Woods suited for full length cores

Kim Bye

Kim Bye

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So I'm planning on doing some break cues. I'm gonna use full length .750 cores. I already have some nice maple and purpleheart, but seeing as this is kind of an experiment for me, I would like to try other woods for cores too.
Yellowheart, Shedua, Bacote are some of the woods I have found that is easy to get a hold of in 30" lenghts.
Any experiences with theese woods as a core and are there other woods I should try?
 
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Kim Bye said:
So I'm planning on doing some break cues. I'm gonna use full length .750 cores. I already have some nice maple and purpleheart, but seeing as this is kind of an experiment for me, I would like to try other woods for cores too.
Yellowheart, Shedua, Bacote are some of the woods I have found that is easy to get a hold of in 30" lenghts.
Any experiences with theese woods as a core and are there other woods I should try?
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i use lyptus occasionally
 
cueman

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I prefer the laminated wood for a full length core. The colored butterfly shaft dowels I make are my favorite core. They are so stable that I feel I have little worries about warping.
 
Kim Bye

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cueman said:
I prefer the laminated wood for a full length core. The colored butterfly shaft dowels I make are my favorite core. They are so stable that I feel I have little worries about warping.
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Looks interesting Chris, how hard would you say these dowels are compared to maple?
 
cueman

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Same. They are 1/16" thick maple veneers glued up. Once they are gone though I probably will never have anymore.
 
JC

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Kim Bye said:
So I'm planning on doing some break cues. I'm gonna use full length .750 cores. I already have some nice maple and purpleheart, but seeing as this is kind of an experiment for me, I would like to try other woods for cores too.
Yellowheart, Shedua, Bacote are some of the woods I have found that is easy to get a hold of in 30" lenghts.
Any experiences with theese woods as a core and are there other woods I should try?
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I bought some Goncalo Alves squares with no figure that are really stable for core wood and slightly lighter than PH but heavier than Maple.

JC
 
Kim Bye

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JC said:
I bought some Goncalo Alves squares with no figure that are really stable for core wood and slightly lighter than PH but heavier than Maple.

JC
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Yes I bought some Goncalo Alves from Schmelke, seems very stable.
Bellforest has 30" dowels of yellowheart, it`s slightly lighter than PH and is great to work with, but Ihave never seen it used as core wood
 
JC

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Kim Bye said:
Yes I bought some Goncalo Alves from Schmelke, seems very stable.
Bellforest has 30" dowels of yellowheart, it`s slightly lighter than PH and is great to work with, but Ihave never seen it used as core wood
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Bubinga seems like another good choice. I bought a couple very ordinary looking boards I plan to use for coring. I turned them round and they seem very stable after a few months and a couple turnings.

JC
 
JoeyInCali

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For a break cue ?
Heck, head out to Lowe's and get some oak dowels .
You can pick through the best ones.
You can even use Pine if you want a lightweight one .
 
Big-Tattoo

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JoeyInCali said:
For a break cue ?
Heck, head out to Lowe's and get some oak dowels .
You can pick through the best ones.
You can even use Pine if you want a lightweight one .
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What you think about an one piece curly oak cue?
Have to cored or not, like to hear your opinion Buddy:wink:
 
Dave38

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I have used bocote, maple, flat lam maple, purpleheart, and will be trying ipe soon. All the above work well.
Dave
 
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Big-Tattoo said:
What you think about an one piece curly oak cue?
Have to cored or not, like to hear your opinion Buddy:wink:
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I had a customer come to my shop once with a oak, gymnastics spindle, about 6/4 that he wanted made into a cue, both shaft and handle. He wanted to wait for it. I turned the shaft down in three or four passes one right after the other.
I did the same with the butt. I put on a phenolic ring on the butt and shaft, installed a pin, ferrule and tip. Didn't put on a finish.

I'll tell you what, it was the most solid hitting cue I have ever felt. When the tip contacted a ball it made a sound that could be heard in another room. It was like hitting a hammer against an anvil.

Dick :smile::smile::smile:
 
JoeyInCali

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Dave38 said:
I have used bocote, maple, flat lam maple, purpleheart, and will be trying ipe soon. All the above work well.
Dave
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You missed Bob's pie-lam sale?
Pie lams are superior to plywood imho.
I cut up a few pieces of ipe and turned them.
I don't see them being better than bloodwood or granadillo.
They are much rougher too.
 
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rhncue said:
I had a customer come to my shop once with a oak, gymnastics spindle, about 6/4 that he wanted made into a cue, both shaft and handle. He wanted to wait for it. I turned the shaft down in three or four passes one right after the other.
I did the same with the butt. I put on a phenolic ring on the butt and shaft, installed a pin, ferrule and tip. Didn't put on a finish.

I'll tell you what, it was the most solid hitting cue I have ever felt. When the tip contacted a ball it made a sound that could be heard in another room. It was like hitting a hammer against an anvil.

Dick :smile::smile::smile:
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Sounds what I want 😂😂😂😂:thumbup:
 
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