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Some months ago there was a thread regarding a "new" style of insert that pretty much everyone thought was quite good. IIRC Williecue started it but I could be wrong on that point. I have searched for this thread with no success so if someone could spoonfeed me the information I would...

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has done this conversion. Please PM me with your experience. I know Chris would answer any and all questions and has saved me from making unwise or unnecessary purchases in the past but I would really like to get an end users perspective after they...

of or remember a cuemaker named Bill Blevins or Bevins? I purchased what appears to be a conversion sneaky many years ago and was told this was who made it. Additionally, stamped in the butt were the letters BBQ. The letters appear to be stamped individually with a lettering stamp as they are...

To take a little heat off of the "cue maker questions" and "touch up points" threads I thought I would get some opinions on my next major purchase for my shop. Here is what I am considering for my shop (in no particular order): 1. Leather wrap set up 2. Add thread cutting capability to my...

Before I do something really stupid I would like to run a couple of things by you machinery gurus. As I understand the process you chuck up a round at the back of the jaws and bore to depth. Afterward you file off any remaining lip where the round was held by the jaws. I have a double chuck...

I have a lower skill level player who wears glasses and is right handed but left eye dominant. In addition she holds her head slightly cocked to one side and not perpendicular to the cue. All in all a real nightmare when you have limited time to work with her and, frankly, I lack the...

"An emperor of a prosperous city who cares more about clothes than military pursuits or entertainment hires two swindlers who promise him the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they tell him, is invisible to anyone who was either stupid or unfit for his position...

Sorry, mouth was in motion before brain was in gear.

Mild to wild. If so I would be happy to purchase a couple of pieces for a couple of cue projects I would like to start. Please PM me with particulars shipped UPS to 68138. Thanks and Regards, Stoney

I need enough linen to wrap two cues. EITHER: One solid red and one solid yellow OR: One red/black (black/red) and one yellow/black (black/yellow) I have checked Prather and Atlas and they have one or the other but not both. If you have single spools that would be great. If you could wind...

on a Taig size mill. Can it be done? I'm talking shaft and butt size pieces, not jp's. There may be a way, but if there is call me stupid because I just don't see it. Chris H sells a threading setup for his lathe and that is what I will probably end up buying if the mill idea is a no-go...

Does anyone know where I can get a bottoming tap in the radial pin/ball screw/surgical screw size (3/8 X 6?) ? I have a ground nose tap (from Atlas) but it leaves to much unthreaded material at the bottom of the tap hole. Thanks, Stoney

I bought a spur drive with a Morse taper and took it to a local machine shop to have the shank ground straight to fit my 3 jaw chuck. I got it back and find the runout varies from approx. .001" to .003". The .001" measurement is on the ground portion of the shank but it is not consistent over...

What is your recommendation for a <=$100.00 laminate trimmer? I have a PC 7310 and a Kress, neither of which I want to move from their dedicated tasks. I can get another PC 7310 for $80.00 shipped and a Freud (sp?) for about the same amount. The trimmer will be used for parting off and...

I have a plain maple forearm with veneered points a black joint collar. In prepping it prior to staining with a medium mahogany stain I sanded down to 600 grit radially and finished sanding axially. After applying the stain and balancing out the coverage I set the cue aside to dry before...

Until recently live tooled tenon/mortise threading was not in the picture for me. Now that CH has developed one for the Deluxe Cuesmith and I have also acquired CNC capabilities to cut threaded mortises and tenons implementing this feature is my next big project. In the short term I think that...

A young man in the military approached me last night about removing a shaft deco ring and reinstalling it on another shaft. He will be leaving here shortly for Albuquerque, NM and be there for about 90 days. After that he is being shipped off somewhere else. I told him I would try and obtain...

Up until today I had two of those coiled yellow air hoses (200 psi rating). Both were "cheap" but from different sources. I had one out in the garage (unheated) and the other in the shop (heated). I went to pick up the one in the garage that had been laying there a couple of days. I grabbed...

In your opinion(s) what is the difference (if any) between Maker - Builder -Assembler or any other label not covered by these 3? I ask this because my impression is that some to many of you have established a hierarchy (at least in your own mind) of these labels. Not a bad thing, but without...

In practical terms what is the maximum length piece you can core with a gun drill? Most of the cored forearms I see are 12" plus the core material and I would like to end up with a cored piece somewhat longer than that. Chris's gun drills are approx 14"-15" but is that a maximum length...