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fradrums

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Need advice from the Pro’s and snakewood Pro’s
I’m in final stage of building this cue , has cored ebony forearm with snakewood v points
I’m considering a snakewood Butt now instead of ebony with inlayed snakewood
Had 4 snakewood 4-4 ½” pieces taken small passes for 3 years now 2cracked 2 good so far not cored
Is there any way to prevent a solid or cored snakewood Butt from cracking?
My preferred method of construction is cored with threaded butt cap
Can do solid with aluminum pin ?
Stabilize the solid or cored snakewood ?
or ???
 

Kim Bye

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Need advice from the Pro’s and snakewood Pro’s
I’m in final stage of building this cue , has cored ebony forearm with snakewood v points
I’m considering a snakewood Butt now instead of ebony with inlayed snakewood
Had 4 snakewood 4-4 ½” pieces taken small passes for 3 years now 2cracked 2 good so far not cored
Is there any way to prevent a solid or cored snakewood Butt from cracking?
My preferred method of construction is cored with threaded butt cap
Can do solid with aluminum pin ?
Stabilize the solid or cored snakewood ?
or ???

Have you considered slicing the wood into pices and either glue it up i pies or cutting it up into strips with 45 degree edges and gluing it all to an octagonal core?
 

JC

Coos Cues
Need advice from the Pro’s and snakewood Pro’s
I’m in final stage of building this cue , has cored ebony forearm with snakewood v points
I’m considering a snakewood Butt now instead of ebony with inlayed snakewood
Had 4 snakewood 4-4 ½” pieces taken small passes for 3 years now 2cracked 2 good so far not cored
Is there any way to prevent a solid or cored snakewood Butt from cracking?
My preferred method of construction is cored with threaded butt cap
Can do solid with aluminum pin ?
Stabilize the solid or cored snakewood ?
or ???

IMO there are way too many beautiful and reliable wood species out there to fool around with stuff that cracks more times than not. Setting one's self up to fail.
 

S.Vaskovskyi

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Snakewood is a real beauty but it is also one of the heaviest and stiffest woods and not to mention how expensive... Using this wood for building cues for russian piramid - the game with the biggest and heaviest balls used in a billiard game could be not a bad idea.
I have a very good friend who builds excellent piramid cues using the stiffest woods out there he can get and snakewood is one of his favorites for certain reasons. The construction methods used when building piramid cues are so much demanding when it comes to many things and those methods suit better to such flighty woods as snakewood. The main thing those properties this hard and stiff wood gives to a cue are much more appreciated in a game of piramid where the average cue weight is around 25 oz. So if one can afford a snakewood piramid cue with some great construction methods used then he might get a real masterpiece which will catch an eye every time is out of the case. The thing is it also plays fantastic in a game of piramid. These masterpieces are really expensive for a reason. I've seen and held some.

When it comes to using such a hard beauty in pool... If one has a knowledge, experience, the skills and equipment needed to build spliced cues ...good luck.
If not common sense tells better use it for points as it was already done many times, inlay work...butt sleeve being such a short detail in a pool cue is much more simple to handle and find a solution.

At the end some wood porn and examples of my friend's masterpieces. There are some talents in my home country inspiring me to learn and improve;)
 

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Busbee Cue

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Snakewood is a real beauty but it is also one of the heaviest and stiffest woods and not to mention how expensive... Using this wood for building cues for russian piramid - the game with the biggest and heaviest balls used in a billiard game could be not a bad idea.
I have a very good friend who builds excellent piramid cues using the stiffest woods out there he can get and snakewood is one of his favorites for certain reasons. The construction methods used when building piramid cues are so much demanding when it comes to many things and those methods suit better to such flighty woods as snakewood. The main thing those properties this hard and stiff wood gives to a cue are much more appreciated in a game of piramid where the average cue weight is around 25 oz. So if one can afford a snakewood piramid cue with some great construction methods used then he might get a real masterpiece which will catch an eye every time is out of the case. The thing is it also plays fantastic in a game of piramid. These masterpieces are really expensive for a reason. I've seen and held some.

When it comes to using such a hard beauty in pool... If one has a knowledge, experience, the skills and equipment needed to build spliced cues ...good luck.
If not common sense tells better use it for points as it was already done many times, inlay work...butt sleeve being such a short detail in a pool cue is much more simple to handle and find a solution.

At the end some wood porn and examples of my friend's masterpieces. There are some talents in my home country inspiring me to learn and improve;)

These are some very nice looking cues.
 
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