Author: Clayton

Major Announcement

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 […]

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Character Cues Soon Offering Maple Shafts

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, […]

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Whoooeeee! Like Snot on a Glass Doorknob

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, […]

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Psycho Red Nears the Finish

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 […]

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Abortion

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…

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Update Tour

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 […]

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