My Robinson improved by Varney

StrokeofLuck

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This last summer I bought a few new cues with one of them being a wrapless Wayne Robinson. I had agreed to review the cue on here after getting it but I went with the old "if you don't have anything good to say..." and thought better of it. I could not make a long shot with the stick and it was by far the worst hit I'd ever experienced. Something just seemed wrong with the squirt/deflection of the cue. So basically it sat in my case for the last few months with a couple hours of play on it. Recently I thought rather than give up on it I thought it might be worthwhile to try a new tip to see if it would change the hit so I contacted Kevin Varney through here. After receiving one of the shafts he told me how poorly the ferrule had been mounted and that rather than trying a harder tip he said he would install a new qaulity ferrule correctly and that should improve the playability a lot. Well I got the shaft back yesterday and was able to play for about an hour with it and what a difference! I will be sending Mr. Varney the other shaft to have the same magic worked. I also now have the nice problem of trying to decide which cue to play with because I now have 4 great players. I would highly recommend Kevin Varney if you need some cue work done. Maybe I'll do that Robinson review now but I thought I would give KV some deserved props first.
 
Well I am sure Mr. Robinson would have liked the opportunity to make it right for you, and I am sure he would have if he knew you weren't happy.

There are many reasons a lot of people take their cues to Kevin. You have discovered one of them. Good luck with your cue.

Craig
 
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StrokeofLuck said:
This last summer I bought a few new cues with one of them being a wrapless Wayne Robinson. I had agreed to review the cue on here after getting it but I went with the old "if you don't have anything good to say..." and thought better of it. I could not make a long shot with the stick and it was by far the worst hit I'd ever experienced. Something just seemed wrong with the squirt/deflection of the cue. So basically it sat in my case for the last few months with a couple hours of play on it. Recently I thought rather than give up on it I thought it might be worthwhile to try a new tip to see if it would change the hit so I contacted Kevin Varney through here. After receiving one of the shafts he told me how poorly the ferrule had been mounted and that rather than trying a harder tip he said he would install a new qaulity ferrule correctly and that should improve the playability a lot. Well I got the shaft back yesterday and was able to play for about an hour with it and what a difference! I will be sending Mr. Varney the other shaft to have the same magic worked. I also now have the nice problem of trying to decide which cue to play with because I now have 4 great players. I would highly recommend Kevin Varney if you need some cue work done. Maybe I'll do that Robinson review now but I thought I would give KV some deserved props first.

That Kevin Varney and Mark Wilson could easily compete with Bill Braskey as the most popular guy in town. :D
JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
That Kevin Varney and Mark Wilson could easily compete with Bill Braskey as the most popular guy in town. :D
JoeyA

Yeah, but does Varney use his own thigh as an anvil? No? Well, Bill Braskey does. :)
 
Thank you for the kind words sir. In defense of the cue's original maker...I find it hard to believe that he installed the ferrule in that fashion. I believe StrokeofLuck didn't buy the cue new from the maker...so...the ferrule could of been installed by anyone. It was just a very cheap plastic ferrule and the bottom was not flat & the wood was not properly faced off either. This left a huge dark seem where the ferrule meets the wood as they are not mated properly. The ferrule also had an i.d. hole much larger than the shaft tenon so it had a large air pocket & was moving around quite a bit. Simple fix indeed...a new unbreakable Ivorine 4 ferrule installed correctly & a new tip was all that was needed to bring some life to the shaft. Glad I could be of help. :)
 
CTYankee said:
Yeah, but does Varney use his own thigh as an anvil? No? Well, Bill Braskey does. :)

Bill Braskey is one tough dude but don't slight Varney. Varney sounds like he can turn putty into steel and vice versa, like some kind of new age Shaman. :D

JoeyA (wants to hit a ball with a good playing Varney cue)
 
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