Crown Cues - History

How Did CROWN CUES Get Started?
Gene's wife, Renee', wanted a bright, yellow pool cue. They couldn't find one anywhere. After looking online and everwhere they went, Renee' decided to buy a cheap cue at the discount store, sand it down and paint it. (Back then, Renee' didn't like wood grain on her pool cues.) So, Renee' wound up with a beautiful, yellow pool cue with NO wood grain.
Well, Gene didn't stop there. He started whittling wood to make joint protectors. He later decided he'd like to build cues as a hobby or even a profession. So, a year later, after much studying of available materials on cuemaking, Gene bought a cue lathe and some exotic woods. And, the rest is history!

By the way, Renee' keeps her old, yellow pool cue as a reminder of what caused Gene to start making pool cues, although she is okay with wood grain showing on her pool cue, now. In fact, she has a beautiful cue made of Canarywood and Bubinga and another sharp-looking cue of Bubinga and Curly Maple. Of course, both cues were made by Gene!

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CROWN CUES has been around since 2003, although the name wasn't decided on until sometime in 2004.

Gene has about 9 years of experience as a machinist and about 7 years as a tool and die maker, giving him quite a bit of experience with the equipment needed for cuemaking.

Crown Cues started out in an 8'x10' metal shed and has graduated to a 600+ sq. ft. workshop.

Currently, Gene still has a regular day job working around the same type of equipment, but when he's not at work, he's either playing with his granddaughter or building cues.

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