hi
macguy said:
If you wind back the clock 20 years or so, what you are trying to do would be very, very, hard. There were no forums like this and the net. There was no information available at all. You spent hours going through the Thomas Register looking for sources and information. Then more hours on the phone with the people you found. The weeks waiting for a samples only to find they were not what you wanted. Once you found some useful information you protected it because that piece of material you are using for some inlay or joint or something may be the result months of research. the kind of research that can be done on the net today in a afternoon. This is where people like Blud come from. A guy like him may spend countless hours working out something and then someone on here can just ask "How is it done" and if he or some other cue maker chooses, they may just give away this hard earned knowledge.. Just a simple question like "Hay, where do you buy that stuff". The answer can be worth a lot. It is astonishing they actually do it. I once asked a simple question of Richard Black and he insulted me to my face.
Hi Macguy,
I'm differant from those others.
I do my best to help, and sometimes when i tell a guy is full of it, or I say somethinmg differant, i catch h**l.....
Thing that bothers me the most, is some claim to know what they are talking about. For the most part, I must addmit, they are trying.
But not cuemakers as yet.They leave a lot to be desired, because of there lack of experence. Nothing to be ashamed of.Time will tell...
Doing, holding, making, seeing, buying, learning, and finishing, is all together differant, than just reporting something to have your name in print, that you might of read, heard of, or seen it done.
Building a reputation in cuemaking, is doing, building quality products, not talking on the air/ways.
I have said this time and again, owning a shop and paying the bills for that shop and just being a helper or trainiee, is a differant ball game. A helper, and a cuemaker look at things in a differant way. Cuemakers, has paid his dues...
Those who are helper or whatevers, will have a change of heart, when reality hits them in the butt, some day..owning his or hers own shop. They to, will understand what I've been talking about.
If folks would report on there personal findings, [ experence hands on stuff]and give opinions from that, this would be a better informed forum about cues built by cuemakers.
Who do you want answers from a helper, who dosen't own a shop, or answers from a real cuemaker?
That's what it all boils down to, experence or a guy in training, with limited experence.
To those of you who read this, and get your feelings hurt, for you boys ain't paid your dues yet. Not trying to point you out.Not here to knock anyone.
This is an informative cuemakers site, " ask the cuemakers forum".
You might be asking why is blud pointing this out, reason is, to many times answers to question are miss leading and main thing is, when questions get answered by cuemakers, the others who claims to be, sit back and add there .02 worth in at the end, and then go in another direction, with jokes and crap.
Lets stick to the questiions, guys. Be productive.....
I'm here taking up my time to help all, [ I, could be building cues and machines, and not helping], no matter what level your at or play at. Just wanting to help all you good folks.
So please don't start some crap over my honest statements. Thanks for that.
Believe me guys, I'm still in the learning stages of cuemaking.
Huge, huge learning curve..
rock-away
blud
Without sounding like too much of a brown noser, I would like to thank all the cue makers that post on this forum your depth of knowledge is amazing. It makes us all more informed consumers. That being said, Mr. Bludworth your knowledge is incredable and the fact that you give so much of it away is not lost on anyone here. You are a credit to the craft of cue building. There are probably other cue makers that cringe when someone tells them "well Blud said..." Once again thank you to everyone. After playing pool half my life I've learned more about cues on this board in a year than 15 years loafing in a pool room.
