U-G-L-Y. One must've got away.

[XxMerlinxX]

The other day I was playing at my local spot and some guys were playing at the next table over. One of them had a Players cue, but when I asked the other guy what he was shooting with, he said a custom. I asked who, and I can't remember the name, but I also asked to shoot with it if he didn't mind. He said play a couple games with it to see how I liked it. Well, I didn't. The cue was drastically too light for me, felt hollow and lifeless when I made contact with the ball, and wasn't exactly straight. The thing I didn't get though, is how a cuemaker would let a stick out of his shop looking the way it did, and why anyone would pay money for it? The inlays were just plain out sloppy, glue marks all over the place, and the shaft didn't seem to fit quite right when screwed on. But sure enough, the cuemaker's name was signed in between a point with the date.

When you guys were learning how to assemble cues, and possibly turned out an ugly stepchild, did you let them go for cheap or did you scrap'em after you were done?

 

[JoeyInCali]

I give my scraps to my cousins.
I sign them Beorge Galagushka.

 

[BarenbruggeCues]

I think anyone that has built cues has at least one out there they would pay good money for to have back.

 

[Bill the Cat]

Function before form

I have yet to make a cue that I was "totally" happy with and it may never happen. If the reason was that they didn't play well, they were destroyed. If it was simply a cosmetic issue, I allowed them to live. I could no more destroy them than I could kill a child who did not conform to someone elses standard of beauty

So, yes, I have "some" less than beautiful children out there, but they are living purposeful, useful and, hopefully, long lives

 

[JimS]

I have yet to make a cue that I was "totally" happy with and it may never happen. If the reason was that they didn't play well, they were destroyed. If it was simply a cosmetic issue, I allowed them to live. I could no more destroy them than I could kill a child who did not conform to someone elses standard of beauty

So, yes, I have "some" less than beautiful children out there, but they are living purposeful, useful and, hopefully, long lives

I like that.

 

[RocketQ]

I live where it is cold in the winter and need good hardwood for heat....

 

[Bigjohn]

Why would you want to hit something so hideous

 

[desi2960]

even ugly cues have a place

at some point in time i believe that we all are going to make errors, but they can still be useful.
cranegod1 has bought a few of my cues and donated them to the local youth center where he lives.
i sent him a few more to donate, they play ok but had a few cosmetic flaws.
dont just cut them up when there are youth centers all across the country that can use, and are glad to get them.
i want to thank cranegod1 for bringing this to my attention.
so now when i make an error, i don't look on it as something bad for me, but something good for some one else.
chuck starkey

 

[Cue Guru]

That's great Chuck!:thumbup:

I never thought of that, but it is really a great idea.

 

[WilleeCue]

When you guys were learning how to assemble cues, and possibly turned out an ugly stepchild, did you let them go for cheap or did you scrap'em after you were done?

Actually I think I made the worlds ugliest cue.

It was a green Plexiglas Frankincue.
I gave it away.
It does play solid ... just looked ugly.
But like a bad penny it keeps coming back.
It is i the shop now being repaired for a busted shaft.

Willee

 

[jaydog468]

Actually I think I made the worlds ugliest cue.

It was a green Plexiglas Frankincue.
I gave it away.
It does play solid ... just looked ugly.
But like a bad penny it keeps coming back.
It is i the shop now being repaired for a busted shaft.

Willee

willee my wife like that cue. now she wants one. how much?

 

[Gwen's up]

Lol...

The other day I was playing at my local spot and some guys were playing at the next table over. One of them had a Players cue, but when I asked the other guy what he was shooting with, he said a custom. I asked who, and I can't remember the name, but I also asked to shoot with it if he didn't mind. He said play a couple games with it to see how I liked it. Well, I didn't. The cue was drastically too light for me, felt hollow and lifeless when I made contact with the ball, and wasn't exactly straight. The thing I didn't get though, is how a cuemaker would let a stick out of his shop looking the way it did, and why anyone would pay money for it? The inlays were just plain out sloppy, glue marks all over the place, and the shaft didn't seem to fit quite right when screwed on. But sure enough, the cuemaker's name was signed in between a point with the date.

When you guys were learning how to assemble cues, and possibly turned out an ugly stepchild, did you let them go for cheap or did you scrap'em after you were done?

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Maybe he made it himself...!

 

[WilleeCue]

willee my wife like that cue. now she wants one. how much?

LOL ... I make a different style of that cue now.
They are fragile as the Plexiglas will shatter or crack if dropped on a hard surface.
They play super solid and will hold up to the strongest breaker but if you get mad and slam it on the table it will most likely break.

I sell them for $300 shipped when I have them but I have only made 5 of them in the last 8 years.

I am making one from Lexan which is a LOT stronger than Plexiglas
but the color choice is limited and the diameter is not quite large enough for a butt piece.

Here is a photo of the two I am working on now.

Willee