AT joint protectors
These are examples of joint protectors made by one of the best. My good friend, Alton Takata. He's has been making joint protectors for over ten years. He has made joint protectors for many respected cuemakers. Wes Hunter, McWorthy, and Chudy to name a few. Some of the respected cue makers that know him are Bill Schick, Tim Scruggs, and Barry Szamboti. At one time he made caps for the lights of respected cuemakers like the above. I'm not sure which so I don't want to give false information. Caps range from 25-100 depending on what you want. From simple cuecaps to four points, spliced work and extensive ring work. You name it, he could probably do it. Most materials like alternative ivory, various veneer colors, all different pins, gems, stones, real ivory, all woods. Joint protectors come with both male (screws into the shaft) and female (screws into the joint of butt) sides. With the male side being more of a simple design then the female side. He uses a hand oil rubbing finish like some cue makers use for sneaky petes. If you are looking for joint caps from simple or elusive let me know what you are looking for and you can get some work done. Email me at wangr@hawaii.edu or PM me with pictures and an idea of what you want and I'll give you a price range and what can be done. The main things I need are ring work pictures, cue butt design, diameter of joint, how fat the pin is, what kind of pin, and how tall the pin is, how many females and male protectors. Joint protectors can range from 25 to 100+ but you get what you pay for. Quality goes synonymous with the name Alton Takata.
Price Range Estimates and Examples for one female and one male-
Some of these examples are from Alton's old site www.geocities.com/cuecaps and others are fresh off the lathe.
All rarer woods are higher priced like koa and pink ivory.
All metal rings like the ones on predator shafts will cost you 7 dollars extra. (it is harder to work with metal because if you don't seal it right it will expand and the jp will look funky)
All Rare materials will cost more also like Ivory. Special proprietary joints like the viking quick release or some jump break pins ie J&J or players may also cost more.
Uniloc joints will cost 5 dollars more. schuler not sure yet.
Picture 1- $25+ dollars - wood and black collar
Picture 2- $30+ dollars - simple ring work stuff - like ivory colored dash rings.
Picture 3- $35+ dollars - fancy ring work stuff like southwest, bushka rings, tad rings These can vary a lot so pricing depends on design.
Picture 4- $45 + dollars - Pointed cues with simple ring works, again depends on design and how many points you want, 4 6 8 etc etc
Picture 5- $50+ dollars - pointed joint protectors with rings, depends on what kind of rings how many points and the design
Picture 6- $50+ dollars- special designs
Picture 7- $70+ dollars- spliced stuff/veneers
Pictures 6 and 7 are the first two pictures in the next post as azbilliards only allow me to do 5 at a time.
I noticed less views on the bottom pics. You people are missing out
. The best stuff is on the bottom. Will post prices for jps already made soon.
These are examples of joint protectors made by one of the best. My good friend, Alton Takata. He's has been making joint protectors for over ten years. He has made joint protectors for many respected cuemakers. Wes Hunter, McWorthy, and Chudy to name a few. Some of the respected cue makers that know him are Bill Schick, Tim Scruggs, and Barry Szamboti. At one time he made caps for the lights of respected cuemakers like the above. I'm not sure which so I don't want to give false information. Caps range from 25-100 depending on what you want. From simple cuecaps to four points, spliced work and extensive ring work. You name it, he could probably do it. Most materials like alternative ivory, various veneer colors, all different pins, gems, stones, real ivory, all woods. Joint protectors come with both male (screws into the shaft) and female (screws into the joint of butt) sides. With the male side being more of a simple design then the female side. He uses a hand oil rubbing finish like some cue makers use for sneaky petes. If you are looking for joint caps from simple or elusive let me know what you are looking for and you can get some work done. Email me at wangr@hawaii.edu or PM me with pictures and an idea of what you want and I'll give you a price range and what can be done. The main things I need are ring work pictures, cue butt design, diameter of joint, how fat the pin is, what kind of pin, and how tall the pin is, how many females and male protectors. Joint protectors can range from 25 to 100+ but you get what you pay for. Quality goes synonymous with the name Alton Takata.
Price Range Estimates and Examples for one female and one male-
Some of these examples are from Alton's old site www.geocities.com/cuecaps and others are fresh off the lathe.
All rarer woods are higher priced like koa and pink ivory.
All metal rings like the ones on predator shafts will cost you 7 dollars extra. (it is harder to work with metal because if you don't seal it right it will expand and the jp will look funky)
All Rare materials will cost more also like Ivory. Special proprietary joints like the viking quick release or some jump break pins ie J&J or players may also cost more.
Uniloc joints will cost 5 dollars more. schuler not sure yet.
Picture 1- $25+ dollars - wood and black collar
Picture 2- $30+ dollars - simple ring work stuff - like ivory colored dash rings.
Picture 3- $35+ dollars - fancy ring work stuff like southwest, bushka rings, tad rings These can vary a lot so pricing depends on design.
Picture 4- $45 + dollars - Pointed cues with simple ring works, again depends on design and how many points you want, 4 6 8 etc etc
Picture 5- $50+ dollars - pointed joint protectors with rings, depends on what kind of rings how many points and the design
Picture 6- $50+ dollars- special designs
Picture 7- $70+ dollars- spliced stuff/veneers
Pictures 6 and 7 are the first two pictures in the next post as azbilliards only allow me to do 5 at a time.
I noticed less views on the bottom pics. You people are missing out
. The best stuff is on the bottom. Will post prices for jps already made soon.Attachments
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