Story of my life....
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Very nice looking effort.
Thanks J. Need to sand/finished. Possible Bushka sleeper hereVery nice looking effort.
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
That doesn’t sound right. Phenolic is made out of epoxy. In the picture is that just bare sanded down or is there epoxy over? If it’s just sanded down, wipe some alcohol on it and that’ll give you an idea what it should look like with finish over it.
It’s always hard to tell in a picture, but it doesn’t look like the new end piece is following the taper of the cue. You can extend it out and put a straight edge against it to measure as you sand it down.
DeeDeeCues
Well-known member
Did the collar get excessively hot when working?
Personally I love the bone color with the almost antique 'patina' on that and wouldn't change a thing.
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
I agree. It looks good that way.
There was excessive epoxy on the 3 rings. If epoxy heats up there it is.
Interesting it looks aged.
Thanks DD and SSD
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I made all of the classic mistakes. Put too much on the 2nd application. Used accelerator. Should have taken more time. But I love Tru Oil…. Working with it and the finish after x amount of coats.
Oil finishes have a richness and beauty that thick clear finishes can't achieve. It looks classy and classic. Great for a sneaky or other simple cues.
Finish is one of the challenges that I will dred if I build a cue. It's the same with my custom choppers. All my builds were rattle can flat black or satin black. And I did that decades before it was popular.
Have you ever refinished gun stocks with TruOil…it provides a hard durable finish. Very easy to apply. Finishing is artwork. You impress me as a meticulous craftsman. You’ll make a nice cue when you are ready. You’re not the kind to “settle”
This cue was done by request for a friend. Cost more than it’s worth to do. My treat. Took plenty of hours and not done.
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The reason I dred finish is because I am so meticulous. So yes. But it is a double edge sword. Sometimes I demand too much perfection of myself. Surgical training only made that aspect worse for me.
Things that are quantifiable are easier, like things I can read on a micrometer, or depth gage, like runout. Qualitative things like finish are more frustrating. I could never have been a plastic surgeon. But in spite of that I do have an artistic side.
I’m ok with finishing… it’s the sanding.
I love pen turning. Small projects that are easy to finish. You should been a plastic surgeon and set up shop in Boca. Me? I’d specialize in lips and charge by the mm.
I assisted in a bunch of plastics work. Face, eyes, breast, butt.....not for me. I ended up headed for vascular surgery when I left to teach.
My dad was an anesthesiologist. His hobbies gravitated toward wood and leather. I gravitated toward engines, metal, and leather. Leather was where we came together. I grew up in a log cabin out in the woods, so the outdoors thing was a given. Guns, trees, anything to do with the land.
The hardest thing for me is time. I was helping manage a stroke in an ED online while identifying a cue in the main forum today. I am sitting at a computer, so I can do that.
Right now I am simply enjoying what you are doing. I am happy to see you do it.
It's 11:13PM and I am still working. Started at 7AM.
