daytonajoe
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Well. I went down to Visit with Trevor and mike of Carolina Custom Cues, and returned to him personally the cues left from the Windy City event, and the $$ for a sold cue... But I want to tell everyone what I saw there...
First off this is not a production cue shop as someone posted here before. It is truly a custom shop! Granted they have several employees that have assigned duties in the making of each cue, but each one is an expert in his field They have one of the best design people in the business that also is a frequent poster on this board. And Trevor is the lathe master, and does all the fitting, and approves each cue before it leaves the shop.
Mike is a master at the UV Finish they apply, in fact we spent much time discussing the ins and outs of this type of finish. They have a huge selection of wood on hand and several hundred shafts in various stages of their turnings..
They also were showing me the new designs that will be released at the Super Billiards Expo, and everyone will be impressed. There is at least 6 lathes in this shop, and more cnc machines than in many Winston cup race shops. They have a new machine that will be up and running soon that will perform tapering on 5 shafts at a time.. Very impressive layout and a well spaced shop.
I also discovered that Mike used to work at a room in Mississippi and he and Trevor, who apprenticed with Tascarella, are familiar with the old school makers, hence the traditional type designs. There is a new inlay that even received special permission from it's original designer for Carolina Cues to incorporate. This will knock off many peoples socks when released!!
I saw several cues that were special ordered by other members of AZ, and when the pics are released many people will be contacting them for similar work..They have also taken the input of existing customers and tweaked several of their initially released cues and incorporated the change into future cues... Everything is good down there, and they are agressive and should do very well in this business.
PS... Mike the Moore will be to ya this week for your collection, and we will finalize my design on another for my collection
Joe
First off this is not a production cue shop as someone posted here before. It is truly a custom shop! Granted they have several employees that have assigned duties in the making of each cue, but each one is an expert in his field They have one of the best design people in the business that also is a frequent poster on this board. And Trevor is the lathe master, and does all the fitting, and approves each cue before it leaves the shop.
Mike is a master at the UV Finish they apply, in fact we spent much time discussing the ins and outs of this type of finish. They have a huge selection of wood on hand and several hundred shafts in various stages of their turnings..
They also were showing me the new designs that will be released at the Super Billiards Expo, and everyone will be impressed. There is at least 6 lathes in this shop, and more cnc machines than in many Winston cup race shops. They have a new machine that will be up and running soon that will perform tapering on 5 shafts at a time.. Very impressive layout and a well spaced shop.
I also discovered that Mike used to work at a room in Mississippi and he and Trevor, who apprenticed with Tascarella, are familiar with the old school makers, hence the traditional type designs. There is a new inlay that even received special permission from it's original designer for Carolina Cues to incorporate. This will knock off many peoples socks when released!!
I saw several cues that were special ordered by other members of AZ, and when the pics are released many people will be contacting them for similar work..They have also taken the input of existing customers and tweaked several of their initially released cues and incorporated the change into future cues... Everything is good down there, and they are agressive and should do very well in this business.
PS... Mike the Moore will be to ya this week for your collection, and we will finalize my design on another for my collection
Joe
