Had it up to here with custom cue orders!

RBC said:
This is why I asked about the cue and the price quoted.
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I think the most important thing to know is what the ringwork was "supposed" to be like, and what the ringwork was actually built like.

That is the key thing that was different about the cue and the deal breaker.

What was the ringwork supposed to look like? What was done instead?
 
Celtic said:
Thats true in areas of construction. Cue makers tend to have specific joints they use, they somtimes have custom tapers they use.

But the thread is about aesthetics and in the area of pure looks that are not construction based but simply alter the look of the cue the cue maker should be doing what the customer wants. I mean we are talking about ringwork here, if you want ringwork to look like this /\/\/\/\/\/\ and the cuemaker ignores it and makes it look like this |||||||||| then that is the cuemaker's fault for not making the cue look like the customer ordered. Cue makers all over the world are making some pretty elaborate and distinct cues with inlays that make elaborate pictures or patterns. This guy asked for a specific type of ringwork, not so far out there IMO for custom cue makers these days, and the cuemaker sounds like he pretty much ignored the request.

My ringwork on my cue is all hand carved solid rings of pure silver, every ring was a different size due to the taper of the cue and a goldsmith actually sat there with files and ground in the celtic knotwork pattern. It took days to carve all the rings. A cuemaker can get anything done if they have the patience and initiative to do it. In this situation it sounds like the cuemaker was simply lazy and could not be bothered to put the effort in.
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Yup, from Pat's side of the story it sounds exactly like that. I know of cue makers that will also turn down orders over issues of aesthetics and I think they have a perfect right to. Although, the time to do it is not 2 1/2 years after you accepted the job (assuming that is what happened here).

Thanks again

Kevin
 
Pat just needed to vent, PM him if you want the name of the cue maker.

I have learned that you can't always get what you want and that is just life. Especially when dealing with cue makers, as most are just not good business men. But most make a hell of a product!!!

Try getting Ernie to put a Pred 314 on one of his cues and see how far that gets you!!!!

:D
 
poolhustler said:
Pat just needed to vent, PM him if you want the name of the cue maker.

I have learned that you can't always get what you want and that is just life. Especially when dealing with cue makers, as most are just not good business men. But most make a hell of a product!!!

Try getting Ernie to put a Pred 314 on one of his cues and see how far that gets you!!!!

:D
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Sure. Or telling Ernie just how you want your shaft taper to be. Or telling Tad exactly what your ring work should look like. Or here you are, Searing has finally emerged from 12734918756 straight hours of shaft experimentation and figures he has come up with the bomb method and low and behold you are on the list and when he calls you and you are discussing what you want, when you get to the shafts you tell him, "don't worry about it, I'll send you some 314 blanks and you can just put your ring work on it".

Again, none of these guys would string you out 2 1/2 years, they would just reject your order. However, if after waiting 1 year for Ernie to start your cue, big deposit in, butt completed, you sprung on him that you had ideas about how he should taper YOUR shafts, you'd have that deposit back so fast it would make your head spin.

Thanks

and hey Russ, don't you have something better to do?

Kevin
 
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