Cue making diary

[JasonOwen]

Id have 10 please

[jim evans]

cue shafts

i think between us you would get rid of at least a 100 andrew depending what price you put on them you would have to sound out some sort of a price and see

[Stupree]

Having found some Rosewood Blanks for butts I would be up for a bundle or two.

[JasonOwen]

Stu, if your in no rush then Im sure I will have a spare piece or 2 in a few weeks that you can have. You know if your just splicing a front splice on an old cue and gonna then take it off and have another go then just use any old crap, dont go along the route of a decent hardwood as its not cheap.

[Stupree]

Stu, if your in no rush then Im sure I will have a spare piece or 2 in a few weeks that you can have. You know if your just splicing a front splice on an old cue and gonna then take it off and have another go then just use any old crap, dont go along the route of a decent hardwood as its not cheap.

Cheers Jason your offer is greatly appreciated. I have bought a small ebony blank big enough to get a couple of small splices for £4 to give me something to play with.

[JasonOwen]

Ive just remembered I have got a load of small ebony wedges that were intended for piano keys. About 5-6 inches long.

[ADR147]

Id have 10 please

ok i will look into it tomorrow.

[stan-mullin]

From china about £2 each but you gotta buy a 1000 !

I was quoted 6 USD on my last trip to China for a medium quality ash shaft

[ADR147]

I was quoted 6 USD on my last trip to China for a medium quality ash shaft

after taxes shipping etc etc thats going to be a lot of money actually.

[stan-mullin]

after taxes shipping etc etc thats going to be a lot of money actually.

I wasn't buying, the figure was just quoted to me.

For the budding cuemakers on the forum B and W sell turned shafts, just give them a ring :snooker:

[perpetualboredom]

Find this a tad hypocritical.. one moment everyone says all cues that come out of china are '''' then the next people are cueing up to buy some chinese shafts? I don't see how splices added to a chinese shaft here are any better than full cues prepaired over there, which as we all know are available for £40 inc case and extensions.

Would hate to pay £200+ for something that essentially cost £2 a shaft as an import.

[JasonOwen]

Find this a tad hypocritical.. one moment everyone says all cues that come out of china are '''' then the next people are cueing up to buy some chinese shafts? I don't see how splices added to a chinese shaft here are any better than full cues prepaired over there, which as we all know are available for £40 inc case and extensions.

Would hate to pay £200+ for something that essentially cost £2 a shaft as an import.

I quite agree which is why im learning from scratch.
Although I would like 10 shafts to practice on as it would save me spending hours on tapering shafts only to screw up on the splices. They would purely be to practice on.
I wonder how many of the main cue-makers actually taper there own shafts?? Mmm that would be interesting...

[jim evans]

actual handmade cues

i know dave coutts does,trev does,flame does, the first 8 i made were,moved on to already shaped ones but still got some real blanks, ide say most of the others still do,i think its when you go more mass produced you start buying already shaped because you cant keep up with the volume you need

[JasonOwen]

Made some great progress today, got down to the splices and not too bad even if i do say so myself.
Updated blog, more detailed pics of splices on there.

[jrc750]

Very impressive Jason