After the lathe

qbilder said:
I can't speak for anybody but myself, but I believe the price difference of cue woods is determined by grade, rarity/availability, and age. Old wood that is well dry, been through many seasons & is still solid & sound, is worth more than a chunk right off the mill & waxed, or even fresh out of the kiln. I can't count all the kiln dried wood I have that cracked, warped, twisted, etc. after sitting in my shop for a while. The pieces that are still sound & solid after a few years are worth more to me because I feel I can trust them. If I were to sell them for whatever reason, they wouldn't be as cheap as I paid.

I haven't sold wood before, that wasn't sought out particularly for a particular cue somebody wanted to build. But I have considered selling some that i'll never use. At this point, after so many years, I have a lot of wood that will never get used. It's good wood, and after all this time is certainly dependable. The trash got tossed years ago. But the figure isn't as great as I will use, or I simply don't like working with the wood due to allergies or any other reason. There's quite a bit. Most of it I have given away or traded, but still a bit taking up room in the shop. If I were to sell it to make more room for new wood, why shouldn't I get more for it than I paid? I stored it & monitored it, throwing away the junk as time went by. To me, the stuff left over is worth more than a similar piece offered up by a dealer who just got it off the truck. Some of that dealer's wood will go to the trash once it sits in somebody's shop for a while, and it's priced accordingly. But what if the dealer could tell you that it is several years old & survived years of culling? Then what would it be worth?
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That is a fantastic point thank you. I wasnt looking at it that way but thank you for making me understand where some people were coming from.
 
I can only tell what I do. I find a supplier that talks with me and understands what I want in a wood. I then have him send me a sample paid for order of the best A stock and the worst of A stock he will send. I then offer him $5.00 more per piece to hand pick the best of the A Stock.

I did this for years with Jerry of pieces of eight, worked out fantastic.

Now its time to make an AHole out of myself as some take me as a newbie.

I made my money in Urethanes, it was always good to me. I have both blended and formulated Urethanes and Polyurea both aromatic which will degrade and amber on you and aliphatics that will hold out UV for many years.

As a cue builder I made a cue for a US Open champ that went on with that cue and won more tournaments in a single year than he ever did before. He also sold the cue for 2 to 3 times the amount he got for the cue he won the open with. Some know him as the Juggeler others call him Tommy Kennedy. If Tommy wants he can design another and I will make it free. Though I am not as God Fearing as Tommy I respect what he and the rest of the Christians do for the sport.

I don't remember if Rich or I had more to do with making the cue, probably Rich as he was more talanted then I.

Lifes a Roller Coaster my friends, you can throw up and pray for the ride to end or feel the breeze and hope it just goes faster forever. If I never made another Cue, I would regret it, if I never hit another ball I would regret it. I hope I never regret.:smile:
 
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