My 2nd cue

whammo57

whammo57

Kim Walker
Silver Member
#1 was a plain jane, just for practice. Actually I shoot with it and it plays great. This is my second cue. Actually the original #2 was reduced to a pencil because I was adjusting the taper bar. I sharpened the joint pin and use it to pick up leaves and papers in the yard.

The cue in the pic is a break cue. It is 59in long and weighs 18.3oz. The butt is BEM and purple heart. The pieces are spliced at an angle without veneer. It has a full length laminated maple core. The butt cap, joint caps and ferrule are cocobolo dymondwood. It has a 5/16-18 pin. The 30in shaft is purple heart and has a 13.2mm triangle tip. I made all the rings. The slot rings are from a maple billet with purple heart. The solid rings are maple and purple heart.

I'm not a cue builder yet but I'm working on it.

comments, suggestions, criticism, help ??

Thanks,

Kim
 

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2nd cue

BLACKHEARTCUES said:
Looks good to me. Did you glue the Purpleheart piece to the Maple, when it was still square or round?...JER
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I turned the maple and purple heart pieces round then bored them. Then I cut them and glued them on the laminated core. It was a ***** getting them lined up and clamped when I glued them.

Kim
 
whammo57 said:
I turned the maple and purple heart pieces round then bored them. Then I cut them and glued them on the laminated core. It was a ***** getting them lined up and clamped when I glued them.

Kim
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I looked at your picture before I read your post as the angle splice caught my eye. I thought to myself that I would bore then cut the angles then glue it onto a coring dowel. Then I read you post and see that is how you handled it. I would say for your second cue you have done great and you did something unusual with solid joining procedure. Keep up the good work.
 
cueman said:
I looked at your picture before I read your post as the angle splice caught my eye. I thought to myself that I would bore then cut the angles then glue it onto a coring dowel. Then I read you post and see that is how you handled it. I would say for your second cue you have done great and you did something unusual with solid joining procedure. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks Chris...

It means a lot coming from you...

Points and butterflies are next....


Kim
 
I like it a lot. And for your second cue, a person couldn't tell thats a second cue.
Keep up the great work.
 
Great looking cue! It was worth the extra work to bias cut the pieces. It gives it a really nice look. You don't see too many 18 tpi pins any more.
 
Mr Hoppe said:
Great looking cue! It was worth the extra work to bias cut the pieces. It gives it a really nice look. You don't see too many 18 tpi pins any more.
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Thanks for the nice comment. I learned a lot and made a few mistakes. I will move on to bigger and better things. I am already planning cue #3.

Kim
 
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