I am looking for a professional cue maker on this forum who is able to make me a jump/break pool cue to my specifications. You must be from the United States, (It's a plus if you are located in New York, Connecticut, or Rhode Island), and have experience making pool cues. I already have the design and the measurements on what I want and I want some critiques on it as well. Please private message me if you are interested. My budget for this is $2,500 - $3,000.
Looking for a professional cue maker.
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That's the maximum I am willing to pay but if it can be done for cheaper then of course I will accept that as well haha
What about this design is difficult? I’ve seen this post on Facebook and imagine a few makers have reached out.
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I am looking to have a cue that is all white. The curly maple needs to by dyed snow white with prominent wood grain. Here are some examples:
Zerksies
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Why not get the Longoni Cue you have a $2500-3000 budget
I know but I was open to see if anyone has any different way to achieve this
That's actually a great idea.
I will see how that turns out
I'm not a Cue-Maker, so take this with a grain of salt. There is another hardwood out there, that does have some mixtures of "white" and grain, IF you can source the right piece...It's called German Hornbeam. It may or may not be what you're looking for, but it is an option.
It looks like you have also received a few good alternatives/suggestions as well.
Good luck.
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I'm gonna sketch up another pool cue design to see if it is better
You're so right, learned that the hard way...
Sounds like Mike Webb would fill the citeria.
What about wood bleach? Never tried it but I’ve seen it tone down some darker stuff.
Nope. If you want it to be white, especially snow white as the OP is talking about, you are left with only a few options, there's no way around it. That's why OP probably hasn't found someone who will take on his project already.
As I outlined there's really only 3 ways to do this and I totally agree with @Michael Webb that the best solution is a termoset material like Elforyn over Holly, which does move a lot and for a whole cue must have been seasoned a long time and must be worked really slow to be a viable option.
In many ways the easy option is automotive paint, you can get a thousand shades of white and you can add all kinds of sparkle effects if you like, Predator already makes a cue just like that..Colours not found naturally in nature is always difficult. Stabilized wood does widen the palette, but white stabilizing dye isn't available, or atleast not to my knowledge and I have never seen a white stabilized piece. The stabilizing process also doesnt turn the wood into a uniform colour.