A pantograph is basically a tracing machine using a high speed router to cut with, the same routers a NC machine usually uses for a cutting head. Ten or fifteen years ago the arguments flew fast and furious on here discussing the merits of pantograph vs NC. Most were by cue owners who were clueless about the difference. What is more genuine, a computer cut pocket and inlay or one cut by a pantograph tracing patterns cut by a CNC machine? You wouldn't believe how warm the arguments got among those that didn't really understand either process! Panto work can add hundreds of hours to building a cue. Tracing a pattern for twelve or fourteen hours a day is about as much fun as an ice water enema, or so I have heard!! I haven't put either one to the test but I have done tedious work for hours on end!
Edwin Reyes could and did hand cut pockets, he also had a NC machine. The cues play just the same. Some trickery can be used if somebody cares to in order to get smaller than .030" ends on NC pockets, you can even create points. You can use white and black filler to fill in around ebony and ivory inlays too. The old masters did these things sometimes too and weren't above a little work with a sharpie sometimes, something else creating an uproar on here. The old masters rarely had to put up with somebody using more than 6X magnification to check their work. It doesn't always look too good examined at 60X or more on the computer screen!
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