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"Formally DC CUES"
My name is
Dennis Clements and my wife's name is Sharon. I have been repairing
cues and building custom cues since October 2005. All the cues in my
"available cues" section were designed by me and or my wife. The
"archives" section has a combination of SOLD cues that were designed
by us, or cues that were built to a customers specifications. My
shop is in my home in Webb City, MO (southwest corner of MO) and I
am a one man shop. The equipment I use includes a four axis cnc
lathe/mill designed exclusively for cue work, table saw, another
lathe, planer, grinder, band saw, sanders, drill press and various
other tools and jigs, some of which I have made. I invested over a
year in research before deciding on what type of equipment to buy so
I could do the quality work I demand. As for my history, I took a
lot of wood shop classes in high school (Workman High, City of
Industry, CA class of 1975). I also worked at "Peerless-Hydril in
Santa Fe Springs, CA" in the late seventies. While at this company I
ran large metal saws, large HES engine lathes, smaller Hardinge
lathes, and spent time in the inspection department. This company
made oil well valves of various types and were built to extremely
close tolerances. Between 1980 and 2005 I was in direct sales of
various products (most of that time self employed as a distributor).
In 1991 my wife and I opened a cosmetology school here in town which
she runs and has built into the largest school in the area. Because
of its success, it has allowed me to do what I had been wanting to
for many years, build top quality cues. I went into the cue building
and repairing business full time from the start, it is not my
sideline or hobby. Since I started I have seen and repaired many
cues from production to customs and have arrived at what I believe
is the best way to construct a cue. My cues deliver a very
solid hit that also allows you to play with finesse. What I mean by
that can be compared to trying to drive a car when the power
steering is going out, to driving a new car where steering is almost
effortless. You don't have to work hard to get the results you need.
A few of the features of my cues include a Joint pin and A-Joint pin
which I make that is made of G-10 Glass Epoxy, 3/8-7.64 ball radius
(3/8-8 for short), and has a flat bottom. I make these pins
with a pilot (smooth unthreaded portion at each end) to allow
perfect alignment in either application. I also cut a glue relief
groove down the length of each pin to allow for the pin to bottom
out in the Forearm/A-Joint without having an air gap or void. This
eliminates the worry of buzzes or rattles and produces a solid butt.
I take approximately one year to make a shaft instead of six months
which is common. I have many shafts in progress so waiting is no
problem. I could go on about construction techniques, but the truth
is in the hitting, so let your game begin with a tool that does the
job.....Dennis
Clements
Select a smaller picture
of my G-10 pins below to see a larger image.
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