More Questions on Spliced Cues

[TheBook]

I was doing a search on spliced cues trying to figure out why there is such fascination about them and why some players think they are better than a solid cue with inlaid points.

It appears as if there are some cue makers offering splice blanks, cues and etc but I think that there are still a lot of variables that would not make all spliced cues equal.

Looking at the photos in this link:

http://www.arnotq.com/pages/21/21.html

I could see one variable could be what part of the cue has the prongs. Would it make any difference if the butt was milled out instead of the forearm?

What about the veneers? How are they made, type of wood, and inserted?

Others would be the length of the prongs.

It seems as if some points are in the shape of a spear head, the line is not straight from the base to the point but flared out and them back in. Is this a because the butt has a compound taper instead of being turned on straight one?

So my thinking is just because someone offers or makes a spliced cue there could still differences in them between cue makers.

 

[Tommyd1]

I wonder also !

Good question my friend

Tom

 

[manwon]

I was doing a search on spliced cues trying to figure out why there is such fascination about them and why some players think they are better than a solid cue with inlaid points.

It appears as if there are some cue makers offering splice blanks, cues and etc but I think that there are still a lot of variables that would not make all spliced cues equal.

Looking at the photos in this link:

http://www.arnotq.com/pages/21/21.html

I could see one variable could be what part of the cue has the prongs. Would it make any difference if the butt was milled out instead of the forearm?

What about the veneers? How are they made, type of wood, and inserted?

Others would be the length of the prongs.

It seems as if some points are in the shape of a spear head, the line is not straight from the base to the point but flared out and them back in. Is this a because the butt has a compound taper instead of being turned on straight one?

So my thinking is just because someone offers or makes a spliced cue there could still differences in them between cue makers.

Hello, I think a great deal of information can be found in the AZ Archive on this subject. First if I were you I would research the differences between CNC inlay, Panograph inlay, Full Splice, Short Splice with and without veneers.

Then, come back and ask your questions when you understand better what you are asking.

Have a nice night!!!!!