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Quote: Originally Posted by jazznpool I recently had a Pred Titlist in for a rewrap. When I pulled the leather off I knew I was in trouble. My leather is .022-.024 thickness range. The leather I took off was .039"! It took about 2 hours labor and good deal of cyano and accelerator to build the channel up and reface the channel ends. The wrap length was nearly problematic as well, at about 13-5/8+". This was a lesson learned....

I posted this not long ago on another thread penrose drain, a clear surgical drain 1 1/4" size go to a medical supply store and grab some they usually come in two foot lengths and are a couple of bucks. nice Tack feel (but not overdone) and they roll on and off super easy. 1 tube can be cut in half so you got two. They are the NUTS hope that helps, Grey GHost

Hari Cuemakers or Sun Yung Moonie Makers?

Quote: Originally Posted by fiolledapool hi, I have a client that want repair butt scratches, I saw butt and advise at client would be better refinish butt, but client can not pay refinish repair. I think a repairman should always be honest with your client and give good advices but in this case client can not pay the best solution. Cheap solution will be to try polishing with 2000 grain but can not guarantee all scratches disapear because...

Quote: Originally Posted by macguy I don't think this is what he was using but it works good. It's called a tire pen for marking the lettering on tires. http://www.autobarn.net/trimpen.html I've used paint pens in the past when i would engrave peoples names or initials in a finished cue. On a new cue that doesn't have the final finish I use colored 5-min epoxy. I engrave after the UV but before the auto urethane which...

Quote: Originally Posted by fiolledapool hi, I have a client that want repair butt scratches, I saw butt and advise at client would be better refinish butt, but client can not pay refinish repair. I think a repairman should always be honest with your client and give good advices but in this case client can not pay the best solution. Cheap solution will be to try polishing with 2000 grain but can not guarantee all scratches disapear because...

Quote: Originally Posted by lenoxmjs This will show you some stuff about how a Haley goes together. I don't want to speak for Ron but I know that he is pretty much an open book about how he does things . I sat and easedropped on a conversation that he was having with another top tier maker and the info flowed pretty freely. I believe the idea was that with the shareing of ideas comes progress and innovation....

Ferrule schmerrule, Who needs a ferrule? I love Ivory everywhere else though.

do these make good conversions? i have a chance to get 6 in decent shape, are worth anything?

If you take a long time cuemaker like Bill Stroud for instance. His older cue of the same complexity would be considered worth more to most collectors. The same goes for Richard Black, Bill Schick and so forth. Their current cues may be fancier and worth more, but normally the older the cue is the more it is worth for the fanciness of the cue, provided we are talking 20 plus years and not 2 or 3 years.