Lots going on…
Tiger Green has half the required CA glue is applied inside my new booth, built to contain fumes. Stick 21, BOB, is pinned and butt bored for the weight bolt. Now ready for epoxy.
Major Announcement
All sticks now have an option to purchase with a maple, purple heart, or carbon fiber shaft. They are priced at $699, $749, and $999 — and the lower priced options still come with a Pool Dawg hard case and a tip shaper/chalker. These prices will change once the shop gets traction. It takes a […]
Character Cues Soon Offering Maple Shafts
I bought a bunch of maple shaft wood from Chris Hightower, the fella that makes a highly regarded cue lathe and sells other cue building supplies. . The shafts are available with various amounts of turning required, before they reach final size. He has machines that allow him to create a high quality shafts efficiently, […]
Whoooeeee! Like Snot on a Glass Doorknob
This is Psycho Red, Stick #7, while I was polishing at 5,000 grit. The defect visible on the starting frame is no longer there. I get the polish looking half decent, like below, before tidying up the ends. That way if I bump it or mar it somehow, I already have another sand/polish to go, […]
Psycho Red Nears the Finish
This is my most watched stick and I understand why. I suspect it’ll be more so after this update. I’m stoked about how bright Psycho Red is. I’ll bet it almost glows in the pool room — you know how it gets shady in them places sometimes. So far Psycho Red’s coming in at 59 […]
Abortion
I just about killed myself a couple weeks ago, twice in a row, by rolling my 900 lb four wheeler on top of me — yes — twice — how the fuck? — story for another time — hence the photo with the post.
As a result I’ve been thinking a whole lot more about how I live. How I address others. How I care (or don’t) for myself. And what I need to do differently…
Angel Flying on Her Back: Stick Naming Contest
Sometimes I turn off the lathe and see the most marvelous things. I don’t know where her head is, but I’m pretty sure this angel is flying on her back. The plan for this piece of wood is to be part of an all-blue stick, so the entire thing will have patterns like the above. […]
Update Tour
A random look at the shop and what’s going on today. Start with the volume low. The taper shaper is running in the background. We start off with 7 sticks that are ready for their joint pins and for the butts to be bored to match the size of the stick’s rubber bumper. Once the […]
