Veneers?

[a9ballbr8k]

Thank you so much to all!! I want to get to know as much as I can about cuebuilding. I imagine I will own my own house within the next five years and I definitely want to start learning/building cues. From a buyer standpoint ordering custom cues has always got me intrigued in the build process. Again, thanks and feel free to keep posting...seems as if this thread was a good one for everyone!!! Rob.

 

[dave sutton]

Dave, every cue that you build should see an improvement over the last. Maybe not to everyone but if it's only to you then it's an improvement. Glue lines are nothing to be ashamed of as long as they over time disappear from your finished product.
I don't think there's any question about commitment. I've seen some setups where a bridgeport was purchased solely for the purpose of knifing in point blanks and that's it. It doesn't get used for anything else. With the avenues and knowledge that are available today, machines, equipment, tooling and dedicated setups, yada, yada, yada, we should see some pretty interesting results over the next decade or so.


<~~~thinks you should keep your cue as a reminder of where you have been...............

you couldnt be more correct dave. i try to get better with every cue. i learn something new every cue. i also have tried everything to do miters. router table stack like this even cutting them in my lathe taped to a block of wood. right now i have lee's set up. table saw method with his fixture and blade ect. worth every pennie IMO. mitered is deff the way to go. adds to the prestige of a cue. IMO when i see a mkers work first thing i look at is points even size miters then gluelines shapreness of inlays then finish... sometimes i dont make it past the points. lol

it would be a lie to say i havent had help. many good makers and chats but i learned on the fly. no one showed me. explianed yes but showed no... i have a number of cues that were my firsts i wont sell. some ppl have told me my firsts and better then their 25th whatever number