What a day!! How many of you have cut the butt off a cue three times in the same day

manwon

manwon

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Well this has been a long frustrating day!!!! I have cut the butt off the same cue three times today. First, I cut too much off the butt and screwed that one up. Next I forgot to add a colored ring and screwed up again. Then, I just did not like the color contrast and I could not let it go, so I cut that one off too.

Anybody else have a day like this!!!!!!:eek: I truly hope not, well I had to get this off my chest, and as they say tomorrow is another day!!!!!:)
 
I have 2 lathes, a Porper model A (thats right a model A) and a wood lathe. I had a Predator shaft on the porper with a tip drying on it. I put a McDermott shaft on the wood lathe and turned it on to get ready to clean it. I turned around to get my paper towels and when I did I think the chuck went loose or something and the shaft started flying around and smacking into the bed on the lathe. I now use that shaft as a cheese grater. So with desire to be more careful I go over and start working on the Predator shaft. I use a razor blade to trim the tips down and when I started trimming the blade caught and took a nice big slice out of that soft Predator ferrule. To add degradation to insult AND injury, when I started slowly trimming off the old ferrule the hollow end of that predator shaft decided to splinter and shred. I'll take 3 butts over that day anytime! At least the McDermott shaft was mine and not a customers cue.

Please understand that this is in no way shape or form a normal thing for me. I take a lot of pride in the work I do and have a lot of dedicated customers that only come to me. I just happened to have a really really bad day once.

Dave

Don't forget you safety glasses!!!!
 
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