...

I make, therefore i am.

What is your objective? Build a better cue? Build a prettier cue? Have fun in the shop? "After the cue is built i'll probably start another one 'cause i just like to learn new things & work in the shop?" "I want to build a player that i will use 'cause i have some ideas about how it will suit...

Been going through a lot of it to convert into flooring for the billiard room..... Especially the short, scrap, & excess stuff.

Seems that some of the presumed "higher end" belts (not to mention Klingspor or maybe 3M in the past) used adhesives that had a shelf life. IOW, buy 5 years supply based on quantity savings, and somewhere down the line or maybe at 6 yrs, they would all be coming unglued. From the mom 'n pop...

I've bought abrasives of all kinds from this company off & on for some 35 years & was shopping them today for widebelts (for a "timesaver"). https://www.supergrit.com/belts.html Assuming you will buy a range of belts, not just one at a time? As can be seen, they have all the common type of...

Standard veneer thickness today is 1/52" = less than .020" = slightly less than 1/2mm I still make veneers for my own use at the old standard, 1/28" or around .035". Sometimes as thick as .062"/1/16" Do you have pix of the cyano treatment? How about epoxy bar finish?

The problem is that commercial veneer is too thin for billiard table rails. IMO. :) As noted in other posts, i find collapsible discharge hose (firehose press types, but available in wider increments) more convenient, and offers higher pressure, for long, thin constructions like rails. But vac...

Personally, i think you would be time and effort ahead to make bolts to fit the old threads, especially since you only need 3. It's like literally, maybe an hour's work to make the blanks and thread the first one. Then 10 minute each, max, threading the rest. Then 1/2 hr to set up the...

I'm not a table mechanic, but i am a manual machinist. A 5/16 - 18 tap should cost less than $10 from a machinist catalog, not $100! But if you change, i like your helicoil idea - it gets rid of all the old threads and puts in clean new threads. If you measured the threads with confidence at...

Much higher temperatures than what? I addressed that in my post, though have not settled on process. GB's link with steam is interesting - mine has the lines and it's cheap. I'm on some lutherie/luthiery sites. Don't agree with everything, but am aware of the arguments. pro/con/etc. :)...

I am interested in the torrefication process, became aware of it a bit more than a decade ago when looking for a replacement material for a cypress job i had done 7 years before that.....and it rotted out! In the event, at the time, torrefied was pretty well proven to be rot resistant, but...

Still ambiguous? So neither one of you is cooking it yourself, but you have a mutual source. Jeff originally branded it, but since your source is the same, he is ok with you using the same brand? I'm sort of trying to understand if this is actually less like Kleenex and more like Meehanite...

Out of curiosity, what is the density, or how does it fit on this commonly referred chart https://www.dzcues.com/ferrules_4.html Thank you. smt

Just to clarify - are you producing torrefied wood yourself, and Jeff believes your process is similar enough to his to be endorsed by his brand? Or are you using torrefied wood from other (various?) sources and Jeff says since you obviously make good cues, it's ok with him if you call whatever...

OK, I take the short bus to work, only make FS cues and have not decided to add veneers yet. So kind of slow on the uptake. What exactly does the jig do? How do you use it? Honest question, not a troll. smt

Not only did i fail to understand that there are modern Brunswick "Medalist" models, I misunderstood the problem! He's apparently talking about the seams between slates. My mental pix was old BBC tables with slates busting in layers, sometimes at the rail bolt area. Apologies for confusion...