Some of my learner cues

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Coos Cues
I have been learning about how to build a cue for a couple of years now. Am trying to develop sound construction practices first and foremost. After making a few bar stick conversions and a some "singles" here is a batch of 5 that I made together as suggested by Chris Hightower in his videos to minimize setup times. All of them have no additional weight in the butts beyond the wood which is my goal.

I gave two away to close friends (the ones with the most glaring cosmetic issues), kept one for myself to play with and actually sold two of them to local folks. All of my early cues carry a lifetime guarantee. If they break, their life is over. I am currently making up some various stitch rings for my next batch. There sure is a lot to learn about this "hobby".

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JC
 
Really cool work man. I like your approach of super pretty woods and no frills.
 
Kingpin said:
Your cues are looking great! How do they play?
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That's really tough to answer due to how subjective it is. I like how most of them play. But I cut the shafts how I like them. (copied the taper from my favorite custom cue from a respected cue builder) And put tips on that I like. So I suppose some others will too. And some won't. Good enough for me I guess.

JC
 
The cues look good and there's a variety of woods there. Using wood instead of phenolic is also an interesting look.
 
jazznpool said:
The cues look good and there's a variety of woods there. Using wood instead of phenolic is also an interesting look.
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The forearms are all cored except the cocobolo in the middle. I cored the kingwood with maple to lighten it and the rest with PH. The wood left to right is zebra wood and santos rosewood handle. African bengi and cocobolo. Cocobolo with chakte viga handle. Mexican kingwood and Granadillo handle. and Camphor burl with chakte viga handle. I used Katalox for the joint and butt sleeves on three of them and bocote on the other. The first cue I made with bocote joints and butt over a year ago I played with extensively including breaking with and have had no issues. I like the wood there. Time will tell if it gives me issues. Hoping if I use the right woods it will be ok. I've seen plenty of split plastic joints before so why not? The finish is epoxy on all.

JC
 
Agree with very one else, really great looking cues that highlight the wood! They don't look like learner cues.
 
I've seen work from experienced cuemakers that didn't look this good. Good job!

ps - Thanks for the reminder that cues don't have to be loaded with bling to be beautiful and appealing.
 
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