What's your worst screw up?

Dave38 said:
There's still people looking for Tony, and their money(deposits) ...... saw one of his cues he donated to a charity tourny I was in....worst leather wrap job I ever saw.
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Tony was not bright, started out well. I sold mine before Tikkler incident.

Tony work was fine at that time, glade my got SOLD before the Zinzola crash.🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Long and short Tikkle is not with use any longer, he "Steve" Died. Tony is off Forum I believe.

Tikkler was Mator collector, commissioned Cue from TZ, it was not close to quality, TZ had he done in right would have got many order.

Tikkler got tired of run around and post photo of the Abortion.

Not sure if Tikkler ever got refund, or rest of story.

After that incident TZ was not busy with AZB orders.
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I had no idea I looked it up and seen it was in 2018….shows how absent I’ve been


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Chili Palmer said:
What's the worst (time, money, etc) error you've made when making a cue?

I recently purchased a Deluxe Cue Smith lathe and was working on a shaft and forgot to slide the tailstock and flipped the switch. Joint end wasn't supported and it spun around and smacked the shaft on the lathe bed about 3" up from the joint. It's a break shaft for me so I think I'm just going to fill in the marks with some dyed epoxy and call them beauty marks. :rolleyes:

Let's hear them stories.
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I always hold the wood sticking out of the lathe with my right hand and turn the lathe on slow speed with my left hand to make sure it's rotating tightly and true before I let er fly. Especially finished cues held by the pin and a driver in the jaws. Your hand can catch it if it's loose for some reason.
 
I once put an almost finished cue between centers on my vertical CNC and missed the center at the joint so it was turning with a huge wobble.

Turned on the machine and before you could blink the front couple of inches were sawed down almost to the core.

All mistakes are learning opportunities. That mistake was the inspiration for this unique and attractive cue design I never would have thought of otherwise. :)

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Thought I would post this for those who did not know Steve P aka Tikkler:

Cue collector - Interview with M.Piesner (tikkler)

Since the 2009 international Cue Collectors Show is on the way, here is an interview I did a couple of weeks ago with the cue collector Steve Piesner (tikkler on AZ). This interview was posted on my french billiard blog MonBillard.com Here is the original English interview just for you AZ...
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mans collection & photos both awesome.👍
 
The first shaft I ever worked on was one I was going to turn down about half a mm. Back then everyone just used joint screws to spin their shafts in a lathe with a small concave live center. The shaft snagged the sand paper and came loose and broke the end of the shaft off. Later I bought the wood lathe from the guy and got the joint screw I had bent with it. I went to a hardware store looking for a 5/16 14 screw and was referred to a retired machinist to make me one. When he saw what I wanted he asked why not put a solid shank on it instead of just making a screw. That was the invention of the modern lathe pin. Then we solved the coming out of the live center with the invention of the large concave live center. Then he built me a new spindle for that wood lathe that I could run the shaft through for tip and ferrule work. That was when I purchased 6 more of those wood lathes and modified them like mine and started the lathe business. So my worse mess up also started things moving that turned into one of the biggest blessings in my life.
 
cueman said:
The first shaft I ever worked on was one I was going to turn down about half a mm. Back then everyone just used joint screws to spin their shafts in a lathe with a small concave live center. The shaft snagged the sand paper and came loose and broke the end of the shaft off. Later I bought the wood lathe from the guy and got the joint screw I had bent with it. I went to a hardware store looking for a 5/16 14 screw and was referred to a retired machinist to make me one. When he saw what I wanted he asked why not put a solid shank on it instead of just making a screw. That was the invention of the modern lathe pin. Then we solved the coming out of the live center with the invention of the large concave live center. Then he built me a new spindle for that wood lathe that I could run the shaft through for tip and ferrule work. That was when I purchased 6 more of those wood lathes and modified them like mine and started the lathe business. So my worse mess up also started things moving that turned into one of the biggest blessings in my life.
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That's a great story Chris. How people get started doing what they do has always been interesting for me, thanks for sharing!
 
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