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ratcues

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What is your favorite part of cuemaking? Either a process or overall....

The best part for me is going to a tourney and seeing people playing with my cues. It makes all of the hours and busted knuckles worth it.

I also like turning the wood from raw squares into dowels. Seeing the grain of a A+ piece of wood for the first time is priceless.
 
My favorite part of cuemaking is watching the customers face as they see the cue for the first time and begin to hit a few balls with it...thats what makes it worthwhile!!!
 
ratcues said:
What is your favorite part of cuemaking? Either a process or overall....

The best part for me is going to a tourney and seeing people playing with my cues. It makes all of the hours and busted knuckles worth it.

I also like turning the wood from raw squares into dowels. Seeing the grain of a A+ piece of wood for the first time is priceless.
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The best part for me is going to a tourney and seeing people playing with my cues. It makes all of the hours and busted knuckles worth it. I AGREE 100%
I I also like turning the wood from raw squares into dowels. Seeing the grain of a A+ piece of wood for the first time is priceless I AGREE 100%
AND I ENJOY FINISHING A CUE , THOSE CLEARCOAT FUMES ARE AWESOME!!! :eek:
SPRAYING THE FIRST COAT ON AND WATCHING CUE GO FROM RAW WOOD TO WET SHINY LOOK REALLY GETS ME PUMPED
 
Hi Ryan, I am looking forward to my new cue. Of course, you won't be able to see me in a tournament with it (unless you want to hand deliver to massachusetts:D), but I will be happy to post a review.
 
ratcues said:
What is your favorite part of cuemaking? Either a process or overall....

The best part for me is going to a tourney and seeing people playing with my cues. It makes all of the hours and busted knuckles worth it.

I also like turning the wood from raw squares into dowels. Seeing the grain of a A+ piece of wood for the first time is priceless.
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How about going to a tournament and the majority of the cues being used are "yours". I was at a tournament, last day of tournament I had to play a player who was playing with one of mine and had just bought another. Love it.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
Getting chased by cuemaker groupies!
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Yeah me too;) ...to bad they are all dudes!

Seriously though, I like all of it except the finish work. Spraying finish blows.
 
For me it is the inlay work.
I enjoy designing and working out the way the inlay is fitted into the cue.
If I could that is all I would do.
 
WilleeCue said:
For me it is the inlay work.
I enjoy designing and working out the way the inlay is fitted into the cue.
If I could that is all I would do.
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even though i'm not an actual "maker" per say, this is my passion as well. for me, the adornment of visually appealing, well proportioned unique inlays into a functional piece is what takes a cue over the edge. it makes me happy too :)
 
As with skins I am by no means a cue maker, I do consider my self quite a good repair man who has made a few sneaky petes with some nice rings and what not. I have only made a handfull of cues less than a dozen and I get requests for more when some one trys one out. That is very reassuring that the work I have done is good. It might not hold up under a jewlers loop but good none the less:)
 
ratcues said:
What is your favorite part of cuemaking? Either a process or overall....
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A late night call from a customer who finally ran over a 100 after years of trying. His new high run is 126.

Paul
 
I really like going to a tournament and seeing the last three or four cues being played with are mine. That happens once in a while locally. Now when that happens in a big tournament I will be a real happy camper. But as far as actual work on the cue. I like turning down the cue after a bunch of inlays have been glued in. That is when the look comes out. I never let my son turn the higher end cues as I want the first look.
Chris
www.hightowercues.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com
 
For me it's noticing cues I have made a while back and seeing that they are being played and enjoyed. I often approach the player and introduce myself. I always get excellent compliments on the cues as well as additional orders for extra shafts and repair services.

I enjoy most finish turning the cue, when it all comes together....
 
I'm no cue-maker, but on the few cues I've made, my favorite part was the first pass after the points and inlays had been glued in. I just loved seeing the points appear, and getting a look at what the finished product would look like.
 
I'm with Chris, For the actual cuemaking part of it, turning down a bunch of nice inlays or points is awesome. Like unwrapping a christmas present. :)
 
I changed my mind..

The best part is getting dibs on the good pieces of wood. Here's my freshly finished player.
 
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favorite part of cue building...

Is having my 4yr old son out in the shop with me tring to copy my every move and calling joe from cue components busting his balls with 50 questions.
 
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