Cnc vs non Cnc cues other questions
- Thread starter Dwalk70
- Start date
So tired of the CNC vs "handmade" debate. Can a CNC be used to automate the production of cues? Yes and you'll see that being done with production cues. The majority of cue makers use a CNC machine to display their artistry and not for mass production.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The notion of a 100% handmade cue is bs anyway. Cues are made with a lathe as the primary tool. If you want tight inlays and intricate patterns without big glue lines, a CNC machine is the way to go. There's skill in using a CNC machine, it's not press a button and you have a cue like some people think.
DeeDeeCues
Well-known member
Very few people have the ability to match CNC for inlay quality. They do exist, likely not in cue making.
The rest can reliably be done with good manual equipment and jigs.
CNC does not detract from the building process or the quality.
The rest can reliably be done with good manual equipment and jigs.
CNC does not detract from the building process or the quality.
"Some people have told me they wouldn’t buy a new cue because of the use of cncs . . . " and SOME people don't know what they are talking about. CNC allows the builder to repeat his/her building diameters, tapers, points, curves, and radial concentricity with precision (less than .001" repeatability). As stated by others, inlays are tighter. Take a look at a Phillipine-made cue for an example of a 100 percent hand-made cue and hand-cut inlays. The quality of a cue is determined by the quality of the woods chosen, the method(s) they are joined together and the curves/tapers of the butt, forearm, and shaft.
CNC give one ability to duplicate things, or a design, like most people can not do by hand.
CNC is not evil, it is not new technology, been around since Vietnam War.
CNC is not evil, it is not new technology, been around since Vietnam War.
I love CNC's.
You stick a tree in one end, and completed cues come out the other end .
You stick a tree in one end, and completed cues come out the other end .
Not true at all. You only need to look at my profile picture to see otherwise.
Having said that, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with using a CNC in cue construction and doing so isn’t any indication of quality, one way or another…
Full disclosure, I'm not a cue maker. However, I think a lot of the confusion concerning CNC vs Non-CNC simply stems from thinking that CNC = rounded points (think Schon's obvious transition.) However, that obviously isn't the case and I implore anyone reading this thread who thinks that sharp points and inlays can't be achieved with CNC go on Youtube and look up Bob Dzuricky's cue making videos. I only mention Bob's because he has the best and most informative videos that I've found plus he makes one hell of a cue to boot.
The use of CNC in custom cue making has nothing to do with low skill level. In fact, I think an argument could be made that custom cue makers who successfully utilize CNC in their craft are AT LEAST as skilled as those who do everything "manually." I mean, those programs aren't going to write themselves and the machines aren't magically set up properly. The main difference is that CNC offers a repeatability of precision that just isn't realistically achievable any other way.
The use of CNC in custom cue making has nothing to do with low skill level. In fact, I think an argument could be made that custom cue makers who successfully utilize CNC in their craft are AT LEAST as skilled as those who do everything "manually." I mean, those programs aren't going to write themselves and the machines aren't magically set up properly. The main difference is that CNC offers a repeatability of precision that just isn't realistically achievable any other way.
Your an idiot Joey, don’t try standup comedy you will starve to death.
Remember work at Rock Ket Engineering in the late 60’s we built part for fighter keys for war at time.
CNC was so much better then machinist try to do one operation at time.
We could hold tolerances of plus or minus couple of thousands.
Get technology.
Good looking butt sleeve. Was that done by hand or was there a panto involved?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yep.
Do you know what the difference is?
If you know what “CNC“ stands for, then you’ll understand…
Yep.
Do you know what the difference is?
I’ll give you a hint. It’s in the meaning of the first “C”…
And neither are done "by hand". I guess I should have reworded my comment to include pantograph. I just figured people knew the difference between by hand and using some sort of mechanical intervention.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Have you ever seen a cuemaker use a Panto?
I don’t know what your definition of “by hand” is, but it doesn’t sound like it.
If you’re ever down in this area, I’ll take you by Chris’s shop. It’s pretty damn amazing what he can do with that silly thing. By hand…
Regardless though, as I said, there’s nothing whatsoever wrong with the use of CNC in cuemaking. One way isn’t any better than the other. Just a different methodology…
Hey Bruce, you're the ONLY IDIOT HERE who did not catch the joke.
I own a CNC. I even wrote my own taper codes.
Re-grow some brain matter.
YOU ARE NOT A CUE MAKER.
STOP ANSWERING QUESTIONS HERE.