That looks like a great job to me! Meucci makes some beautiful cues, but most lately shoot like crap. I have a cue that is pre-dot, but was made a year or so after they quit making the MO's. It shoots better than the red and black dot shafts I have as well. I would love to build a cue that looks like a Meucci and have a big pin, etc. and not have the whippy action Meucci's are known for.