Question on cue repair

I did talk to Ryan yesterday and he has a pretty decent level of confidence that he can fix it if he can find where it is "moving". I will be sending it to him this weekend. I am excited/nervous because I will have no other options than to accept the cue in its damaged condition and let it sit in the rack. I anticipate Ryan will be able to tell me if the problem was fixed or the cracked finish will return.
 
If he can do that with those, I am pretty confident that he can make mine better than new! No pressure Ryan lol
 
I know its been longer than expected, but the cue shipped today. Im looking forward to getting Ryan's feedback when he gets the cue!
 
It has been a while, so I thought I would post. Ryan has the cue and I suspect has begun the repair process (as my CC has been charged :). Chris stated in my authorization email it could be 6 - 8 weeks, and I told him I understood. Anyhow Ryan emailed me and believes he can prevent it from "cracking" again. I am hoping perhaps Ryan could throw up a photograph for an update when he gets to a certain point.

Anyhow I wanted to thank everyone for their advice and feedback. AZ is an awesome resource!
 
After taking some "before" pics this morning, I stripped the finish off of the cue. I didn't see anything unusual. Everything went as planned.

My biggest concern now is not sealing up the cracks but concealing the cracks. I don't want to be able to see them once I am done.
 
I thought I would update this seemingly "dead" thread! I have had email correspondence with Ryan weekly and was told this week he thought he was done with it and was going to let it cure. Hopefully he can send some photographs of before/after prior to shipment. I want to say without seeing it I know those of you who suggested he repair the cue were dead on. His attention to detail was far beyond anything I would have ever expected.

Ryan, thank you for the absolute dedication to excellence!
 
boyersj said:
I wish this forum existed years ago, as I have a situation that I have tried to approach the correct way but ran into complications.

I have an older Schon cue, ST11 from 1993 that I truly love. After I had it a couple years I stopped to have lunch on my way to the pool room. It was hot out, but in a case. When I pulled the cue out to play, the finish was EXTREMELY damaged. It was heart breaking that my first cue purchase had this happen. I lived in the Fort Wayne area, and contacted a local cue builder. Great guy, and I am sure he will find this thread. Send me a PM to say hi if you do!

Anyhow he sent the cue to Schon and they refused to work on the cue because it was "touched by someone else" which was not true. I bought the cue brand new from Cuestix international (and they were one of very few vendors in the early 90's) but because Evan refused to fix it, my friend did a wonderful job. it looked great for a few years, and then I moved away from the area to go to college. After finishing college and getting into the working world, I pulled my cue out of the case and again was displeased to see a few cracks in the finish and bad discoloration inside the finish. I did some research and sent it to one of the highest acclaimed repairman in the country and the cue again looked stellar.

But, now the cracks have returned. There appears to be some grain separation that I would hope can be repaired so it does not continue to need refinished. Before I send the cue out *again* I truly am looking for feedback from a variety of cuemakers/repairmen who can indicate if this cue can be repaired to where the finish will no longer crack. I will email pictures directly to anyone who requests, as they are too large to post to get the detail needed to see the wood.

I want to fix this cue, and wish Evan wouldn't have refused years ago that put me into this situation. The cue has never been abused, but was victum to stressed wood.

Thanks in advanced to any feedback!
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The cue has never been abused, but was victum to stressed wood.

I am sorry that you are having problems with your cue. but leaving the cue in the Trunk on a hot day is abuse. It is really no different than leaving a dog in the car with the windows up on a hot day or even leaving a baby in the car alone!!

But for some reason people damage cues all the time by doing nothing more than leaving them in a cars trunk on a hot day. I can't even tell you how many cues I have had to refinish / repair for nothing more than that.

I hope others are paying attention leaving a cues in your car on a hot or cold day will damage it, maybe not the first time, maybe not the second time, but sooner or later people who do this will be very sorry they did.

Sorry for the rant!!!!!:(
 
I am really excited to see how this turns out. After all these years the cue will be fixed correctly...and most likely permanently.

manwon....at first I thought "hey, this is a positive thread!" But it probably can't be emphasized enough, so you are quite right.

In the late eighties I practiced and played every day at my university. I took my JOSS with me to school. I know several times when I was in a hurry to get to class I left the cue in the back seat of my car. As nine or ten o'clock passed I realized I didn't have the cue with me. I would panic thinking I left it in my previous classroom or something. Finding it in my car in the late morning it was either too hot or too cold already and I would be very upset for some time going over the finish and obsessing over every little thing with the cue. As it happens none of those incidents seemed to damage anything though. The cue isn't pretty, it has plenty of little dings in the finish but I didn't put them there. It was that way when I got it.

Anyway, yeah...we do need to be careful with our cues.

Again, I am so excited to see the outcome of this. It will be very satisfying to see the cue finally set right.
 
manwon said:
The cue has never been abused, but was victum to stressed wood.

I am sorry that you are having problems with your cue. but leaving the cue in the Trunk on a hot day is abuse. It is really no different than leaving a dog in the car with the windows up on a hot day or even leaving a baby in the car alone!!
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I just want to clarify that I did not leave the cue in the trunk, it was in the back seat and the windows were cracked. I understand that this still probably put stress to the wood but quite frankly I was inside for less than 20 minutes.

I don't know that I could have taken a pool case into a restaurant on my way to the pool room :) I do appreciate the concern and advise and I also preach the same thing to others that I know keep their "clubs" in their vehicles!

Ryan did say that the defect was probably there when built. This is definitely a positive thread and I hope others who have abnormal repair needs will seek out Mr Theewen, because he is an amazingly meticulous person that can know will always have my appreciation and respect for his diligence and weekly updates. World-class person and I appreciate every contributor to this thread!
 
Observation

I would have to agree and say Ryan is probably right.
Over the years I have tested this theory on my personal cues,
leaving them in the trunk in this hot dry NM weather to the freezing
Montana winters. I've never seen this happen to one of my cues yet
but not to say it couldn't happen eventually. I'm thinking due to
construction techniques, glues and type of materials and woods anything
is possible.
Ps, I am in no way condoning the habit of doing what I did.
This was for testing purposes only.
 
Just a thought.........

After stripping down to bare wood, I would hang it for a month to make sure everything is stablized.

I do this with new cues before they are finished. every once in a while, I can just feel the edge of where the butt or forearm meets a ring. A final skim cut and finish it.....

Kim
 
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Very nice work Ryan.. as always.

I knew you were God after I saw the repairs on that broken Szamboti and Meucci Hook cue..... incredible work.

I bow to thee!
 
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