Cuemaster's Anatomy of a cue

[Soulweb]

I was wondering if anyone has a legible picture of this? I see a tiny GIF on his website, but can't read the text. I just want to see it, don't need a 3 foot print of it. I didn't know if this was something that someone had a bigger picture of or not. or even something similar.

Thanks!

 

[Trent]

Like this?

http://www.prathercue.com/cue_diagram/cue_diagram.html

 

[aphelps1]

This is posted to the general public on Prather's web site:

http://www.prathercue.com/cue_diagram/cue_diagram.html

Alan

 

[maidenfreak]

Like this?

http://www.prathercue.com/cue_diagram/cue_diagram.html

That was my 1st thought too Trent. Hope all is well with you!

Jerry

 

[Soulweb]

thanks

Excellent! Love it! I found all kinds of different pictures on different web sites, but never stumbled across this one. Thanks again guys.

 

[DanO]

I drew this one 3 or 4 years ago. Atlas made a shirt out of it.

 

[JoeyInCali]

I drew that two years ago and I don't know how I did it.

 

[Lexicologist71]

I drew this one 3 or 4 years ago. Atlas made a shirt out of it.

There are people using a separate dowel for the A joint? How does it hold up? I thread the last inch of my tenon, which is part of the handle.

Doh, threaded rod?

 

[KJ Cues]

There are probably 1/2 doz. ways to construct an 'A' jnt. and I doubt
that any of them fall under the heading of 'standard practices'.
There are no standard practices. You do what works for you.
10 different CMs will build an 'A' jnt. 10 different ways.
Which one is the REAL standard practice and by WHO'S standard?
To each of those 10 CMs, their method is THEIR standard practice.

Threaded rod? Yup, threaded rod. Some use it, some don't.
Builder's preference trumps standard practice.

KJ

 

[dzcues]

There are people using a separate dowel for the A joint? How does it hold up? I thread the last inch of my tenon, which is part of the handle.

I do many different methods and haven't found any ONE method to be "the best method in the world". They all work well and hold up well...if done accurately.

Regarding your question about using a dowel, the last cue on this page uses a phenolic dowel. The paragraph below it gives a link to a video showing how that particular cue came out. As for how it plays, the buyer (who owns several other cues, including an expensive veneered full splice) has chosen this as his daily player. I don't mean to brag about this - my point is simply that a doweled A-joint is a valid construction method that can play as well as anything out there.