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Yesterday I received a phone call from an old friend asking for my help and advice on planning for his pool room he will be opening. I haven't even seen the building yet but wanted to get some general guidelines and ideas before taking the measurements next week. He is planning to open on...

Here it is, the first and likely the last Calabrese pro tipper for sale or trade on AZ. These were sold mail order in the early '90s for $299.95 plus shipping and handling in the classifieds at the back of pool and billiards magazines. I bought it new in '93 and just found it in the pouch of...

This lathe has been TRADED. Thanks to all that made offers. Here is a frankenstein lathe that has only been used a couple of times since it was reassembled by myself. http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/championsrepair/lathe.jpg Sorry for the bad cell phone pic It has the following: 4...

I am looking to BUY 3-5 cues that are broken or have severe damage to the forearm. After seeing Ryan's (ratcues) threads on his repairs I really want to try my hand at it without taking on additional customer work and dealing with deadlines, commitments and the very real possibility of failing...

Bought another Taig Mill off of Craigslist so I am making it available here after removing the steppers and controller I wanted. I was going to keep it and put my old steppers on it, but they are not included in the price unless you buy the controller below also. For sale or trade: Taig Micro...

I am currently using a Taig CNC mill with a Taig lathe based fixture with indexing for my inlays. Have been thinking about an upgrade to a true 4th axis for a while now. I would need to upgrade my controller and software to accomplish it. It seems to me that the time savings for cutting...

To those that use shellac based products I though you might want to know that your pricing is likely to double effective 12/31/2010.

Ok, I was playing the other night and noticed an unusual sound when I hit a ball. I looked at the tip and all looked good. I took my next shot which was a 2/3rd table length draw shot and my Predator shaft broke. It was hit at probably 1/3rd of my break speed and prior to the shot before I...

What would you do? I just lost a good repeat customer of mine. The cue in question is from a "Big Name" regional custom cue maker. The customer just received the cue new and wanted me to fit a LD shaft to it because the cue maker refused. With the customer present, I put the butt on my lathe...