billiard

[BigCasino]

Here is a couple shots of a billiard I made I had a few more angles but the pictures are either horribly dark or blurry, taking good pics is the hardest part
I think




Had some other views but the pics were hoirrible

Any advice, critiques would be awesome

Thanks for looking!

[The Smoking Yeti]

The proportions seem pretty good on this. It might be the angle on the second photo- but it may be worth taking a teensy bit more meat off right before the bowl on the top line of the shank- the photo makes it appear to slope up.

As far as stem goes, this is factory made, correct?

I would do a bit of adjustment with the button work especially, it's a bit chubby still. Also spending some time getting scratches out of the rest of the stem will do wonders for the over-all appearances.

Lastly, I'd say the stem itself seems ill-suited to a billiard shape. I usually think of billiards as having crisper stem lines, not so curvy.

However, all in all this is a great stab at the Billiard!

Keep it up man!

Cheers!

Yeti

[BigCasino]

Thanks for the advice, about the stem, less curvy you mean more of a direct taper ?

[Tyler]

Wow, best billiard I've seen offered in a long time. Well done.

Stem stinks, but its a preformed, so it's not your fault.

Time to cut your own stems.

[Ocelot55]

Excellent, BC.

At your experience level that is a very sharp looking billiard. You knocked this one outta the park. Just a little more work cleaning up the lines. (probably already better than what I could do! )

Oh, yeah, and I agree with Tyler, ditch those darned pre-formed stems!

[BigCasino]

Thanks for the advice guys, I am trying to get away from the preformed stems, and working a little more with acrylics, still kind of nevous about trashing a rod of ebonite....LOL

[Charl]

Getting there, well done!
Making your own stems, you'll never look back. Just do it!