Szamboti blanks?

[macguy]

Just curious, I was looking through the billiard encyclopedia recently and in the section on Szamboti I noticed that the glued up blanks they show are in the square with the points laid in. I also see this in the Palmer section. I have always turned the nose pieces first and then cut in the points. Szamboti was famous for the integrity of his cues and his blanks. Was there a reason he did them in this way, or did he always do them in this way?

 

[cuesmith]

Just curious, I was looking through the billiard encyclopedia recently and in the section on Szamboti I noticed that the glued up blanks they show are in the square with the points laid in. I also see this in the Palmer section. I have always turned the nose pieces first and then cut in the points. Szamboti was famous for the integrity of his cues and his blanks. Was there a reason he did them in this way, or did he always do them in this way?

Gus had a dedicate radial arm saw that he used for cutting his point blanks. He made a jig that held the turning squares at a slight angle, he then used a daddo blade with the saw at a 45deg angle. I tried to set up a similar jig at one time but the radial arm saw I had wan't precise enough to give me the results I was looking for. I cut mine after the forearm is tapered, using a WW1 engine lathe bed and an indexer in the place of the spindle. Works great for me!

Sherm