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Craftsmanship is a fine art. Found among
the gifted artisans in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin are the finest
wood-makers in America. Through decades of cue building
experience, McDermott utilizes a process that includes over 150
separate operations in the construction of each cue. All shafts
are made from the finest Kiln-dried, Hand Selected, North
American Hard Rock maple and turned 11 times. All forearm and
butts are handcrafted from the most unusual, and finest, woods
from around the world. The wood is aged for up to two years and
is machined three separate times to ensure straightness.
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Wood:
McDermott Hand Selects only the
finest woods from around the globe (North America, South America,
Central America, West Africa). The wood is aged for 18 to 24 months
by alternately storing and machining each piece three times allowing
the maximum amount of moisture to escape, thus ensuring absolute
straightness.
Shaft:
Our North American Hard Rock maple shafts are Hand Selected for
straightness of grain, optimum moisture content, and white color.
Each shaft is machined, bored, and CNC-thread cut to achieve perfect
consistency and concentricity and then turned 11 times to ensure
straightness and perfection.
Joint:
McDermott's signature wood-to-wood joint provides consistent surface
contact throughout the cue, thus delivering maximum feel, and the
most solid hit in the industry.
Construction: McDermott's butt
construction promotes straightness over the life of the cue. Inlays
and rings are precision milled to within .001mm and Hand Glued to
ensure the perfect fit.
Tip:
McDermott cues feature Medium Hard Triangle tips made from special
Water Buffalo, Chrome Tanned leather. These specially treated tips
provide the ultimate in cue ball control and require less reshaping
than most standard tips.
Collar:
McDermott utilizes our
exclusive Impact Control Ring, which is made from a Polymer Matrix
Composite that was originally developed by NASA.
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Ferrule:
Our Fine Weave Linen-based Ivorine 3 ferrules are both
Hand-glued and Hand-screwed onto a wood tenon, resulting in
direct contact between the shaft and tip, which maximizes
feedback at the point of contact.
Pin:
Heavy gauge stainless
steel joint pin with rolled threads for strength prolongs thread
life and is rust-resistant.
Wrap:
Our Genuine Imported Irish
linen wrap is tightly wound, double-pressed, and polished for a
perfect fit and smooth feel, thus protecting the cue from the
elements and absorbing hand moisture for a better longer lasting
cue.
Finish: McDermott cues are
Hand-stained with our exclusive imported European
Organic-Pigment stain, which is made from the finest pigments in
the world. McDermott stain is clearly superior to the synthetic
stains generally used in the industry, and is notable for its
uniform saturation of the wood and exacting consistency of
color. The cues are completed with five coats of Ultra
High-luster urethane, which make each McDermott cue extremely
scratch-resistant. Uniform Hand-application results in the
clearest finish in the industry.
Bumper: Our patented
McDermott Soft Durometer Polymer Composite bumper gives maximum
protection to your cue and is double-bonded by an
interchangeable weight bolt system, allowing the fine tuning of
the balance point and weight.
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