I met this person, who told me he was the cue maker of Smith cue, in the US Open.
He came to me and started asking me how I designed my cue.
After I patiently explained to him everything he asked, he told me he was just there to steal my ideas(those were his own words) because he was a cue maker himself.
It is okay because he would not be the first nor the last to try doing that, and it is a compliment in a way.
So, I told him it was fine, and kept on talking to him.
We started talking some more, and he felt the need to comment on my design.
He said he did not like the piloted joint we use on our cues. We are using a 5/16x14 piloted joint like the kind found on Scruggs, Mottey, ...etc, and we use an interference fit, which means the piloted insert touches the wood sleeve on the joint when the cue is tightened. Pete Tascarella uses something similiar but he uses steel rather than wood as the sleeve.
So, I asked him what he believed to be the best joint.
He told me the Meucci flat face joint, 5/16x18, is what he uses. He said it is the best joint in the world. He explained it to me why.
I have been trying to understand his concept but it just does not make any sense to me.
He is much older than me, and he seems to have many years of experience in cue making, so I would like to believe that there might be some merit to what he said.
I know Ernie uses the 5/16x18 joint but he pilots it. Judd uses a flat face 5/16x14. Other than that, I do not know any well known cue maker who would use the Meucci joint, except of course Bob Meucci.
I am very curious about his cues, and I really want to try one. I really want to look at the joint on his cues, to understand how a Meucci joint could be the best joint in the world.
Has anyone tried/owned a Smith cue?
Thank you.
Richard
He came to me and started asking me how I designed my cue.
After I patiently explained to him everything he asked, he told me he was just there to steal my ideas(those were his own words) because he was a cue maker himself.
It is okay because he would not be the first nor the last to try doing that, and it is a compliment in a way.
So, I told him it was fine, and kept on talking to him.
We started talking some more, and he felt the need to comment on my design.
He said he did not like the piloted joint we use on our cues. We are using a 5/16x14 piloted joint like the kind found on Scruggs, Mottey, ...etc, and we use an interference fit, which means the piloted insert touches the wood sleeve on the joint when the cue is tightened. Pete Tascarella uses something similiar but he uses steel rather than wood as the sleeve.
So, I asked him what he believed to be the best joint.
He told me the Meucci flat face joint, 5/16x18, is what he uses. He said it is the best joint in the world. He explained it to me why.
I have been trying to understand his concept but it just does not make any sense to me.
He is much older than me, and he seems to have many years of experience in cue making, so I would like to believe that there might be some merit to what he said.
I know Ernie uses the 5/16x18 joint but he pilots it. Judd uses a flat face 5/16x14. Other than that, I do not know any well known cue maker who would use the Meucci joint, except of course Bob Meucci.
I am very curious about his cues, and I really want to try one. I really want to look at the joint on his cues, to understand how a Meucci joint could be the best joint in the world.
Has anyone tried/owned a Smith cue?
Thank you.
Richard
