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Getting on the "make a billion billiards" train. Here's the first go ... Not quite a billiard?

Don't worry, I'll Sand the chamber out. I keep getting dye in there when I'm certain I'm careful

I also cracked the button but wanted to finish as is.

Any thoughts/suggestions/critiques?

It looks like you're on the right track. Looks kinda like the bowl is a bit short and the stummel overall is a little chunky. One of the things I struggled with when I first started was knowing when to remove more material. This got easier the more I made billiards.The transition from shank to bowl is a little abrupt IMO. Some like that, some don't. I would have smoothed that transition out a little more. Looks like the inner and outer edges of your bowl's rim/chamber lost some stain- next time, try using less pressure when buffing. Sorry about the button. How did you manage to crack it? Over all, not a bad first attempt at the billiard. Keep it up!

Thank you.

The button was an unfortunate meeting with my tailstock haha

Look what happens if you tighten up the lines of the bowl a bit:

And then if I shorten the shank, and then necessarily also shorten the stem, suddenly it's a billiard. Shank could be a hair thinner too I suppose.




This is the "smaller pipe" that Tyler mentioned on facebook. It's in there.

Anyway good job, you're on the right track.

Sasquatch wrote:And then if I shorten the shank, and then necessarily also shorten the stem, suddenly it's a billiard. Shank could be a hair thinner too I suppose.




This is the "smaller pipe" that Tyler mentioned on facebook. It's in there.

Anyway good job, you're on the right track.

Ah thanks! That's really helpful to see like that