Apprenticeship
If you are serious ,
a Machinist Apprenticeship at a Naval Shipyard is the way to go.
Good pay, not affected by Federal cuts (They have their funding)..
Learn on good machines without tooling cost to consider.
Learn the whole Machinist trade/profession correctly and completely.
Not just choose the selected operations necessary to make a cue.
You need to develop "The Machinist Mind"..
Once you learn machining and machining principles, and understand why, you can do most anything.
"You cannot modify it if you don't know how it works"..
I think you own them a couple of years work after you graduate, but, you can quit after that.
or, stay till retired or RIF 'ed.. (Reduction in Force)..
Alton
(Disclaimer: Not a cuemaker)
If you are serious ,
a Machinist Apprenticeship at a Naval Shipyard is the way to go.
Good pay, not affected by Federal cuts (They have their funding)..
Learn on good machines without tooling cost to consider.
Learn the whole Machinist trade/profession correctly and completely.
Not just choose the selected operations necessary to make a cue.
You need to develop "The Machinist Mind"..
Once you learn machining and machining principles, and understand why, you can do most anything.
"You cannot modify it if you don't know how it works"..
I think you own them a couple of years work after you graduate, but, you can quit after that.
or, stay till retired or RIF 'ed.. (Reduction in Force)..
Alton
(Disclaimer: Not a cuemaker)
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