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Speed joints... I have to agree with Jon on this one. I honestly don't see any direct benefit to the player. To the cuemaker? Sure....you have to return the product to him for repairs. I can understand it from a marketing perception only. Personally if the pin aligns the shaft perfectly...

shaft color Bruin.... That assumption is absolutely correct. The grain itself or darkness thereof has no affect on density, or flexibility, or weight. The very cool thing about curly and birdseye are that they're a miracle of nature. When you go into a "maple" forest you can't distinguish a...

Removing a ferrule... Ditto what Blud said. The only difference was I would actually put a torch to the ferrule itself. It would heat the glue up and soften it sufficiently to simply unscrew the thing. You only need apply heat to the end of the ferrule to about 1/2 way down it or end up...

Silly cue finger thingee.... Actually....as much as I hate to admit it.....in the UK this might go over. The vast majority of snooker players do NOT use a closed bridge. As I recall it's all open bridge stuff. Also, just FYI, the vast majority of snooker cues in the UK have a brass...

Machinist Class Zeeder... Bravo!!! You should take a machinist class. It's absolutely fascinating how things are truly made. The science, the tolerances, the materials etc. What I find MOST fascinating is that even with ALL that high tech stuff it eventually boils down to touch. A lathe...

Speed joints... Perhaps this is not the correct thread to post this question and I don't begrudge anyone from creating a "better mousetrap" but..... Why are cuemakers using "speed joints?" Rhetorically speaking here but is screwing and unscrewing a shaft to a butt such a labor intensive...

shaft color Hello... In my experience the color of shaftwood has absolutely NOTHING to do with weight or density. There are a couple of variables that determine the "color". One being how it was dried. Shaftwood is sugar maple (acer saccarum...or something like that). So is birdseye and...

Teak I've personally never seen teak used in a cue. As I understand it teak is used most in boating and in outdoor furniture for a few reasons. Most of which is that it's pretty impervious to weather. The vast majority of times I've seen teak used ANYWHERE it was in an unfinished state which...

Rich.... Sorry.....I just typed out a message to you and tried to PM it to you. However....it's LONGGGGGGGGG regarding the Tim Scruggs/Black Boar connection. When I tried to send it I found out the message has to be limited to 1500 characters.....well.....mine is something like 11,000...

Blud.... I don't disagree with you. What I was insinuating by my rather lengthy post is that if you dont presently have a machinist background you WILL have to acquire one. Yes...parts are available off the shelf...obviously. But if you dont know a ball end-mill from a center cutting 4-fluted...

Hello.... I know this is a rather late reply to your post but to introduce myself, my name is Vince Sangmeister. Those are really MY children (LOL)...especially the one with the ivory over steel joint. That actually WAS my own personal cue although I don't recall who I sold it to in Maryland...

Making Money, Making Cues Hello.... I hope my experience in this realm might be of some assistance in your endeavor. Tony Sciannella, his son, Tony Jr., his brother Ray and I (my name is Vince Sangmeister) built Black Boar cues from scratch. We started with a vacant building suited for...

Malachite Hello all..... First let me introduce myself. My name is Vince Sangmeister. I saw my named mentioned in a reply to a question regarding Black Boar cues so I figured I'd join up. Regarding Malachite....Yes...it is a real stone. Considered a semi-precious I believe. It's mined...