OCD cue makers!!!

Kid Dynomite

Kid Dynomite

Dennis (Michael) Wilson
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Any cue makers with known/documented Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder!

There has to be more than a few!!!!!

I hear of 26 passes on each shaft and obscene curing times & etc etc etc.

or is it all just Marketing Hype?????

I have even heard someone coin the term "Searings Disease!" now thats funny!!!!

Anyway, It was on my mind and I thought I would just throw this one out there for discussion??????

Kid Dynomite
 
I've seen it in several makers, long before Searing. The result is perfection in the layman's eyes, but the maker is never satisfied.
 
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The obsessive part would absolutely apply to a perfectionist cuemaker (just talk to Zinzola for a quick example), but I don't feel that most cuemakers have the Compulsive part. Cuemakers can shut off the drill/saw/lathe/vac/etc, go eat dinner, come back later and finish. True OCD would mean they HAD to do it RIGHT THEN, and usually a certain number of times. Usually the action and number of times has almost no meaning and doesn't make sense.

You can be a self-critical perfectionist without having OCD. OCD is stressful and disruptive... a high standard of work is good business.
 
Kid Dynomite said:
Any cue makers with known/documented Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder!

There has to be more than a few!!!!!

I hear of 26 passes on each shaft and obscene curing times & etc etc etc.

or is it all just Marketing Hype?????

I have even heard someone coin the term "Searings Disease!" now thats funny!!!!

Anyway, It was on my mind and I thought I would just throw this one out there for discussion??????

Kid Dynomite
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The same reason that a high end harp takes about 2 years to build and when you already have the wood at the correct humidity.Stabilization of the materials is really important, apart from the tone qualities it has to have.In high end instruments ,it can be 10 years or more before the wood can be used.These are $90k + harps.
The same can be for high end cues as well. It is not O C D,it is making it right the 1st time, for the customer who will have the enjoyment for a life time.
 
We call it the DPK disease.

No kidding but googans freak out when they see glue lines the thickness of paper or if the shaft has a roll half the thickness of a credit card.
The same googan can't beat the 5-ball ghost on a Valley barbox with 5" pockets. Even if he had a $10K cue.
 
Dennis Searing simply is a perfectionist. He refuses to compromise even the smallest detail. He takes a lot of pride in what he produces, and figures that EVERYTHING is important when it comes to his trade, cuemaking. He is to be admired, IMO. With his popularity came a long wait to get one of his cues, so the people lucky enough to have one knows they have a genuine treasure. I'm sure I'm so far down the list that I'll probably never get one, but it doesn't cost anything to dream.
 
i no a cue maker and he is definatly ocd...... everything has to b right he levels his tables everyday.....and if they arent leveled right he knows that its bc the rain and the ground is soft......... his cues r always new looking cleans them off b 4 he puts them in his case and b 4 he plays ....... he cleans the 4 tables everyday he plays....... cleans the ballls everyday he plays looks at the cue ball to see if anybody has been breaking with a phenolic tip.... ( it leaves little dings in the cue ball).... when he cooks something he knows what time to take it out without a timer... everything he does is spot on its crazy
 
OCD cuemakers

What about the cue collectors? What about all the people who spend waaaay too much time on here {including me}.
There are many flavors of nut case, almost as many as Baskin Robbins.
 
The top Cue makers are not ocd just perfectionists, who want their cue's with their name on it to play and look great to the best of their ability.
 
And you never want to say "Take your time"... If you did say that phrase... Your cue will never get finished! A perfectionist's time is FOREVER! Just my advice from experience! lol!:grin::D

These cue makers make the best cues. Well worth the investment.
 
i wouldn't call it OCD just high end perfectionism.........a cue i just completed for a customer I had it done....but didn't really like the wrap.....they said it was perfect......i took it out their hands and cut it off and rewrapped it lol......they said your crazy man it was perfect......i said maybe so but its perfecter now lol.

-Grey Ghost-
 
An old Englishman that I worked for in his motorcycle shop told me two things.

Do the same quality job for a customer that you would do for yourself.

If you don't have the time to do a job right the first time, when are you going to find time to do it right the second time.

I do the same in the cue shop. If I'm not happy with the way something comes out, I look at it and think, would that be acceptable on one of my cues. If the answer is no, then it gets redone.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
No kidding but googans freak out when they see glue lines the thickness of paper or if the shaft has a roll half the thickness of a credit card.
The same googan can't beat the 5-ball ghost on a Valley barbox with 5" pockets. Even if he had a $10K cue.
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If someone is spending $2,000+ on a cue they probably want an awesome cue because it is a nice piece of art, not because they think it will make them shoot better.

If you buy a Ferrari is it OK if the thing has a bubbled paint job and a tear in the leather interior and a slight steer to the left right out of the store because you do not drive as well as Mario Andretti?
 
I love the car analogy! good one! You get what you pay for!...

Celtic said:
If someone is spending $2,000+ on a cue they probably want an awesome cue because it is a nice piece of art, not because they think it will make them shoot better.

If you buy a Ferrari is it OK if the thing has a bubbled paint job and a tear in the leather interior and a slight steer to the left right out of the store because you do not drive as well as Mario Andretti?
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