Blud's machinery list for cuemaking

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blud

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AZ members, with interest in cue making!

First off, Sorry for all the BS, that's been going on, but it's over now, thank god.

I'll be posting real soon what machinery that is required for building world class cues. I will list machine that is nessesary for a mechanical shop and also, what is required for the modern CNC, shop.

thanks for the interest.
Please post your questions, and i'll do my best to answer one and all with my machinery post.[ if you have any questions about cues, I can also answer them at the same time]..
Rock&roll
blud
 
Where to start???

Mr Blud,

Hi. I am interested in learning how to build cues as a hobby, but, is not too certain where to start? :confused:

There are courses offered on the aspect of cue building (such as the ones offered by you), but, at the moment, I cannot afford the time to travel nor the funds for the course.

While I am saving money for cuemaking courses, are there any books or woodshop courses that you would recommend for somebody to start with?

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge on cuemaking.

regards,
PC
 
Hello PC,

Thanks for the question. It's one ask of me often.

In the near future, I will be introducing a new small lathe that you can repair cues with. If your interested in building, [as you are], you can purchase extra's later on or at the time of purchase, that will allow you to build great cues.

The repair machine will run around $2,500.00, with the extra's for cue making, will add about $2,000.00 more.

This will not be like any other machine on the market today. It will be heavy in weight [need mass for repeatability] and be strong as h-ll.

Some machines in the market place are pretty fair machines, very light in weight. They do not have the tight tolarances that my machine will have.

Remember, were machining woods, and wood moves with the weather. Any change in the humidity, and the wood moves. So keeping that in mind, we need to maintain very tight tolorances. This can be achieved with my machinery.

As far as learning from a tape, i know of none that i would recommend. I have not made mine as yet, but will in the near future. Please e-mail me @

bludworth@direcway.com

for other pricing.
thanks, Hope this helps.
blud
 
Looking forward to the post, Blud. Hopefully PTM keeps his nose out of it.

Hope everything is well in Texas,

Kent Mc.
 
I have a question about cues, and it shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but I am interested in knowing. When we, as players, describe our cues we talk about the weight in ounces, the height in inches and joint screw in inches. All English units of measurement. But yet, when speaking about the tip and shaft diameter we give metric measurements. Why is that?

Rick
 
It's easier to ferfer to it in MM, than inches. 13MM, or .511 in inches.
blud
 
Thanks Blud.

I come from a printed circuit board design/manufacturing background so dealing with small numbers in inches isn’t really a big deal for me. One thousandth of an inch (0.001”) is 1 mil to me. So, 0.511 inches would be 511 mils. But I agree that it’s easier for most to say 13 mm instead of the decimal equivalent.

Rick
 
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