I live in Northern Ontario, Canada and the humidity changes, humid in the summer to very dry in the winter.I built a large box and installed an automatic humidifier/de-humidifier in it to store my cue collection, what would you think is the ideal or average humidity setting to keep my cues stable,currently I have it set at 60.
Humidity?
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My shop humidity runs somewhere between 40% and 50%. If it gets above 50%, I run my de humidifier to bring it back down.
Kim
As you did not specify what city, I am left to guess at what the actual mean relative humidity would be for your specific area. Probably closer to 55% as much of Northern Ontario has similar weather.
15 cherries is a great thing to happen to a fellow for sure, I don't like cherries just the box they come in. LOL --Leonard
I'm with Kim. I also live in Canada with humidity highs in the summer to very dry winters. My dehumidifier is set to kick in, above the 50% range. The shop humidity usually stays within the 40 to 50% range.
With the humidity gauge that I have, that range is optimal.
I know the extreme humidity you guys get in Ontario and we don't come close on the bald ole prairies.
Without any heat in the basement shop, temperature stays around the 50 mark until I turn on the space heater. Outside of the shop, the rest of the basement stays around the 60 to 65 mark. Any of my shaft wood have never suffered because of these temps.
I also store my cues downstairs. They are close to an outside wall. I check in on them every once in a while. The cases seem to keep them protected temp wise and have had no problems thus far.
With the humidity gauge that I have, that range is optimal.
I know the extreme humidity you guys get in Ontario and we don't come close on the bald ole prairies.
Without any heat in the basement shop, temperature stays around the 50 mark until I turn on the space heater. Outside of the shop, the rest of the basement stays around the 60 to 65 mark. Any of my shaft wood have never suffered because of these temps.
I also store my cues downstairs. They are close to an outside wall. I check in on them every once in a while. The cases seem to keep them protected temp wise and have had no problems thus far.
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Good deal, the most single thing that damages cues is going from no humidity to very high humidity. if you do an internet search what damages artwork it will always be very low or very high humidity. some art work in museums is worth millions. the ideal humidity for museums in an internet search would be 40% to 60 % Jeff O
Last January I bought a Schmelke 4 prong blank. When I got it I didn't wait for it to acclimate to my shop. I was playing with getting the points even and took a few cuts.
I nothing bad to say about Schmelke, their blanks are top notch.
I hung it up and forgot about it for a month. When I finally got back to it I found it was warped. When I rolled it on the table, it had a 1/2 inch bump in it. Boy was I pissed. I hung it back up and spit on it.
About June I was getting back into evening up points and I took it down and found it was perfectly straight again.
I immediately drilled and core it the full length. It will never move again.
The lesson learned ...... give wood time to re adjust to your environment.... temp and humidity.
BTW... I learned how to even up points with the help of my friend Rick of Esoteric cues.
Kim
Yes, I have been meaning to give Rick a call one of these nights. I have 6 Tru Balance which all have small warps in them. As all of them have huge amounts of wood that would allow them to be taken down a bit, I wanted to see if I can straighten them out a bit. Rick offered to help me with that one.
I believe his formula for doing that might be close for evening up the points as well.
I have a BBC and a Tru Balance that I play with on occasion. They play wonderful and I'd hate to see them go to waste if they can be salvaged.
I believe his formula for doing that might be close for evening up the points as well.
I have a BBC and a Tru Balance that I play with on occasion. They play wonderful and I'd hate to see them go to waste if they can be salvaged.