Cue Case Build

[AwlShucks]

Very nice.

[Vikefan]

Very Nice indeed!!!  Where did you get the inside of the case?

I've got two old George Pool Cue cases myself and they have a plastic frame which is wrapped in leather.

Great Work!!!

Vikefan

 

[victorl]

1 hour ago, Vikefan said:

Very Nice indeed!!!  Where did you get the inside of the case?

I've got two old George Pool Cue cases myself and they have a plastic frame which is wrapped in leather.

Great Work!!!

Vikefan

Thank you! 

I love those old George cases, simple but super classy.

To answer your question the interior is just molded foam tubing taken from an old case.  It's not the greatest protection, but it weighs next to nothing so the case is super light at around 3.5 pounds.  But, if I ever do another case, I will probably use one of those Ultrapad interiors that John Barton sells on his site.

[sparctek]

Beautiful work. Not to distract from your leather work, but I noticed one of your cues looks like an old Dale Perry, is that correct?

[victorl]

58 minutes ago, sparctek said:

Beautiful work. Not to distract from your leather work, but I noticed one of your cues looks like an old Dale Perry, is that correct?

Thanks for the comment. It does kind of look like an older Dale Perry, but it's actually an early 90's Falcon.  The other cue is a custom Lomax jump/break.

[sparctek]

Very nice. I've thought about making a leather cue case, I just haven't taken the plunge. I have a couple of the old George cases that i still use and really like them.

[Scootch]

To be honest cue case making is what got me into leather working and lead me to this site by searching for cue case building.  I've yet to start one though. There are some old threads on this site from JB and Melton.  Your case looks really nice and better than some of the early Justice cases in my opinion. 

For your thread choice, if you are hand sewing, I don't think anything is better than Tiger thread.  I've been looking a pro edge burnishers but not sure if I want to go the drill press route or benching grinder burnishers.

Great job on the case.

Scootch

 

[victorl]

From the comments, it looks like there are quite a few people here who want to make their own cue cases.  I would definitely love to see what you guys come up with, and it would definitely get me motivated to do another case as well. 

I have some other cue case ideas I want to try as well, such as an envelope or quiver-style case, but wanted to make sure I could build a standard case first before attempting something original.

[undead]

That is great, makes me want to start playing pool again just to have en excuse to try making one.