In Progress - Curly Maple / African Blackwood - 4 Points - 6 Veneers

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Tony Zinzola

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I really loved that Ron Haley cue that's been shown here. Especially the thin black veneers, so I thought I'd give those a shot.

I think it looks good so far. We'll see how it looks when it's all finished.

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Tony
I'm sure Ron would be flattered. At the Super Billiards Expo, we were jokingly calling them Black Papyrus Veneers. Ron's work is a great motivator. Your first attempt is really good, that thin black line will highlight any errors, and I sure can't see any. Pretty sedate colors for you :D. Should be a great finished product.
 
cutter said:
Tony
I'm sure Ron would be flattered. At the Super Billiards Expo, we were jokingly calling them Black Papyrus Veneers. Ron's work is a great motivator. Your first attempt is really good, that thin black line will highlight any errors, and I sure can't see any. Pretty sedate colors for you :D. Should be a great finished product.
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I appreciate the compliment. I know I'll never build a cue as nice as what Ron has, but figured I really liked the thin black lines. I figured it would be a true test of how good my miters were as if they weren't perfect, the lines wouldn't line up. I guess I got lucky on this try.

As far as the colors go, they are a bit tame for me, but figured the black lines would really highlight what I did use, so didn't want anything to take away from them.

Hopefully I'll get some inlays in this cue. I have a few ready for inlays, but haven't been happy with my test pieces yet, so I haven't cut into an actual cue.
 
Very nice Tony!

I saw the thread title & the pics before I looked at your user name & read the body of your thread. I was thinking you were posting pics of your Haley under construction before I realized who was posting.
 
mosconiac said:
Very nice Tony!

I saw the thread title & the pics before I looked at your user name & read the body of your thread. I was thinking you were posting pics of your Haley under construction before I realized who was posting.
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That's quite the compliment to me, but probably just the opposite to Ron Haley.

I just hope it doesn't upset him that I borrowed this style from him. I really loved the look on all the cues that have been posted and plan on trying a few more like it. Of course, his cues have a lot more going for them than just the veneers. Those are the easy part.

I will post pictures of the cue when completed. All that is done so far is what you can see. There is a mistake on the other side of the cue where I got a little carried away with the band saw when I was trimming down the glued in points and cut a little too deep. It will turn out, but I will end up about .005"-.010" thinner at the joint than normal. Not a big deal, but will make my points a little shorter than normal. Still should be plenty long though.
 
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