A while back a friend of mine paid 2$ for a whole bunch of old house cues. He gave them to me because I make cues. Most of the cues were cheap asian junk made of Ramin wood and I put them out on the curb for the trashman. Mixed in were a couple normal type house cues but there was one old cue that was a little different. It was an old Dufferin that was way oversize and weighed a ton. The cue looked terrible, it looked like the other cues had ganged up on it and given it a good beating. It had a really thick, yellowed finish with big chips missing. It looked so sad that I decided to rescue it.
I cut the cue in half and threw out the shaft because it was warped and I figured I would turn the butt down to normal dimensions and see what it looked like. The wood wasn't pretty but it had some character and the points were pretty even for a house cue so I continued with the makeover. I made a new shaft, added an Atlas 3/8-10 self-aligning, center-drilled pin, linen phenolic ferrule, Tiger Everest tip, black and mahogany linen phenolic joint collars. To dress the old gal up a little I added a curly maple butt sleeve with a couple of maple and bloodwood slotted rings that I had sitting around from another project and a mahogany linen butt cap. A nice epoxy finish to top it all off, wet sanded to 2000, buffed and waxed and the old cue is back in the game as a sneaky pete with personality. It hits great and that old beaten up piece of wood is distinctive, it's been around the block a time or two and it's back for more.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/UglyHouseCue1.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/UglyHouseCue2.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/UglyHouseCue3.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/PrettyHouseCue1.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/PrettyhouseCue2.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/PrettyhouseCue3.jpg
I cut the cue in half and threw out the shaft because it was warped and I figured I would turn the butt down to normal dimensions and see what it looked like. The wood wasn't pretty but it had some character and the points were pretty even for a house cue so I continued with the makeover. I made a new shaft, added an Atlas 3/8-10 self-aligning, center-drilled pin, linen phenolic ferrule, Tiger Everest tip, black and mahogany linen phenolic joint collars. To dress the old gal up a little I added a curly maple butt sleeve with a couple of maple and bloodwood slotted rings that I had sitting around from another project and a mahogany linen butt cap. A nice epoxy finish to top it all off, wet sanded to 2000, buffed and waxed and the old cue is back in the game as a sneaky pete with personality. It hits great and that old beaten up piece of wood is distinctive, it's been around the block a time or two and it's back for more.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/UglyHouseCue1.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/UglyHouseCue2.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/UglyHouseCue3.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/PrettyHouseCue1.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/PrettyhouseCue2.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/fam62c/PrettyhouseCue3.jpg