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I built this lathe myself, doing a conversion to a brand new manual lathe. It took about a month to do, but I am really happy with the results.

Once the program is written, the lathe basically follows and produces the part as drawn.

This cue has a curly maple forearm with ebony points and coloured veneers.

Butt sleeve is ebony with green reconstituted stone and brass inlays.

Handle is Tasmanian Blackwood, but I think I will add a black leather wrap.

Pin is Uniloc quick release.

If you play on a 9 foot table, you probably could use a cue extension for those hard to reach long shots.

I have made a few from wood and plastic, but I have now standardized on carbon fibre tube.

These are 32mm diameter and have a quick release screw on fitting.

Butt sleeve and forearm are Ebony.

Handle is Tasmanian Blackwood.

I wanted to do a few nice inlays on this cue.

The Ebony butt sleeve has Tasmanian Blackwood and White Tomahawk inlays.

Rings are Ebony/Maple and Brass.

A nice black textured leather wrap was added to finish it off.

My own carbon fiber shaft is included with Ultraskin medium tip.

This is a full 30" (760mm) cue. 

Inlays are used to decorate cue butts.

They are cut with an end mill in a CNC router or milling machine.

A pocket is cut in the butt, then the matching shape is cut out and glued into the pocket.

These can be cut before or after the butt is assembled.

Ebony inlayed butt sleeve.

I started this one with the forearm first! Tasmanian Blackwood forearm with Victorian Mountain Ash inlay points. Laminated rock maple core inside Zebrano handle. Reconstituted stone inlays in the butt sleeve.

Initially I fitted white butt cap and collar, but I didn't like the contrast, so I replaced them in black.

Pin is Uniloc Radial.

My latest shipment of leather has just arrived and I wanted to do a cue with a nice colourful leather wrap.

I built the butt cap first for this cue and it was made from Curly Maple with 18 black inlays.