How easy is it to make your own cue from scratch and what type of materials and machines do you need as I have seen some of the cues on here and I would really love to design and make my own.
This post could be a very long one but I will try to keep it short and simple.the scorpion said:How easy is it to make your own cue from scratch and what type of materials and machines do you need as I have seen some of the cues on here and I would really love to design and make my own.
From scratch would be very tough.the scorpion said:How easy is it to make your own cue from scratch and what type of materials and machines do you need as I have seen some of the cues on here and I would really love to design and make my own.
JoeyInCali said:From scratch would be very tough.
You can buy cue parts from Prather.
With points and inlays if you want.
Several makers buy their blanks from them.
You can contact them.PoolSleuth said:Would you like to make a LIST of Makers who buy cue parts from Prather
JoeyInCali said:You can contact them.
Info kinda sensetive on that one.
PoolSleuth said:Well you seem to have the inside SCOOP, but are unwilling to share that info... Or are you just talking TRASH???????
PoolSleuth said:Well you seem to have the inside SCOOP, but are unwilling to share that info... Or are you just talking TRASH???????
CamposCues said:A few years back I asked a similar question to a popular midwest cue maker and he pretty much snubbed me and said if I didn't have $50,000 then I was wasting my time...and he was an ass about it. I probably would have gotten discouraged along the way and gave up on my dream of cue building but his comments pissed me off and drove me to keep with it. Needless to say, I've never had any where near 50K and I'm building cues. I just had to buy a piece of equipment here and a piece there. It isn't an easy road (unless you have 50K ha, ha) but it can be done. I was really po'd about the way that cue maker tried to snuff out my dream but in the long run I guess I should thank him.
I wish I'd have know about this forum then. Everyone here has been a lot more receptive to my questions...thanks by the way.
PoolSleuth said:Well you seem to have the inside SCOOP, but are unwilling to share that info... Or are you just talking TRASH???????
showboat said:The gimp donkey was probably trying to discourage you so he wouldn't have more competition...
Kelly_Guy said:Or that could be his standard response to discourage people who are not serious and lacking the fortitude needed to get into cue making.
I heard Ben Afleck asked in an interview once what his advice was to people who want to try and become an actor. His answer was that he tells them to forget it, it is too tough of a career to get into, and chances of failure are so high it isn't worth it. His reasoning was if the people he says that to get discouraged they would not have made it anyway and he saved them the struggle, and if they weren't discouraged then there resolve was probably stronger after his negative comments and they had a chance.
Kelly
CamposCues said:Maybe but I doubt it. I think he was pretty much just a d*ck. He is the closest cue maker to me or so I thought at the time. I just asked him how he got started and if he knew of any worth while videos or books that could help me. He just replied with a condescending email about if I didn't have 50K to get started I was wasting my time and he wasn't interested in giving me any advice. His attitude pretty much pissed me off. Many local players have his cues. I have yet to find one that isn't flawed by him in some way. That makes me strive for perfection, which I'm far from but I at least try not to make the same flaws I see him make. Like I said, I should thank him. He keeps me driven and critical of my own work.
CamposCues said:Maybe but I doubt it. I think he was pretty much just a d*ck. He is the closest cue maker to me or so I thought at the time. I just asked him how he got started and if he knew of any worth while videos or books that could help me. He just replied with a condescending email about if I didn't have 50K to get started I was wasting my time and he wasn't interested in giving me any advice. His attitude pretty much pissed me off. Many local players have his cues. I have yet to find one that isn't flawed by him in some way. That makes me strive for perfection, which I'm far from but I at least try not to make the same flaws I see him make. Like I said, I should thank him. He keeps me driven and critical of my own work.