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The forearm in the above picture is the first one in which I used black paper as the outer veneer. Also for the first time, I used an acrylic impregnated red maple burl for the handle on that cue. It was cored with laminated maple but this cue ended up having a softer hit than usual. It hits solid...just soft...if you can make sense of that. Unfortunately, I violated one of my basic precepts by doing 2 different things on the same cue. That makes it twice as hard to figure out which change is responsible for the difference. I assumed the burl was giving me the softer hit but I just wasn't sure. I feared the extensive paper veneering may have affected the hit, too.
Time for an experiment: I made another forearm - a 6 point hi-low - that also used paper as the outer veneer. I though that if the forearm survived a "tone test" after using so much paper, that would point conclusively to the burl as the main contributing factor in the hit.
Below is a picture of the forearm. You can see how much paper is used yet if you check this video, you can hear the results of the tone test. Obviously, the paper veneers weren't the culprit.
Below is the buttsleeve that will go on this cue. The video Part 1 shows the initial V-groove being cut and Part 2 shows the second set of V-grooves being machined. The pics below show, in much greater detail, how well everything came out. The points & veneers are razor sharp & even. The miters show no glue line at all. Part 3 shows the buttsleeve installed with matching trim & slotted ivory diamonds.
And finally, click on the picture below to see the finished cue
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These pictures show a precision machined point blank that will completely fill a v-grooved forearm. Now you can have the look of a sharp floating point while reaping the benefits of a deep v-grooved point.
Just curious to see how it will work out with Titleist veneers.
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see the assembled forearm.