using ash wood for pool cue??

[BangkokMichael]

any cue maker using ash wood for pool cue?

 

[Dannydizzan]

I seem some snooker cues made with Ash

 

[Dave38]

I have seen a few in the gallery in the past, and have started one myself awhile back. It has sat on the back burner for a bit
I think Blackpearlmaker did a jump/break cue awhile ago, a search should find it.
Dave

 

[whammo57]

any cue maker using ash wood for pool cue?

It's a good wood for cues but it's not very pretty..........

Kim

 

[twal]

It's a good wood for cues but it's not very pretty..........

Kim

Regardless of looks, better than maple?
What is the beneift and what is the trade off.
There is always a trade off.

 

[whammo57]

Regardless of looks, better than maple?
What is the beneift and what is the trade off.
There is always a trade off.

My understanding is that the Europeans used it for snooker cues because it was available, straight grained, and hard. It has a neutral color. Maple was not available.

I would probably play as well as maple... after all it's in about a million snooker cues. I have only seen a few US cues with it on the forum.



Kim

 

[Lexicologist71]

Ash has a coarser grain but mechanically they are pretty comparable.

 

[Paul Dayton]

Sugar maple grows in North America. When makers have an actual choice of either maple or ash and the market is neutral, they almost always choose maple.

 

[snookerbum]

ash makes for a stiffer shaft ,and maple you guest it ,its a more flexible shaft ...unlike the laminated ....