Cue inlay design
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Nice Wrap :thumbup:
I like it, its a bit different, but I like anything that has bullet holes.
I do see a possible issue, not to sure that your choice of pins will work.
Steve
I do see a possible issue, not to sure that your choice of pins will work.
Steve
cool keep it coming we need new inlay ideas
"Yawn" leapt to mind.
TW
TW
It was a traditional YAWN I bet.:thumbup:
Not many things look good on a cue except what we are used to seeing, unless some theme of a car or a Gambler is created. Simple is best maybe, who knows.
Well, you're getting a little closer. I can't agree that "simple is best"; most of the time simple is merely... simple.
Simple is often also clunky, given the odd shaped canvas a cue artist is saddled with.
However, "simple" is almost always where a talented cuemaker begins with a design. Taking your image (above)
we can see something that Richard Black produced, which may very well have begun very similar to what you created.
It just didn't stay simple - Like most artists, Richard's visions never do:
TW
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I wanted to get back to the original meaning of the thread. Are you offering to design inlays for people and then what, sell them the GCode? Or are you looking to cut out the inlay and sell it? Of course an inlay without a pocket isn't much use.
Or are you simply asking "What do you think of this pattern?"
Since most of us try to create one-of-a-kind custom cues, we like to use inlay designs that we have created - there's less chance of it showing up on another cue. Even with that, there have been plenty of accusations in here of cuemakers taking a design from another, even though the cuemaker believes he thought it up himself. He may have seen it sometime in the past and it just stuck in his mind, or he might truly have created it anew, only to find out someone else had created the same thing.
I'm not busting your chops, just trying to understand where you are going.
Thanks,:thumbup:
Gary
Or are you simply asking "What do you think of this pattern?"
Since most of us try to create one-of-a-kind custom cues, we like to use inlay designs that we have created - there's less chance of it showing up on another cue. Even with that, there have been plenty of accusations in here of cuemakers taking a design from another, even though the cuemaker believes he thought it up himself. He may have seen it sometime in the past and it just stuck in his mind, or he might truly have created it anew, only to find out someone else had created the same thing.
I'm not busting your chops, just trying to understand where you are going.
Thanks,:thumbup:
Gary
I'm into guitars and I've seen a lot of great fretboard inlays that would look amazing in a cue as well. Lightning bolts, Chinese characters, etc..
For example:
http://www.luthiersupply.com/fretinlayOurpage.html
For example:
http://www.luthiersupply.com/fretinlayOurpage.html
Well, you're getting a little closer. I can't agree that "simple is best"; most of the time simple is merely... simple.
Simple is often also clunky, given the odd shaped canvas a cue artist is saddled with.
However, "simple" is almost always where a talented cuemaker begins with a design. Taking your image (above)
we can see something that Richard Black produced, which may very well have begun very similar to what you created.
It just didn't stay simple - Like most artists, Richard's visions never do:
TW
Very true, you can build on anything. You guys take thinking out of the box and run with it.
Well, you're getting a little closer. I can't agree that "simple is best"; most of the time simple is merely... simple.
Simple is often also clunky, given the odd shaped canvas a cue artist is saddled with.
However, "simple" is almost always where a talented cuemaker begins with a design. Taking your image (above)
we can see something that Richard Black produced, which may very well have begun very similar to what you created.
It just didn't stay simple - Like most artists, Richard's visions never do:
TW
Something like this has potential maybe.
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I started with a V,lol. TW would work for sure.
A couple more to laugh at.
Rod,
Keep working on your designs. I think it is cool.
On this one, try translating the snowflake star geometries so the get smaller as you go up the forearm. Add some colored veneers to make the box outlines and this is a real nice look.
Now go for the gold with some rings to match or contrast.
Keep doing your thing, the more you work with it the more things you will create.:thumbup:
Also set up your cue so that there is a .400 taper differential between the butt and the joint. 1.250 to .850. This is just a middle of the road standard but it will give you a taper to visualize the inlays to the taper geometry for a better perspective. You can use it as template for all your designs.
JMO,
Rick
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