*** Second Cue Nearly Finished... 4 Pointer Ebony And Ivory ***

xpatcan1

xpatcan1

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Cue is final size and ready for Joint/joint rings and sanding...

this is the second cue i will have completed out of the DB customs shop in toronto Canada. Still goting thru the learning cuve but i am very happy with the way this one is turning out! it will be finished with a 5-16x14 pin and SS joint, wrap will be white with green spec...

Enjoy (the iphone can take some good pics i am impressed)

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I like it...

Very sharp work for your second cue...thanks for sharing...very clean!!!

Looks like a Scruggs influence to me...
 
Very nice cue :) Love the way it looks fullsplice with the touching bases of the points. Keep up the good work!
 
Incredibly clean looking work there, nice job. I cannot wait to see the finished cue.

Thanks for sharing.
-don
 
thats it, i might have to take a day off to come visit the shop. havent seen u in a few weeks. i might even bring something for you to check out. we'll see how it goes.
 
i like the looks of the work
i am happy to have 2 of your cues on order,some of my best buys and lasting friendships have occured by taking a little chance with a cuemaker early in his career

keep up the good work and
best wishes to you

dean
 
thanks everyone for the support and great comments!
Don broos has been such a good teacher i have learned a lot...

Dean we will be in touch i have been super busy the last few weeks and havent even had time to hit balls.

i have done a quick sand wrap groove and added the joint pin,

(iphone again)

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I really do hate being the only one to give a negative review of this cue as overall, it is a very well executed example especially for your only 2nd effort. Hopefully the finish that you apply will compliment the rest of the cue which I'm sure it will from looking at the attention to detail that you've shown so far.

My only criticism for this cue is the points. There are 2 ways of constructing veneered points to a cue: overlapped and mitered. As can easily be seen, you chose the former. A while back there was a discussion on the "Ask the cuemaker" forum about the benefits and drawbacks for the two different disciplines. Some feel the overlap method is best as they feel it is stronger and usually, comes out good with no surprises after the cue is turned to size and there are other cuemakers, which I am one of, whom feel that most veneers should be mitered. Mike Webb stated that he does them both ways, depending on the cue. I feel that this cue is a prime example of when the stack method just doesn't work. Apparently you used black paper between veneers or else you used a very dark glue which really stands out at the tips of each veneer.

In the future, if I was you, I feel you will get much better results if you either don't use black paper between veneers, or if it's the glue then use a glue that doesn't show a glue line or miter the veneers. Just my opinion for what it's worth.

Dick
 
guys this post is more than 18 months old....im sure the Op has evolved and improved!
 
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