Cues in Progress

Cues in Progress

Here are cues that I am currently working on and have not yet completed. If you see something here that catches your eye I can often build very similar cues and some are not yet spoken for.

A friend brought this hunk of wood and a shaft and asked to make a cue match the shaft he had.

A friend brought this hunk of wood and a shaft and asked to make a cue match the shaft he had.

I told him it was too light and soft

I told him it was too light and soft

Then I got to thinking

Then I got to thinking

This is a remarkable piece of Maple

This is a remarkable piece of Maple

So I cored it with 3/4 purple heart 15 inches up from the butt end

So I cored it with 3/4 purple heart 15 inches up from the butt end

And kind of stabilized it by forcing epoxy through the voids during glue up

And kind of stabilized it by forcing epoxy through the voids during glue up

Then I cored the forearm 15 inches right into the center of the PH core and used lignum vitae to make if forward weighted

Then I cored the forearm 15 inches right into the center of the PH core and used lignum vitae to make if forward weighted

The maple absorbed almost 4 oz of epoxy by forcing the cores to a dead end. This made the wood considerably more dense

The maple absorbed almost 4 oz of epoxy by forcing the cores to a dead end. This made the wood considerably more dense

The figure on this cue is outrageous

The figure on this cue is outrageous

Ring work to match his shaft

Ring work to match his shaft

Finished weight without any added metal weights is going to be about 18oz

Finished weight without any added metal weights is going to be about 18oz

Did I mention how pretty this wood is? Absolutely stunning! Simple one piece cue right? Well not quite

Did I mention how pretty this wood is? Absolutely stunning! Simple one piece cue right? Well not quite

Spalted Maple handle with Curly Bubinga forearm and butt sleeve

Spalted Maple handle with Curly Bubinga forearm and butt sleeve

Butt cap brown phenolic

Butt cap brown phenolic

Rings are Padauk and Ebony

Rings are Padauk and Ebony