this cue is for a very good customer somewhere in southeast asia...
olivewood + snakewood (in-progress)
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Nice
Nice looking floating point! I look forward to seeing the finished cue.
Nice looking floating point! I look forward to seeing the finished cue.
thanks marcel. thanks bryan.
these pics are prior to the forearm above...
points have been genuinely handmade. no cnc, no pantograph. just pure skill.
these pics are prior to the forearm above...
points have been genuinely handmade. no cnc, no pantograph. just pure skill.
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some other cues in-progress...
wow
Very nice work!
thanks marcel. thanks bryan.
these pics are prior to the forearm above...
Using a chisel... i'm half disgusted and half humiliated.
points have been genuinely handmade. no cnc, no pantograph. just pure skill.
some other cues in-progress...
Is the cue on the right made with a chisel also?
Very nice work!
yes sir, the snakewood with yellowheart border is also chiseled... every bebot bautista cues is handmade. but you know, how much we wish we could have those nice machines to ease the work. it's not easy to make the cues handmade. it's really hardwork.
some more updates... these are the inlays...
more updates on the progress in a couple of days...
i have been receiving PMs (not just from one but from a handful) asking me, moreso doubting us that are cues are indeed handmade... insisting that we have been using cnc or pantograph. it is very obvious that in some of the pictures i posted before, the background evidently shows that we are not hi-tech and our equipment are really old and not sophisticated. tomorrow i will take the 47km trip from my house to our shop and i will take a shot of the entire workplace. i never wanted to show it... because it will just let the whole world know how poor we are and how crude our equipment is. but just so to prove those who doubt wrong, i will absorb the shame that will be the result of showing our workshop.
tomorrow i will post pictures of the entire shop.
here's a snapshot of a day in the shop. this is mervin, son of bebot bautista who is in-charge of the inlays & designs. he cut them by hand, inlays them by hand. you see the old clamp being used... you see the worn-out bench... you see the background... do you think that is the workplace of somebody who can afford a cnc machine?
now, this is the main lathe machine. you can see the man himself (bebot bautista) making shafts mainly by hand from a piece of wood. do you even see a roller guide in the lathe? do you see if there's even a multiple-speed control on the lathe? that is how we make our shafts - by hand.
this one making the pre-hole for the weight bolt & rubber bumper...
do you see any signs that we can afford equipment which cost thousands & thousands of dollars?
when i post the picture of the entire shop tomorrow, even though it would be somehow shameful for us, i hope that will put a lid on the issue and doubts that our cues are indeed - genuinely handmade.
tomorrow i will post pictures of the entire shop.
here's a snapshot of a day in the shop. this is mervin, son of bebot bautista who is in-charge of the inlays & designs. he cut them by hand, inlays them by hand. you see the old clamp being used... you see the worn-out bench... you see the background... do you think that is the workplace of somebody who can afford a cnc machine?
now, this is the main lathe machine. you can see the man himself (bebot bautista) making shafts mainly by hand from a piece of wood. do you even see a roller guide in the lathe? do you see if there's even a multiple-speed control on the lathe? that is how we make our shafts - by hand.
this one making the pre-hole for the weight bolt & rubber bumper...
do you see any signs that we can afford equipment which cost thousands & thousands of dollars?
when i post the picture of the entire shop tomorrow, even though it would be somehow shameful for us, i hope that will put a lid on the issue and doubts that our cues are indeed - genuinely handmade.
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maybe there would also be doubts in the materials we use....
here's your lizard wrap. that's me in the picture taken in the shop just recently.
here's your lizard wrap. that's me in the picture taken in the shop just recently.
thanks michael. i thought about it... and have decided not to dwell on it anymore. we, in our hearts, know that what we do are genuinely handmade cues and we do not shortchange the customer - ever. 
just like you said, moving forward.
just like you said, moving forward.
Hand-Made is being equated to SHARP Points, which doesn't show on the cues you're displaying. That I think is why people are doubting that the cues are really Hand-Made.
I for one don't doubt as I've seen it first hand on how these cuemakers are setup. Very few have the equipment (CNC) or the money to buy them.
I for one don't doubt as I've seen it first hand on how these cuemakers are setup. Very few have the equipment (CNC) or the money to buy them.