Tulipwood into Ebony full splice blank from prather!

morinj29

morinj29

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For those who wanted to see pics of my prather full spliced blank...here they are:

specs:
butt - tulipwood
forearm - ebony
4 veneers - black, yellow, orange, red

cue to be finished by Eric Iorgov right here in corpus christi....thanks for everything Jennifer and Daniel Prather!!

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That should turn out nicely forward balanced. Was the blank cored to hold the weight down?
 
morinj29 said:
For those who wanted to see pics of my prather full spliced blank...here they are:

specs:
butt - tulipwood
forearm - ebony
4 veneers - black, yellow, orange, red

cue to be finished by Eric Iorgov right here in corpus christi....thanks for everything Jennifer and Daniel Prather!!

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Did they supply the tulip, or did you? Just curious, as they had no tulip back when I got my blank in December '08.

BTW...you're gonna LOVE how these completed blanks play! I love mine and wouldn't part with for anything!! :thumbup:

Lisa
 
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ridewiththewind said:
Did they supply the tulip, or did you? Just curious, as they had no tulip back when I got my blank in December '08.

BTW...you're gonna LOVE how these completed blanks play! I love mine and wouldn't part with for anything!! :thumbup:

Lisa
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thanks lisa....the blank isn't cored so i expect it to be on the heavy side...and lisa prather supplied the tulipwood....forward balance is why i had ebony in the nose and the combo idea came from my first custom made by dave bollman in virginia which had 8 pts of alternating tulipwood and ebony...24 slot rings of ebony and the veneer colors will be used in the shaft, joint collar and butt accented by trim rings in the veneer colors....a 3/8 10 flat faced wood to wood joint will be used and the joint pin will be made out of g10 material....the shaft will be 4.0 oz with a LBM ferrule and either a sniper or emerald tip...the collar and butt cap itself are going to be white aegis i believe....i can't wait for this cue to be finished!!
 
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morinj29 said:
thanks lisa....the blank isn't cored so i expect it to be on the heavy side...and lisa prather supplied the tulipwood....forward balance is why i had ebony in the nose and the combo idea came from my first custom made by dave bollman in virginia which had 8 pts of alternating tulipwood and ebony...24 slot rings of ebony and the veneer colors will be used in the shaft, joint collar and butt accented by trim rings in the veneer colors....a 3/8 10 flat faced wood to wood joint will be used and the joint pin will be made out of g10 material....the shaft will be 4.0 oz with a LBM ferrule and either a sniper or emerald tip...the collar and butt cap itself are going to be white aegis i believe....i can't wait for this cue to be finished!!
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Sounds like it's gonna be a pretty sporty cue! Please keep us updated on the progress and pics of the finished cue. I, for one, love seeing how each different Prather blank is completed. Here is mine, sorry for the lousy 2nd pic:
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Lisa
 
ridewiththewind said:
Sounds like it's gonna be a pretty sporty cue! Please keep us updated on the progress and pics of the finished cue. I, for one, love seeing how each different Prather blank is completed. Here is mine, sorry for the lousy 2nd pic:
lisarings.jpg

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Lisa
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Ohhhh LISA please STOP this ..... your pics are killing me ... i have to get that cue :thumbup:

Berny
 
ridewiththewind said:
Sounds like it's gonna be a pretty sporty cue! Please keep us updated on the progress and pics of the finished cue. I, for one, love seeing how each different Prather blank is completed. Here is mine, sorry for the lousy 2nd pic:
lisarings.jpg

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Lisa
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thanks lisa!!! and i will post pics once it's done....and that cue of yours looks pretty sports in its own right!
 
New Pics!!

Here are some closeups of the points....sorry if my pics are not very good...i was using my cell phone to take the pics...:D

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specs for the cue will be as follows:

butt: 16 oz (not cored)
shaft: 4.2 oz
ferrule: micarta
tip: tiger emerald

cue was sprayed this morning and should be ready soon....i will get new pics on saturday!....my cuemaker says the rings came out beautiful!
 
So how did the cue turn out? Question though....he did the conversion in about a couple of weeks? Isn't that way too fast to turn...shouldn't one let the cue rest between turns? I was under the assumption it would take about 2-3 months to turn a blank to size allowing rest periods between turns. Show us pics if you have some!!
 
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