Unique Bumpers

Chopdoc

Chopdoc

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Post Your Unique Bumpers

Let's see some different bumpers! Anything but plain old off the shelf black.

Brown Brunswick? OK.....but I know we can do better than that.

Red?

Orange?

Brown, non-Brunswick?

Other colors?

Custom shapes?

Push in?

Screw in?

Unique way to attach it?

Custom molded logos?

Unique material? (non-rubber?)

Bumperless need not apply in this thread folks.

We have seen a bumperless thread and a big bumper thread....now how about some unique bumpers?

I'll start with a cue that I no longer own. I sold this cue a few months ago but one of the things that was interesting about it was that it had a white bumper.

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How about a few good old fashioned brown bumpers:
 

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HOW ABOUT THESE.......


BOTH HARD PLASTIC, THREAD IN PIECES. ONE BLACK, ONE PEARL.



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I dig the pearlized!

Now that's what I am talking about!

Thanks for posting! :thumbup:





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How about green stacked leather. I was finishing up some of my first cues. This was before I had heard of Atlas. My step daughter ask if I had any use for some old mouse eaten sued chaps. She was about to through out. I didn't have any bumpers for the cues I was making. So I made my own. Made about ten of them.

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Larry
 
In 1980-81 Andy Diamond made cues with blue bumpers. I believe RH Helmsetter made the cues. does any body where I can get 2or3 ?
 
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How about green stacked leather. I was finishing up some of my first cues. This was before I had heard of Atlas. My step daughter ask if I had any use for some old mouse eaten sued chaps. She was about to through out. I didn't have any bumpers for the cues I was making. So I made my own. Made about ten of them.

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Larry
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Necessity is the mother of invention.

That is really very cool. :thumbup:



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I no longer own either cue...


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Sugartree

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Very Cool!

Now we got something going!

That Sugartree bumper is cool! Is it leather? I don't know those cues really, is this common?

The Divney bumper looks like if you accidentally drew back into somebody they would get a bruise in the shape of that logo, LOL!


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O-Ring Bumper

Here's something I'm experimenting with: a low-profile o-ring bumper. Conversion is still in progress and I just cut in the ring groove last night. This is just an experiment and the first one at that. Like yourself, I too have a few questions (weight bolt or no weight, o-ring exchange-ability, etc.) but what do you think?
 

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Sweet! Very original thinking, I have never seen that done before.

I like it.

We're really seeing some cool stuff. Thank you!

I'll be interested to see the cue when it's done as well. Is that a Dufferin conversion?
 
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Here's something I'm experimenting with: a low-profile o-ring bumper. Conversion is still in progress and I just cut in the ring groove last night. This is just an experiment and the first one at that. Like yourself, I too have a few questions (weight bolt or no weight, o-ring exchange-ability, etc.) but what do you think?
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That is cool. Would look sweet with a recessed polished bolt. Not sure how you could make it changeable. Doesn't it need to be glued in?

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Chopdoc said:
Very Cool!

Now we got something going!

That Sugartree bumper is cool! Is it leather? I don't know those cues


Thanks guys!
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yes it is leather and no it is not common for eric to do it that way...
 
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yes it is leather and no it is not common for eric to do it that way...
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Mickey is absolutely correct. IIRC Eric did one other cue for the TAR Harvey Martin tribute. Here is Eric's quote about his use of the leather bumper. Very cool story...




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I knew an old builder in Santa Barbara, not sure if he's still around or not. He really left an impression on me. He would walk the beach every morning & evening, picking up debris & driftwood & such. He'd look for old sandals & boots that had the laminated leather soles. He clamped them in a drill & used a holesaw to cut out bumpers. They polished up great, were classy, did a great job of protecting the cue & never costed a dime. I liked them because they were different & high class, as well as non-absorbing in terms of harmonics & vibration. It's like having the protection of the bumper without the dampening affect. And they look friggin cool :)

Anyway, he approved my using of his idea. I don't actually cut mine out of old shoes, though. I make mine. I have used them in cues for years, mostly higher end or special cues. But I learned a lot about cues from that guy. He was deaf but understood the harmonic dynamics of the cue, and how to manipulate it to feel like they were alive.
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Sweet! Very original thinking, I have never seen that done before.

I like it.

We're really seeing some cool stuff. Thank you!

I'll be interested to see the cue when it's done as well. Is that a Dufferin conversion?
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Yes, a Dufferin conversion. I'll try to post it when complete. Thanks for the encouragement!

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That is cool. Would look sweet with a recessed polished bolt. Not sure how you could make it changeable. Doesn't it need to be glued in?

Agreed. I was thing about a polished bolt too as long as the head is smaller in diameter than the ID of the o-ring. Changeable? -that was one of my concerns too and yes currently I would have to glue it in but already have thought about it just being friction fit.
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