Custom Pool Cues by Bob Dzuricky
Recent updates:
a few new cues "In
Progress"
(3/29/07)
Update on
Page 3 of Hi-Res
Pics 2/25/08
Some tips about new
tips 2/17/08
a few simple cues for
sale (11/16/07)
New Pic of
the Day (10/21/07)
a few new Hi-Res
pics on Page 2 10/10/07
Inside Pool Article
(1/29/07)
I first got involved in the custom pool cue business shortly after I purchased a Schon R-1 back in 1985. At that time, if you lived in Erie, PA, there was only one place to go if you needed a new tip. As I waited in line to get a new tip installed, I watched in horror as the local repairman sanded WAY too much ivory off someone's ferrule. I wasn't about to let him touch my cue. Since I earned my living impersonating a tool maker, I was sure I could replace a tip as least as well as this guy. And I was right. It wasn't difficult at all. Soon after, I tried replacing a ferrule. What do you know...it wasn't rocket science! Before long I was doing repairs for friends and league teammates. Then I built a sneaky pete. And another. And another. I bought a lathe and modified it. I mounted a long taper bar and added another chuck at the rear of the headstock. Soon I bought another lathe and built a custom headstock with two chucks that is devoted to doing tips and ferrules. Then came a succession of machines: a table saw, band saw, jointer, planer, sanders, drill presses, grinders, a wood lathe. Some went by the wayside but some remained as useful tools to be regularly employed in the building of pool cues. Then I bought a pantograph. Tennis elbow and the tedium of cutting all those inlays by hand convinced me that there had to be a better way. The logical move was to purchase a CNC router. Now I can't imagine life without it. The latest addition to the shop is a UV cured epoxy finishing system. It won't replace the catalyzed urethane I'm using but it provides a great base upon which to build.
With all this nice equipment (and some hard earned experience), I've been able to standardize my sizes so that my shafts are interchangeable with one another. The CNC gives me the accuracy to fit my inlays so that glue lines are virtually invisible. A driver I designed allows me to cut my shafts on the CNC machine. Now I can reproduce almost any taper you can throw at me. And people do throw me some curves. It keeps me busy. I only make 35 - 45 cues each year. Most are per customer request so I rarely have extra cues available for sale "off the rack".
I also make custom joint protectors. I try to compliment the design of your custom pool cue (no matter who built it) using matching wood and inlays while trying to keep the price within reason.
But enough about me. Click on some of the buttons above and take a look at what I have to offer. As you visit this website, let your cursor dwell on any picture. Some descriptive text will probably appear. If you then click on the picture, a larger version will appear. Apologies to viewers with a dial-up connection. I've gotten into the habit of uploading larger & more detailed pictures than most websites have. I'm proud of my work & I want to show it off to its best advantage.
Thanks for your interest,
Bob Dzuricky
PS
To those who asked: the "D" is silent in my last name.
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