Black Walnut cue

sac14214 said:

This is my 8th cue finished so far. Far from perfect but getting happier with results. Walnut is cored with 3/4" maple. 4 points of ebony with yellow, brown, yellow veneers. It was very difficult to capture all the figure in this wood with camera.




Nice looking cue, why did you core it? I don't know enough about Walnut, so did you do it because of the weight or for strength over all. I always though Walnut was a Hard wood and that it was pretty stable.

Thanks in advance for the information.

Again your works looks great.

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sac14214 said:

I don't know enough about walnut either. This is all trial an error for me, a learning process of sorts. I only do this as a hobby.

I cored it because this piece was very light weight. I also was not sure how the wild grain pattern would hold up over time. My thought was being cored would add weight and stability.

If I had to do it again I think I would have used a heavier wood than maple. I prefer a more forward balance. The cue is 59 1/4" long when assembled.

The butt ended up being 13.64 oz. and with a 1.5 oz. weight bolt was able to get it up to 15.14 oz.

Shaft 1 is 3.81 oz. (total = 18.95 oz, balance point 18 1/4")

Shaft 2 is 4.29 oz. (total = 19.43 oz, balance point 19 5/8")

Shaft 3 (purpleheart) is 4.62 oz. (total = 19.76 oz, balance point 20 1/8")

I made this one (and the others) as part of a learning process. I love the challenge but also because I wanted a cue that fit me and my preferences. I still am not 100% sure I have what I am striving for but am getting closer and having lots of fun doing it.

Steve Campbell

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