Hos is this type of point made

The thing I can't get my head around, is the way they can continue the points to cross each other and continue on the other side again...
 
Are you sure those are not decals ?
They look like double butterflies but might be decals .
 
Really. Decals.... :O Did not know they used Decals on high priced billard cues. I got a few playing friends that have cues with this type of double butterflies on, and they are not cheap cues, so I would think that decals they are not... :/

Another thing, the butterflies do look like they are made from wood, as they have a distinct fade around them, like wood would have... They are not super crisp in the transition.
 
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If you know what butterfly splices are then surely you know the answer to your own question. It looks like a V was cut, veneers added, and glued to the maple forearm. Afterwards, the blank was turned 90 degrees and a second V was cut. It gives the appearance that they points are bisecting. I think there are some progress pics on the forum of Darrin Hill doing very cool things with butterflies and sharp points. I will give you a very good insight into the methods used.
 
Sadly, I would not even know how to do that kind of work yet. All this i very new for me. Still getting the grasp of the basics yet. But I just struggle to see how this is made... Especially the way they intersect and continue on the other side...

Do you know what Darrin Hills user name is??

I would love to see some of his progress threads.
 
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IN-WondeR said:
Sadly, I would not even know how to do that kind of work yet. All this i very new for me. Still getting the grasp of the basics yet. But I just struggle to see how this is made... Especially the way they intersect and continue on the other side...

Do you know what Darrin Hills user name is??

I would love to see some of his progress threads.
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Here's a link

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=331094

Now the longoni isn't a full splice, so the methods are different. Brent Hartmann, Chuck Starkey, Brent Summers, or Darrin Hill, could all give you more details on how they do their butterflies. I think your brain is making it more complicated than it really is... But that's really the best thing about custom cues. I love the feeling when I see something in a cue and say to myself, "how the hell did they do that?".
 
This one was fun to do too!

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Larry
 
hope this helps

photos are of the same style splices but with out all the different color veneers. his splices are even and mine are staggered, but same way of splicing.

while the wood is still square.i take 2 different pieces of wood, cut a v groove into one and a point that matches on the other one, i glue them together with a veneer between them. when they are dry, i turn the piece 90 degrees, and cut another cut across the veneered area. i then place veneers between them and reglue. when they dry i turn them rouind, then over a period of time i taper them.
 

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63Kcode said:
The same way this one was done. Only they didn't have to keep the points even on both ends.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=328374&highlight=Walnut

Larry
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:the points are even, the pictures angle gives the impression they're not. longoni is a seventy year old company with the tools and skills to create world class equipment, they were also the first to create laminated shafts in the 60s, before predator or danielson as they claim. they are exemplary of a billiard business, so you're garage shop arrogance is unwarranted. I like those cues though, nice work.
 
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:the points are even, the pictures angle gives the impression they're not. longoni is a seventy year old company with the tools and skills to create world class equipment, they were also the first to create laminated shafts in the 60s, before predator or danielson as they claim. they are exemplary of a billiard business, so you're garage shop arrogance is unwarranted. I like those cues though, nice work.
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I think he's referring to the return points of his butterfly splice forearm (the longoni pictured was a short splice construction with points facing in one direction). I don't think he was really disrespecting Longoni... Relax.
 
galipeau said:
I think he's referring to the return points of his butterfly splice forearm (the longoni pictured was a short splice construction with points facing in one direction). I don't think he was really disrespecting Longoni... Relax.
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Trinacria has been on a hate fueled posting spree lately. He goaded JB Cases into getting banned again. Take his response as you want, but he's just trolling anymore.
 
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