Daves custom cues
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Finally managed to get approved here. Thanks !!
Well, lil about myself... back when I was in my late teens and early twenties I really enjoyed going to the local pool hall " Bank shots" in Delaware. Can't say that i was any good and my playing style was more hold my beer while I play wack a mole.
Fast forward 30 years.. Last year I joined the local Moose lodge in elkton Maryland and started playing again, not so great at first, but after a few weeks I started getting pretty decent.Now after a year a year of playing ive become "above average". Lol.
Ive been working on ball positioning lately and have been having a bit of a rough time with it. Last Friday I managed to get the cue ball where I wanted it, but bobbled every shot out of the pocket doing it so many times that a player I had never met asked one that I play regularly if I was new to the sport..... I was happy to hear him say " oh no, he's actually really good, just off tonight"
Any way, one of the reasons I joined up was to learn more about cue making as I'm getting ready to try and make my first one. I blame my neighbor for getting me interested in this, he has made a couple now and got me hooked into it.
I do a fair amount of machine work and have a pretty elaborate shop set up for metalworking and have done some woodworking in the past so this should be alot of fun. So far all I've done is turn down some dowels and scribble down some design ideas, but hope to start putting something together in the next couple weeks... After I dump more money into some wood that is...
Anyway, Hi everyone and here's a pic of the dowels I have turned to 1.3" so far. More to come, but where to post???
Well, lil about myself... back when I was in my late teens and early twenties I really enjoyed going to the local pool hall " Bank shots" in Delaware. Can't say that i was any good and my playing style was more hold my beer while I play wack a mole.
Fast forward 30 years.. Last year I joined the local Moose lodge in elkton Maryland and started playing again, not so great at first, but after a few weeks I started getting pretty decent.Now after a year a year of playing ive become "above average". Lol.
Ive been working on ball positioning lately and have been having a bit of a rough time with it. Last Friday I managed to get the cue ball where I wanted it, but bobbled every shot out of the pocket doing it so many times that a player I had never met asked one that I play regularly if I was new to the sport..... I was happy to hear him say " oh no, he's actually really good, just off tonight"
Any way, one of the reasons I joined up was to learn more about cue making as I'm getting ready to try and make my first one. I blame my neighbor for getting me interested in this, he has made a couple now and got me hooked into it.
I do a fair amount of machine work and have a pretty elaborate shop set up for metalworking and have done some woodworking in the past so this should be alot of fun. So far all I've done is turn down some dowels and scribble down some design ideas, but hope to start putting something together in the next couple weeks... After I dump more money into some wood that is...
Anyway, Hi everyone and here's a pic of the dowels I have turned to 1.3" so far. More to come, but where to post???
Then again ... Maybe not.
