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  1. jsaxman

    polish for cue prong/butt sleeve?

    What polish is good for the prong/butt sleeve of a cue? What can sine up a simulated lizard wrap? Selling a McDermott Cue......want to shine it up..... looking as new as possible. Cue has not been used very much. Cue is 95% original. plus, I can polish up the butt of cues for customers! for...
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    McDermott D Series Cue with OB1 Pro Shaft

    McDermott D Series Cue 19oz McDermott Shaft- 12.8mm Pro Taper, Ivorine-3 Ferrule, Onyx Tip OB1 Pro Shaft- 11.75mm Modified Conical Taper,Kamui Clear Black Tip SS Joint- 3/8" - 10 Forearm- Birdy-eye, Cocobolo Points, 3 Hi / 3 Lo with white/black veneers Handle- Simulated Lizard...
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    McDermott D Series Cue with OB1 Pro Shaft

    McDermott D Series Cue 19oz McDermott Shaft- 12.8mm Pro Taper, Ivorine-3 Ferrule, Onyx Tip OB1 Pro Shaft- 11.75mm Modified Conical Taper,Kamui Clear Black Tip SS Joint- 3/8" - 10 Forearm- Birdy-eye, Cocobolo Points, 3 Hi / 3 Lo with white/black veneers Handle- Simulated Lizard...
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    Tips

    What is your most popular Tip? my Customers like Kamui clear black Moori Ultraskin Sniper Onyx Water Buffalo Triangle Lee Pro ElkMaster Samsara Break tip With Kamui the most popular! A lot of customers want the thickness of the tip cut down some. Some of the layered tips are thick. I guess...
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    Shaft Taper

    Cue Builders What is your ideal taper of the shaft? You want some flex, but not too much? Or, You want little flex? A very solid hit? I like 12.75 to 13 mm, pro taper about 12 to 15 inch. I don't like the shaft to get thicker in my closed bridge, as I stroke thru the cue ball. The overall hit...
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    ferrules

    What is the best type of ferrules? Light weight/finishes with good shine/strong/easy to machine on lathe types of ferrules Real Ivory Ivorine 4 Mason Micarta rod Elforyn Juma Saber T Titan so many more I prefer capped & threaded ferrules (better connection) Always use fiber pad or carbon...
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    How do you condition the shaft?

    micro-mesh sheets 1500/1800/2400/3200/3600/4000/6000/8000/12000 while spinning on lathe finish with a pad of leather Carnauba wax to seal buff Experiencing with gun stock Tru-Oil. The guys from SouthWest Cues use it. Multiple applications of the Tru-Oil , with buffing with 1500 grit 2500 grid...
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    tip radius

    Regular tips dime radius Break tips quarter radius Break tips cut down thickness of tip before shaping radius What radius do you shape your tips? If customer wants particular radius.....I will do that ....to his specifications. Does it matter? Customer can fine shape tip to his liking? Do...
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    low deflection shafts

    This is for cue builders. Low deflection shafts. Newer type shafts have 1/2 inch ferrules. What is the best ferrule material? (soft?) What is the best diameter of the tenon? (1/4 ") What is the best type of tip? (soft?) If you was to build a low deflection shaft, How would you do it...
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    Moori soft tip, with carbon fiber pad
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    Installing Tips

    How do you install tips? 1) face off ferrule 2) sand ferrule (area to be glued ) 100 grit sand paper 3) removed 4) sand tip 100 grit sand paper 5) tape ferrule up to edge where tip is glued 6) Glue on tip Loctite Super Glue gel 7) Trim sides of tip 8) shape tip to dime curve (quarter...
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    Cue wrap glue

    What glue do you use for Irish Linen Wrap? -Elmer's Glue-All -Titebond Original -Titebond III -Other type of Glue? Do you use Full strength or dilute with few drops of water? Drill hole or tuck Wrap? Later, Sax
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    what tips do keep in stock?

    I have been doing basic cue repairs for ~13yrs. In stock I have Lee Pro-Triangle-Elk Master-Water Buffalo-Sumo Hard- Moori-Kamui Tips What tips do you (cue builders & cue repair person) keep in stock? What is a great high end tip to have in stock? Also, What is you best glue for tips? I...
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    how do you deal with a difficult customer?

    Customer's Jump/break cue with joint pin comming out. I repair the joint pin. Remove the pin...clean out the old epoxy/glue... clean up the pin...re-epoxy the pin in place...everything is ok. About a week later, Customer comes back with the pin at the a-joint commimg out(prong/handle)....says I...
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    Tip press

    Just ordered a Picone Tip Press. Anyone that has one of these tip Press? How did you set up the tip press to get the SAME amount of compression on EVERY tip? How much time do you keep each tip in the press? Any feedback would be appriciated!!! I like the press that compresses the tip. (not...
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    unique products

    Does anyone know the phone # for Unique Products? They sell the Cue Companion & many other cue building lathes. website just gives mailing address directory info could not find phone# I had the no# years ago Maybe they switched to an unlisted number? ........to avoid calls from a-holes...
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    pechauer wild thing/espiritu cues f/s

    Pechauer 'wild thing' ltd 4 sept 99 11 of 25 cocobolo / with ivory inlays reversed points at A-joint & butt sleeve 20 oz piloted pechauer speed joint sniper tip 13 mm shaft new retail $1800.00 for sale $950.00 shipped & insured Reduced to $825.00 includes giuseppe case 2butt/4 shaft
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    espiritu cue

    espiritu cue pictures
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    F/s espiritu & pechauer 'wild thing'

    Pechauer 'wild thing' ltd 4 sept 99 11 of 25 cocobolo / with ivory inlays reversed points at a joint & butt sleeve 20 oz piloted pechauer speed joint sniper tip 13 mm shaft new retail $1800.00 for sale $950.00 shipped & insured includes giuseppe case 2butt/4 shaft espiritu cue cocobolo...
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    For sale-samsara/espiritu cues

    For sale-espiritu-REDUCED $275.00! as is Samsara cue SCROW DOWN FOR ESPIRITU INFO Forearm- Curly maple Points- Cherry 3 long/ 3 short, with black veneer Butt Sleeve- Cherry Butt Cap- Black Linen Phenolic Joint- (5/16-18) Piloted Joint Collar- White Linen Phenolic Ferrule- Linen Based...
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