ICA Hall of Fame Results

[JoeyInCali]

also what eopoxy are you using that wasnt available 10 yrs ago?
im sure alot of people would like to know somthing newer and stronger.
thanks.

I don't know if West System or Devcon had the same epoxies then but there are golf clubs epoxy that are used in the faces of the drivers. But, Devcon and West System are very commonly used in cuemaking. Those who think they need a stronger epoxy, opt for gold club and airplane epoxies.
A cue with a solid forearm and a solid handle isn't going to break if a man of 200 lbs is going to stand on it I think. Most common used stud is 3/8 metal stud. So a cue with around 1 inch in diameter in the A-joint area will have around .312" each side and it gets thicker.
Let's say half splice are weaker anyways and Spain would never go with them.
I quote him;
" A full-splice four prong cue without veneers has more spine than a solid butt cue. When a butt is struck a shock wave travels the length of a cue. The solid butt absorbs that shock wave more than the four prong cue does."
Sounds like he really liked the hit of a full-splice cue anyway.
He has strong words for half-spliced cues.
"The half-splice blank is an alligator that can't be trusted."
He was even a great admirer of a veneered 4-prong full-splice.
"It is even superior to the plain full-spliced four prong. The veneers provide a further mix of wood grains, bonded with epoxy."
I wonder what Spain's opinion be on veneered butterfly full splice.
Flat-laminated blanks now? Or cross-laminated blanks maybe?

 

[buddha162]

i woner who would be willing to let him stand on it. would you let him stand on yours?

I would let him dance a jig on my cue if he pledges his endorsement (obviously, only if the cue holds up).

Actually, I would find a bigger guy than Spain to test it out first.

-Roger

 

[cueman]

I wonder what Spain's opinion be on veneered butterfly full splice.
Flat-laminated blanks now? Or cross-laminated blanks maybe?

I think he would think all the above would be ugly. But he did incorporate a butterfly full splice into his cues. Then he covered it up with a wrap. He would butterfly ebony into a maple handle. Then come back and cut out most of the ebony, leaving 4 ebony points to glue into a birdseye forearm. His splice was basically the same as a titlist except he cut into his butterfly splice to get a small amount of ebony into the cue to cut down on the weight. I do have a full splice blank by him with Bubinga spliced into birdseye with black veneer and not butterfly. He did what the cue needed to balance and weigh right. He also made a full splice "short" forearm also. I just built a cue with one. I will reveal it at the Expo in three weeks.
Chris
www.hightowercues.com

 

[cueman]

also what eopoxy are you using that wasnt available 10 yrs ago?
im sure alot of people would like to know somthing newer and stronger.
thanks.

I don't know what epoxy Burton used, but part of his epoxy is dark gray or black, if that tells you anything.

 

[merylane]

I think he would think all the above would be ugly. But he did incorporate a butterfly full splice into his cues. Then he covered it up with a wrap. He would butterfly ebony into a maple handle. Then come back and cut out most of the ebony, leaving 4 ebony points to glue into a birdseye forearm. His splice was basically the same as a titlist except he cut into his butterfly splice to get a small amount of ebony into the cue to cut down on the weight. I do have a full splice blank by him with Bubinga spliced into birdseye with black veneer and not butterfly. He did what the cue needed to balance and weigh right. He also made a full splice "short" forearm also. I just built a cue with one. I will reveal it at the Expo in three weeks.
Chris
www.hightowercues.com

he actually made blanks with butterfly's between the points also.

but didnt like the way the veneers fuzz out so he started panto'ing them in.

 

[cueman]

he actually made blanks with butterfly's between the points also.

but didnt like the way the veneers fuzz out so he started panto'ing them in.

I never saw those, probably because I only started buying them from him in 1991 a few years before he passed away.

 

[merylane]

I never saw those, probably because I only started buying them from him in 1991 a few years before he passed away.

im supprized he didnt try to sell you any.