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Originally Posted by ScottR  Kenny, I have to say that many of your cues that I've seen pictured were very impressive from a design and execution perspective.
What is your favorite part of cue building?
What part is a royal pain in the butt (not counting nit customers)?
What are the specs on the cue you personally use; assuming that you are not like most cue builders and don't own a cue of your own? 
Do you have a favorite wood, or wood combo, to work with?
As everyone said above, thanks for taking time to talk about your craft with us.
Scott |
My favorite part of building a cue is taking a raw piece of wood, envisioning what is in there, cutting away the crap and being able to hold the finished product in my hand and knowing that it is what I envisioned in the first place.
For me, design is the hardest part. The machince work is second nature. I can lament over rings in a cue for months till I finally figure out what to do with them, dont even ask about inlays for a butt sleeve. I have built cues that were at final cut stage that hung in my shop for a year or more before I could decide what to inlay into them and then I was hit and miss on quality of design.
I normally play with a standard length cue 58". I like buckhorn joint, flat faced 3/8 x 10 pin, my shaft taper, short ferrule with medium hard tip. I like my joint size at .850 and my butt cap diameter at 1.265" with a straight taper.
I like good birdseye or really good curly maple and ebony, always a winning combination. Brazilian rosewood comes in right up there with them, you never know what it will look like till it is done and it smells great when you turn it.