j6 cue stories

[golferson123]

Stop putting your plane blade down,i got cuffed round the ear for that

[Master Blaster]

Draper with shavings; you sure you're not at JP's place? lol

[j6uk]

bit more tinkering before the kids get back
glued, and will be cut tomorrow




then some more fine plane work on the gig, with a pic of a plane an some wood curlies for the lovers, laters an sisters

[Master Blaster]

you never give up do you! so much knowledge you even know how they are going to hit from pics amazing

I never said how good the hit would be. I said it will feel great and that's down to a lack of brass in joints and butt plugs. The hit could still be rubbish but there will always be more feel if there is no hammer effect from too much metal.

[Leo]

you never give up do you! so much knowledge you even know how they are going to hit from pics amazing

Was going to say the same it could play like shi*te, for me I don't give a flying cow how a cue is made tbh I have no interest in the production whatsoever as long it plays well.

[golferson123]

No sealer, no filler hiding mistakes, a natural finish from a craftsman doing it right. All I would say is that maybe it can be planed in stages and left to stabilise between plane cuts but it takes time to build up a stock of part planed shafts. Just me being pedantic. These cues are gonna feel great, no joints, no butt plugs, no brass crap where it shouldn't be. A purist's cue by definition. Honest all day long.

you never give up do you! so much knowledge you even know how they are going to hit from pics amazing

[Master Blaster]

No sealer, no filler hiding mistakes, a natural finish from a craftsman doing it right. All I would say is that maybe it can be planed in stages and left to stabilise between plane cuts but it takes time to build up a stock of part planed shafts. Just me being pedantic. These cues are gonna feel great, no joints, no butt plugs, no brass crap where it shouldn't be. A purist's cue by definition. Honest all day long.

[old school]

Looking good , my friend , also close to spec.

[Neil Taperell]

Not many cue makers can make 3/4 cues when they 1st start out with no lathe


......................Though it has been known !!!!

[Master Blaster]

Perfectttttttttttttt! Though you haven't got a plane in the picture and even if you had, can we be sure you planed it? Maybe you planted the shavings in previous pics and have a lathe outside? LOL

[Neil Taperell]

Great post time Jas

That looks as straight as an arrow .

[j6uk]

cut one of the two butterfly spliced cues down and now at the first stage of the fine planing. 18" with 8" long sharp splices, 57.25/9 an im looking to get it to around 29.5ish

[Master Blaster]

Amazing work as always!
I have a MW butterfly cut 1 piece classic ebony and maple pool cue which i absolutely love but trying it against similar classic 4 splice cues of a similar spec hasnt yielded any differences in terms of how it plays i can put down to the 2 vs 4 splice design.I will be doing a short review of my 3 cues shortly if anyone is interested.
Thanks Tom

Sounds good. Should be interesting.

[brookst]

Amazing work as always!
I have a MW butterfly cut 1 piece classic ebony and maple pool cue which i absolutely love but trying it against similar classic 4 splice cues of a similar spec hasnt yielded any differences in terms of how it plays i can put down to the 2 vs 4 splice design.I will be doing a short review of my 3 cues shortly if anyone is interested.
Thanks Tom

[j6uk]

So is the main advantage just less work? I'm guessing so, two splices instead of four. The look will be interesting but paramount will be how it differs if at all, from playing like a four splice. Your test feedback will be informative.

I really like the way your ash shafts appear to be plain. One reason I play with maple is because I find the chevrons distracting on ash cues, this seems to be worse on modern cues as makers seem to want to make the chevrons darker and more pronounced. Just a personal opinion but I think I would find it easier playing with an ash cue finished your way.

How about a white ash cue, could that work even better for you?

work load is the same an in many ways you need to be more precise. as for the play i feel no differance between all splices only in the woods used.
these two should be finished next week