2 Full Length, Spalted, Cored, Birch Butts in Stabilizer
I ordinarily use Cactus Juice stabilizer, but I had some Polycryl that I’d intended to test, and never had. It occurred to me while editing my upcoming…
Rotten Maple on a Journey… (plus a wicked cool slideshow)
I also cut a some very crazily-figured black cherry, some ordinary old walnut, and paper birch, which will all complement the new sticks in various ways. Some of the sticks will be one-piece, so the only complement will be like: “Holy shit! You’re beautiful!”
The Ferrule Follies
I’m working on a full length documentary for the rebuild of Sassy Frassy, my first stick, which I made out of sassafras. This video is a section…
Which leather wrap?
Which do you think looks best for Stick 8: black, lime, or green?
Spalted Sassafras Stick Rebuild Update
1 min video. She’s ready for final sand/buff. I’m stoked.
Will Sassy Frassy Survive Her Rebuild?
This is the stick that started me on the path to cue building. One thing I’ve learned and probably most cue builders would agree, it’s a path,…
Angels in a Pool Cue?
This video shows Stick 24, Miss Sarah Phim, a stick made of spalted, (rotten) beech. The grain patterns are from the natural figuring in the wood as…
Showin Off Glue Up
60 second glue up of Stick 34, “Showin Off”
Beauty Trumps Decay
I sledgehammer a block of treated wood, perform last rites for a mouse, burn my oven, and make pool sticks so pretty you’ll watch like the screen is dripping eyeball crack.
2 Sticks “ready to ship” This Week
It took four months to get my cue building machines. Then four more months to arrive at this place, after acquiring my main cue building machinery… I…