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nice job you have done a good job of splicing that cue i was wondering do you think you would be able to make an whole cue soon . we might have a new cue maker in a few years time.
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I will be most definatly. I want to get things all right first then I will be doing the whole cue from scratch. I would only be doing it as a hobby though as have no intentions of going into production.Originally Posted by ste bed View PostComment
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For a first attempt it looks great. There are lots of custom cuemakers in America making cues as a profitable hobby, if the quality is right I can't see any reason why you can't do the same.Originally Posted by totlxtc View Post
Good luck, and also put my name down in your order book! :snooker:Comment
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totlxtc cues will be available in my online shop soon.
alongside my 'Pro Series', 'Classic Series', and 'Shark Series', ladies and gentlemen, i give you.....
The 'Sh*t Series'
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Thanks Mike....You taught me everything I knowOriginally Posted by MikeWooldridge View Posttotlxtc cues will be available in my online shop soon.
alongside my 'Pro Series', 'Classic Series', and 'Shark Series', ladies and gentlemen, i give you.....
The 'Sh*t Series'
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Mike have you taken over Keiths school of cue making ?????Comment
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Lol.........Comment
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hey! thats unfair on totlxtc. look how nice and clean the points are....Originally Posted by platt View PostComment
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You have no idea how hard it is for me to refrain from making any comment on Keith...but I will try my best to exercise the ultimate self control i could summon.
Anyway, back to that cue, how did you cut and measure the grooves for the splices, did you just use a hand saw to cut it, on the carpet of your kitchen?Comment
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Well done for the self control.Originally Posted by poolqjunkie View PostYou have no idea how hard it is for me to refrain from making any comment on Keith...but I will try my best to exercise the ultimate self control i could summon.
Anyway, back to that cue, how did you cut and measure the grooves for the splices, did you just use a hand saw to cut it, on the carpet of your kitchen?
Good question there..and I have had to do a illustration to accompany my answer.
First things first. I did not hand saw cut the actual splices, these are planed. I hand sawn the splice inserts (Alot were already provided by Mike) and ill show you why.
If you have a standard shaft blank for example. And measure to say 22inches. If you plane from 22 inches down to Point A on 4 sides evenly you produce a square tapered end. This is critical to all splices you will be doing. Remember to splice top and bottom then the sides. Once you splice the main butt wood in and shape you repeat the process. This time it was 13 inches. So plane from 13 inches to point A, you will do the sides first, splice them, shape them then do the top and bottom this means the last set were top, bottom and sides, this time they are sides, bottom and top. That way the woods cross over each other.
Each wood used for splicing is hand sawn to size and are taperd. So left side for example will be 1-2mm and the right would be 8-10mm. Think of it as inserting a wedge.
As for doing the work on the kitchen floor....blood sweat and tears mate. I dont have a knuckle without missing skin or carpet burns.Comment
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Well down !
It's very not easy to try, but you made it so good, and it look much better than keith's.
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.. & fierce looking cue, T,
, awesome splices, & not sure if u r using 4 comps/tourneys. [if so, will scare off competition..]..
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