Cutting a South West in half!

9Ballr

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What's the point in doing this?

I was hoping he'd go long ways across, not this.
 

jasonlaus

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You shoulda seen my face when my untouched Gus blanks started getting cut down on the bandsaw. Didn't know if they were gonna fly apart or what lol. Thank god there were no problems
Jason
 

one stroke

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I'd rot in hell before I'd let anyone other than the original maker cut a cue in half and repair it unless he was dead

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9Ballr

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To put a new handle on it cause it's warped - good as new(as far as being straight)
Jason


That's interesting. Especially considering it was on this very forum
that I was told that any cue maker would be seriously bad if he
made a butt that ended up warping.
 

jasonlaus

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That's interesting. Especially considering it was on this very forum
that I was told that any cue maker would be seriously bad if he
made a butt that ended up warping.

It happens to all of them(cuemakers). Some cuemakers go the extra mile(years) to make sure it doesn't happen, but it still can. Other makers crank them out and it happens more often, hence the "bad cue maker"

Good cuemaker = very, very few warping
Bad cuemaker = well, you understand
 

pt109

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It happens to all of them(cuemakers). Some cuemakers go the extra mile(years) to make sure it doesn't happen, but it still can. Other makers crank them out and it happens more often, hence the "bad cue maker"

Good cuemaker = very, very few warping
Bad cuemaker = well, you understand

Good or bad cuemakers have no control over how owners care for them.

I've seen a Szamboti broken in half over a $50 one-pocket game...
i've seen a top of the line ivory jointed Joss smashed over a garbage can...$5 a game.
...people like this tend to leave their cues anywhere...hot, cold, or humid.
 

jasonlaus

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Good or bad cuemakers have no control over how owners care for them.

I've seen a Szamboti broken in half over a $50 one-pocket game...
i've seen a top of the line ivory jointed Joss smashed over a garbage can...$5 a game.
...people like this tend to leave their cues anywhere...hot, cold, or humid.

True, but it happens more to the guys who crank them out
 

JoeyInCali

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It happens to all of them(cuemakers). Some cuemakers go the extra mile(years) to make sure it doesn't happen, but it still can. Other makers crank them out and it happens more often, hence the "bad cue maker"

Good cuemaker = very, very few warping
Bad cuemaker = well, you understand
No wooden cue is warp proof .
SW takes 10 years to make cues . 10 years. They are not rushing nothing.
We don't know how the owner treated that cue .
You have to take care of your SW a little better than other cues.
SW cues are not cored .
They are made in Nevada, a dry place.
If you leave them in your car in St Louis during a hot wet summer day, it might just warp.

That being said, cored cues are less prone to warping.
Or cues made in areas where humidity and heat are not extreme.
Where Tad's and Gina's shop are probably the best place to make cues in the world . You can cut wood most of the year with the windows open and A/C off.
Not so in Las Vegas or Texas or Florida.
 

jasonlaus

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No wooden cue is warp proof .
SW takes 10 years to make cues . 10 years. They are not rushing nothing.
We don't know how the owner treated that cue .
You have to take care of your SW a little better than other cues.
SW cues are not cored .
They are made in Nevada, a dry place.
If you leave them in your car in St Louis during a hot wet summer day, it might just warp.

That being said, cored cues are less prone to warping.
Or cues made in areas where humidity and heat are not extreme.
Where Tad's and Gina's shop are probably the best place to make cues in the world . You can cut wood most of the year with the windows open and A/C off.
Not so in Las Vegas or Texas or Florida.

Exactly! Although I do have A Tad currently that has a new handle on it.

Edit, also had a cored cue warp that was never played with and never left the house.
It happens
 
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jasonlaus

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Pete T. as well.... Dennis would agree....

Agree, I always forget about him. I suppose BB, Manzino, Thomas Wayne, Haley, etc could do the job also.

Since I'm an old school fan Searing and Szamboti come to mind first, although I consider Showman the best for old school designs and they play great too. Pete rounds out the top 4.
 

jasonlaus

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Jim Buss and Josh Treadway are more than qualified to work on that SW.
Just saying.

True. I don't really consider normal SW a "highend" cue anyway.

I wouldn't have anybody but Dennis or Barry(sometimes Pete) work on a Gus, Bushka, etc. Others may be qualified and have no issues, I just don't feel other names carry the same respect and would de-value the cue. IMHO
Jason
 
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