anyone ever used Wenge used in cues?

poolplayer2093 said:
anyone? really interested
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i have a time or two ;)
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poolplayer2093 said:
anyone? really interested
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If you type it in the search and ATC section, you will find alot on wenge, but, what do you want to know? It's a pain to finish, it just drinks it up. It's dark, a darker version of black palm in my opinion, but harder to finish. From what I gather "drinking finish part" it's pouris, but I've heard that it makes a nice hitting cue also.

What other ? do you have?
 
bryan's right about being a pain in the ass to finish
took me awhile to figure out how to do that , still a pain, one more step in the process,
but not quite as big a pain it was the first fewtimes i sprayed clear on wenge
i like the hit of it
ask some of those guys i showed you cues i made for them
several are familiar names on az
weeseng, blowfish, kvinbrwr, the king, williet
 
Thanks fellas. i was really just wondering how it played but apparently everyone on here things that the wood plays well enough
 
poolplayer2093 said:
Thanks fellas. i was really just wondering how it played but apparently everyone on here things that the wood plays well enough
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It actually has nice tone & makes a fine hit. But like everyone says...finishing it is brutal. Like trying to clear a sponge. It really doesn't have any great eye appeal...and there are many woods that hit as well but look better. So that combined with finishing issues make it one of my least favorite. I used my last bit on Smokey's cue...and never ordered anymore to replace my stock. I'd rather use some nice dark rosewood if I was looking for a similar color. Hope this helps Sam. :smile:
 
Varney Cues said:
It actually has nice tone & makes a fine hit. But like everyone says...finishing it is brutal. Like trying to clear a sponge. It really doesn't have any great eye appeal...and there are many woods that hit as well but look better. So that combined with finishing issues make it one of my least favorite. I used my last bit on Smokey's cue...and never ordered anymore to replace my stock. I'd rather use some nice dark rosewood if I was looking for a similar color. Hope this helps Sam. :smile:
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Use Bondo to fill up the grains next time.
Then cover it up with wenge colored Sharpie.
When I was apprenticing with Zeiler, he had a house cue with wenge bottom.
I saw all that porcupine crap splinter fly all over when he was turning it.
That was the end of that.
Ugly dust, ugly everything.
Brent can have all the wenge he wants.
Ugh!
 
Varney Cues said:
It actually has nice tone & makes a fine hit. But like everyone says...finishing it is brutal. Like trying to clear a sponge. It really doesn't have any great eye appeal...and there are many woods that hit as well but look better. So that combined with finishing issues make it one of my least favorite. I used my last bit on Smokey's cue...and never ordered anymore to replace my stock. I'd rather use some nice dark rosewood if I was looking for a similar color. Hope this helps Sam. :smile:
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Thanks dude!
 
JoeyInCali said:
Use Bondo to fill up the grains next time.
Then cover it up with wenge colored Sharpie.
When I was apprenticing with Zeiler, he had a house cue with wenge bottom.
I saw all that porcupine crap splinter fly all over when he was turning it.
That was the end of that.
Ugly dust, ugly everything.
Brent can have all the wenge he wants.
Ugh!
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LOL...I actually did have to wipe a thick CA on to fill the pits before the clear...what a hassle.
Sharpie..."for cuemakers who just don't have the time".........:grin: :grin: :grin:
 
JoeyInCali said:
Use Bondo to fill up the grains next time.
Then cover it up with wenge colored Sharpie.
When I was apprenticing with Zeiler, he had a house cue with wenge bottom.
I saw all that porcupine crap splinter fly all over when he was turning it.
That was the end of that.
Ugly dust, ugly everything.
Brent can have all the wenge he wants.
Ugh!
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As ur sig says...

I just love the look of Wenge. It's gorgeously ugly. :p
 
Varney Cues said:
It actually has nice tone & makes a fine hit. But like everyone says...finishing it is brutal. Like trying to clear a sponge. It really doesn't have any great eye appeal...and there are many woods that hit as well but look better. So that combined with finishing issues make it one of my least favorite. I used my last bit on Smokey's cue...and never ordered anymore to replace my stock. I'd rather use some nice dark rosewood if I was looking for a similar color. Hope this helps Sam. :smile:
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finishing it is brutal. Like trying to clear a sponge
not quite with my procedure
hit me up privately ;)
time to pay ya back for some of your helpful tips
 
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BHQ said:
bryan's right about being a pain in the ass to finish
took me awhile to figure out how to do that , still a pain, one more step in the process,
but not quite as big a pain it was the first fewtimes i sprayed clear on wenge
i like the hit of it
ask some of those guys i showed you cues i made for them
several are familiar names on az
weeseng, blowfish, kvinbrwr, the king, williet
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Wenge hits very well.. and it looks really pretty too! :grin:
 
For finishing Wenge just rub a coat or two of five minute epoxy into the pores and finishing will be no more problem afterwards than most any other wood.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Use Bondo to fill up the grains next time.
Then cover it up with wenge colored Sharpie.
When I was apprenticing with Zeiler, he had a house cue with wenge bottom.
I saw all that porcupine crap splinter fly all over when he was turning it.
That was the end of that.
Ugly dust, ugly everything.
Brent can have all the wenge he wants.
Ugh!
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If you use live tooling it cuts just like another wood.
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BHQ said:
hi craig, the natural linen looks GOOD with the wenge :smile:
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Thanks, I took the pic in the sunlight, it's the only way I can get the gorgeous grain of wenge to show up. Out of yours I like the first and last one listed a lot.
 
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Craig Fales said:
Thanks, I took the pic in the sunlight, it's the only way I can get the gorgeous grain of wenge to show up. Out of yours I like the first and last one listed a lot.
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i want to duplicate the first one, john k's cue
i really intended to keep that for myself, but one of the old timers at the local wed nite vfw 8ball tourney wanted it so bad, i couldn't turn him down
this past wed nite, he bought MY CUE too

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and he wants me to make him two more!!!
he's in his 70's
 
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