Birth of a workshop!

[mrbluejay]

Talk about deja vu. Where are the exclamation marks?? LOL

Made me spit my tea out that !!!!!!

[mrbluejay]

The cue in the last photo looks a beauty. One of your first?

That does look a lovely cue.

[JimB]

The cue in the last photo looks a beauty. One of your first?

I've made a few private builds for customers, I'm a luthier by trade but am really enjoying making cues as hobby/job, the one on the bench is nearing completion, it's for a local league player, purpleheart butt with ebony and maple splices.







and here's some shots of the build process ...

















just needs some more coats of oil and a tip the onto the next order

[jrc750]

Nice looking cue that

[the nugget]

Fantastic set up there jim and your work look pretty good also

[JimB]

Nice looking cue that

Thanks, it was the customers wood combination preference ... I like it too

[JimB]

Fantastic set up there jim and your work look pretty good also

Cheers mate ... I ain't fast but I'm diligent!

[narl]

Cheers mate ... I ain't fast but I'm diligent!

Jim, you have mail

[DandyA]

I'm a luthier by trade

excuse my ignorance but I had to Google what a "luthier" is ...

now I know, I can see why you have such a stunning eye for detail even down to the beautifully taken photos above of your work in progress ...

I hope you enjoy your new workshop

[eaoin11]

I'm no craftsman but that looks like very clean work. Look out Trevor...

[Removal man stevie]

That is a realy inpresive work shop and stunning cue wat wood is that jim?

[JimB]

That is a realy inpresive work shop and stunning cue wat wood is that jim?

American Ash
Purpleheart for the main splices
Ebony, Maple, Ebony for the lower smaller splices.

[Dave Walton]

The cue in the last photo looks a beauty. One of your first?

I've made a few private builds for customers, I'm a luthier by trade but am really enjoying making cues as hobby/job, the one on the bench is nearing completion, it's for a local league player, purpleheart butt with ebony and maple splices.







and here's some shots of the build process ...

















just needs some more coats of oil and a tip the onto the next order

Great looking cue Jim, if it plays as good as it looks it'll be a belta :-)

[mrbluejay]

Fantastic photos, I have to say (As a layman) the quality looks great - well done.

[JimB]

Thanks for all the kind comments chaps, very much appreciated ... here's a few shots of my latest cue approaching completion, it's a customer order hence the mother of pearl inlay above my badge.

Hope you like.
Ash shaft, but you already knew that

The butt is a harder one to guess, it's South American Iron Wood reclaimed from an old mill floor in Downpatrick, County Down +200 years old, very hard, hardest wood I've ever hand planed, felt like I was planning glass but beautiful deep brown colour once oiled up, it was worth the effort although my hand planes might say otherwise could they talk!











More to follow ....