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after buying some cues from a maker is it expected to have basic service ( like tips) done by the maker in a reasonable time ?

just wondering cause I now have a couple of high end cues that the maker tells me....................call me back in a year to check if he will have the time

this was a thread in the main forum
so my question to you cuemakers
do you want to do the "trivial"things to your cues after purchase
maybe phrased a better way
do you want to be the one to do all the work on your cues
or once its done its done???
 
bbb said:
after buying some cues from a maker is it expected to have basic service ( like tips) done by the maker in a reasonable time ?

just wondering cause I now have a couple of high end cues that the maker tells me....................call me back in a year to check if he will have the time

this was a thread in the main forum
so my question to you cuemakers
do you want to do the "trivial"things to your cues after purchase
maybe phrased a better way
do you want to be the one to do all the work on your cues
or once its done its done???
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I would prefer to do additional work myself, but my attitude has always
been - the instant you pay me, it's your cue, not mine.
I know not everybody feels the same.

Dale
 
Sure I like to do the tips and such. But I have no problem with someone else doing them. And if a cuemaker does not do minor repairs, even on their own cues, that is up to them.
 
No PLEASE.......

Shhhhh!
If that were the case I would have spent lots of money to buy things to re tip,repair,redo,just all around maintenance on YOUR cue.
I could not nor would ii build cues one of the smartest cue makers I have ever met (Steve Klein) told me once if you want to be a cue maker then that's all you are really going to be,if you want to work with cues be a cue repairman that way you can be a good pool shooter also! Smart advise I love working with cues but thoroughly LOVE playing pool soooooooo
Just sayin
Irish
 
fix em

I do a lot of repairs.... I feel it helps make you a better cue builder. I have seen many different construction methods with many different materials......... I repair cues I have built and many others. I make a lot of shafts for people. as well as refinishing butts. I don't like to do wraps because I just don't like them.... but that is just me,,,,,,,,

Kim
 
It depends on a lot of things. I make cues and if a customer wants to send it back for tips I would suggest that he would be better off finding someone local as it would be less time consuming. Now if it a problem with the cue then yes send it back so I can fix the problem.

I say this because I do the dymondwood jump/breaks and I want to see the problems so I can fix and figure out why it is happening. If I start to see a pattern I then change how I am making the cues to produce a better product. I have fixed quite a few for free as long as there was not abuse. All I charge is the shipping to and from a do most within a week.
 
I really enjoy the cue making process. Repairs and tip work are a good way to build up a customer base and positive reputation for doing good work. If they can't trust you to put a tip on or change a ferrule then why would they trust you to make them a cue?

I stopped doing tips and repairs on cue's other than mine about 2 years ago. I was getting frustrated because I was spending to much time making everyone else's cues hit good and not enough time on cue making. If one of my cues come back to my shop it gets cleaned up at no cost and all tips get put on at a discounted rate.


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hey now lets drop it,,,,,,,that got ne in trouble with the cue maker as it was my post

ill be off to my fishing rod lathe to mess up some ivory ferrules and tips
 
I love building cues, but not so much a fan of maintenance/repair. I do it, and do it well, but would really rather it be done elsewhere. For anything out of the ordinary on my cues, I'd rather do the work. I want to see what failed. But for tips & shaft cleaning, I prefer not to.
 
I would prefer to do mine own work to see how my cue is holding up and if there is something I can do better next time.
 
In my case, no. I don't do anything that a "good " repairman doesn't do. In fact they do more of the basic servicing stuff than I do since it is their job. Besides if I am in the middle of something, it makes no sense for me to stop what I am doing and put on a tip then try to restart what I was doing or for the customer to have to wait weeks for me to do a 10 minute task or even for me to feel pressured to
put on the tip ASAP so the customer doesn't have to wait. But maybe that's just me. Nah!
 
Paul Dayton said:
In my case, no. I don't do anything that a "good " repairman doesn't do. In fact they do more of the basic servicing stuff than I do since it is their job. Besides if I am in the middle of something, it makes no sense for me to stop what I am doing and put on a tip then try to restart what I was doing or for the customer to have to wait weeks for me to do a 10 minute task or even for me to feel pressured to
put on the tip ASAP so the customer doesn't have to wait. But maybe that's just me. Nah!
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Pretty much my thoughts exactly.
 
Send all cues that are in need of repairs or maintenance to me. It solves all problems and is actually a stress reliever.











<~~makes a mean cue too....no really...they bite....
 
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