How Long must I wait?

WilleeCue

WilleeCue

The Barefoot Cuemaker
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If I cut the maple tree down today how long will it be before I can be hitting balls with a new cue made from it?
I have already smelted the iron ore and blended some special stainless steel for the joint pin.
Should the pin be cold rolled or CNC cut?
I sure would not want to miss a pool shot cause I used the wrong method for making the pin.
Presently feeding the calf for the leather wrap and and tip.
I plan to skin it just after cutting down the tree.
Where on the calf will the best leather be found?
Belly? ... Back? ... Side? ... maybe the tail?

I know tis seems like a lot of trouble to go thru just to make a cue but I could not stand for someone to call ME a kit maker!

Sure do appreciate all your input about this.
It makes me a better cue maker and I am sure it impresses the heck out of every one here.
 
Good post Willee. Maybe one of the AZB master cuemakers will weigh in here.

Martin


WilleeCue said:
If I cut the maple tree down today how long will it be before I can be hitting balls with a new cue made from it?
I have already smelted the iron ore and blended some special stainless steel for the joint pin.
Should the pin be cold rolled or CNC cut?
I sure would not want to miss a pool shot cause I used the wrong method for making the pin.
Presently feeding the calf for the leather wrap and and tip.
I plan to skin it just after cutting down the tree.
Where on the calf will the best leather be found?
Belly? ... Back? ... Side? ... maybe the tail?

I know tis seems like a lot of trouble to go thru just to make a cue but I could not stand for someone to call ME a kit maker!

Sure do appreciate all your input about this.
It makes me a better cue maker and I am sure it impresses the heck out of every one here.
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WilleeCue said:
If I cut the maple tree down today how long will it be before I can be hitting balls with a new cue made from it?
I have already smelted the iron ore and blended some special stainless steel for the joint pin.
Should the pin be cold rolled or CNC cut?
I sure would not want to miss a pool shot cause I used the wrong method for making the pin.
Presently feeding the calf for the leather wrap and and tip.
I plan to skin it just after cutting down the tree.
Where on the calf will the best leather be found?
Belly? ... Back? ... Side? ... maybe the tail?

I know tis seems like a lot of trouble to go thru just to make a cue but I could not stand for someone to call ME a kit maker!

Sure do appreciate all your input about this.
It makes me a better cue maker and I am sure it impresses the heck out of every one here.
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After sending the log to a Sawyer to get it cut to size you will have to send it to get Kiln dried. After you receive your KD wood, you will have to Patiently make cuts and seal the wood after each. I personally like the cold rolled method for S/S pins, in a 5/16x14 configuration. I would skip the calf skin wrap, send the calf to the slaughter house for some nice steaks, and book a Safari for a Bull Elephant. Using the Ear for the wrap and the Tusk for inlays, ferrules and buttcap. The Ivory will take about 20 years to cure, and if you are able to get it back into the USA, you will have obtained Master status as a cue builder and the cue should be spectacular!

I say about 21 years is about right.
 
The cow must corn fed from Iowa corn grow in a county somewhere in the northern part of the state.
Middle of the back between the front shoulders for your leather tips.
Don't kiln dry the wood....must be stickered and air dried for a minimum of 15 years for 4/4....20 for 8/4.
You must send your steel to Sweden and have a 86 yr. old master damascus steel blender specially collate the different layers until it has the strength needed to support the daily abuse a cue receives from assembling and dismantling it at the joint thousands of times over it's estimated life span.

Once you have walked down all those paths, you must then carry your first attempt at an assembled cue high into the top of the Andes. This 3 month journey alone, by foot, must be presented to the Master of Masters for a secret ceremony that only he knows the rites of passage to send you on the rest of your way. If you can convince him (or her, I haven't been there yet) that you have the powers and knowledge,
then and only then, could you even begin to embark on your life long journey of being a sought after master cue builder.

These are just a few of the secrets I know of off hand..........




<~~~ forget not, you must have the cows tail hairs sent to Greenland and, by a special Yak herder, be woven into a thread long enough to sew your own cue case with the leather left over that is not used for tips or wraps......................
 
The perfect cue, in a perfect cue world!

Next, you take your arthritis ridden carcase to everywhere billiards is practiced, so that everyone who has never run three balls can spit in your left eye (twice!). Then they let you know, in no uncertain manor, that you can never obtain the highly coveted "Bushka, Bushka, Bushka" order of high cue master without assembling a cue, blindfolded, in the dark, with just your teeth, a ryobi drill/lathe, using crushed insects for finish, and polished like a mirror. This is all culminated with the 50 year masters thesis, which, upon completion, you have one person say you are the best cue maker in the country (too bad we are in the city!). Finally, due to shock from one compliment, you suffer an immediate heart attack, causing death, at which point your cues are sought after by collectors around the world for 100 times the original cost. Then Joey buys all your material and makes Joe and Ken "epic cues" that are sold forever and everyone is happy again! (I love a happy ending) Good cue making to all, Kent
PS, Joe I still owe you a tuna sandwich!
 
KD Cues said:
PS, Joe I still owe you a tuna sandwich!
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You ate one of Joey's tuna sandwiches?..................:eek:




<~~~hopes Joey washed his hands before he made it......................
 
KD Cues said:
Next, you take your arthritis ridden carcase to everywhere billiards is practiced, so that everyone who has never run three balls can spit in your left eye (twice!). Then they let you know, in no uncertain manor, that you can never obtain the highly coveted "Bushka, Bushka, Bushka" order of high cue master without assembling a cue, blindfolded, in the dark, with just your teeth, a ryobi drill/lathe, using crushed insects for finish, and polished like a mirror. This is all culminated with the 50 year masters thesis, which, upon completion, you have one person say you are the best cue maker in the country (too bad we are in the city!). Finally, due to shock from one compliment, you suffer an immediate heart attack, causing death, at which point your cues are sought after by collectors around the world for 100 times the original cost. Then Joey buys all your material and makes Joe and Ken "epic cues" that are sold forever and everyone is happy again! (I love a happy ending) Good cue making to all, Kent
PS, Joe I still owe you a tuna sandwich!
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Now, I'm really confused.
Joe and Ken?
Or Dave and Buster?
Who wants to be Bushka?
Just be a "full-time" maker ( meaning your wife pays the mortgage ) go fishing 6 days a week, work one day ( that's the secret ) , make 12 cues a year and sell them to the Japanese wall hangers for $10,000 each tax free ( export you know ).
Charge $1000 for joint protectors you get made in Tijuana.
Why have a full-time job where you get paid by the hour when you can turn wood for fun and huge profit?
The cue market is booming right now you know.

I have no idea I'm owed a tuna sandwich.
Joey~Really does really admire Zylr, Dave B, Searing, Prewitt and Haley~

ps Kress give Ryobi the orange crush.
 
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I think you boys need to get back to work and take some time off from the computer.
 
HIRUN526 said:
I think you boys need to get back to work and take some time off from the computer.
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Those are real nice ring designs in your avatar photo HIRUN26.
Real nice.
 
I was told that a 100W light bulb and a refrigerator make a great kiln. Talk about quick drying... So you wanna speed up the process. Naaa I will wait..
Time to go wood shopping again...
 
rubber trees

just to show what a nice guy i am, i will allow you to come to missouri and collect the sap from my grove of rubber trees to make the bumper for your cue. chuck starkey
 
Way too much time on your hands. All this story telling and no one making any cues. Your loss my gain. LOL
 
I would recommend not using any stellite components, even though it is very hard. Stellite will cause you serious problems due to COBALT-60 ( CO-60) if the cue is exposed to a neutron flux (say from an operating nuclear reactor). CO-60 undergoes radioactive decay with the mode being Beta Minus, and in the process gives off a nasty gamma. It also has a 5.27 year half life which means if it is 'activated' by a neutron flux you will have to wait about 37 years (7 half lifes) before you will be able to get it thru airport security or customs radiation monitoring equipment.
 
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