bambo???
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i thought about that one time. I think that would be very cool if someone could pull it off. It would need to be cored, but it would be very gappy, cause bamboo has inconsistencies running down the length of both the OD and ID. I suppose you could bore it out.....
I personally don't think this would be very solid. It would have to be primarily for looks.
I personally don't think this would be very solid. It would have to be primarily for looks.
Sure, and then you'd have panda bears chasing you around.
Just remember, they look cute and cuddly until they are eating your cue.
Just remember, they look cute and cuddly until they are eating your cue.
Bamboo
Regarding using Bamboo in a cue: see pic of a piece of handle stock made
by laminating bamboo into 3/4" squares and glueing the squares into 1 1/2
square pieces. Bamboo is very strong-- stronger than steel pound-for-pound.
It needs to be cored but it finishes up beautiful. You need to use furniture grade strips--not floor grade. Bob
Regarding using Bamboo in a cue: see pic of a piece of handle stock made
by laminating bamboo into 3/4" squares and glueing the squares into 1 1/2
square pieces. Bamboo is very strong-- stronger than steel pound-for-pound.
It needs to be cored but it finishes up beautiful. You need to use furniture grade strips--not floor grade. Bob
dave sutton
Banned
I think the fury jump break has bamboo rings
Dieckman on Bamboo
Bamboo has been used in cues for years, both for shafts and in butts. It is known as Ramin or Ramen Wood and not called bamboo. Usually found in lower end mass produced cues that sold for peanuts. Laminated it might be useable but without doing that I would hesitate to the extreme to use this substance.
I am not sure technically it is even a wood, it being a mono-cotolydonous [sp] plant rather than a di-cotolydonous one. The difference between a mono-cot and a di-cot being the number of seed leaves produced as well as the distribution of the vascular bundles or veins. Corn is a mono-cot and is closer to bamboo than is maple, a di-cot. I suggest the Wikipedia for a better view of this subject. I is, after all, 38 years since I last studied botany seriously.
Bamboo has been used in cues for years, both for shafts and in butts. It is known as Ramin or Ramen Wood and not called bamboo. Usually found in lower end mass produced cues that sold for peanuts. Laminated it might be useable but without doing that I would hesitate to the extreme to use this substance.
I am not sure technically it is even a wood, it being a mono-cotolydonous [sp] plant rather than a di-cotolydonous one. The difference between a mono-cot and a di-cot being the number of seed leaves produced as well as the distribution of the vascular bundles or veins. Corn is a mono-cot and is closer to bamboo than is maple, a di-cot. I suggest the Wikipedia for a better view of this subject. I is, after all, 38 years since I last studied botany seriously.
Bamboo
Ramin (Gorystylus) wood is a true wood, not a grass, and not of the bamboo family.
While it is true that Ramin wood has been used extensively on lower end cues from China I am not aware of bamboo being used for anything in a cue except for deco or non-structural components. Some facts about bamboo (stranded) Janka= 3200, Purple Heart = 1860 and Hard maple = 1450.
In fact here are few woods (bamboo is actually a grass) that are harder
or stronger than bamboo. If you ever been to Hong Kong you will see building being built with bamboo scaffolding.
Ramin (Gorystylus) wood is a true wood, not a grass, and not of the bamboo family.
While it is true that Ramin wood has been used extensively on lower end cues from China I am not aware of bamboo being used for anything in a cue except for deco or non-structural components. Some facts about bamboo (stranded) Janka= 3200, Purple Heart = 1860 and Hard maple = 1450.
In fact here are few woods (bamboo is actually a grass) that are harder
or stronger than bamboo. If you ever been to Hong Kong you will see building being built with bamboo scaffolding.
Bamboo
Well they have been making fly rods with it forever, way before fiberglass and all the new graphite rods. It is pie sliced and glued similar to predator shafts. I do not see why the same cannot be accomplished in a pool cue. It has also been used to build bicycle frames. You never know till you try.
Well they have been making fly rods with it forever, way before fiberglass and all the new graphite rods. It is pie sliced and glued similar to predator shafts. I do not see why the same cannot be accomplished in a pool cue. It has also been used to build bicycle frames. You never know till you try.
CueBuff
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Sure!!
Quesports you are Right !
For fishing rods Bamboo is still used. Some anglers just prefer them. Rods in length from 4 feet up to 15. From poles for panfish to Big-Game rods, Muskie rods, Salmon fly-rods etc.. In the early days the glue wasn't really good, so they were threaded (just like the guides) every 5 inches or so along the rod to keep the 6 parts together. Often they do warp: It depends on the quality, age and conditions of use+storage. All fishing rods are varnished, to keep moist+water out (but hey, you don't go fishing with your maple shaft..). It's called Splitcane. You could ask a Splitcane rodbuilder to make you a Pool shaft! It's heavy, not sure what a shaft would weigh.. Good luck!
Quesports you are Right !
For fishing rods Bamboo is still used. Some anglers just prefer them. Rods in length from 4 feet up to 15. From poles for panfish to Big-Game rods, Muskie rods, Salmon fly-rods etc.. In the early days the glue wasn't really good, so they were threaded (just like the guides) every 5 inches or so along the rod to keep the 6 parts together. Often they do warp: It depends on the quality, age and conditions of use+storage. All fishing rods are varnished, to keep moist+water out (but hey, you don't go fishing with your maple shaft..). It's called Splitcane. You could ask a Splitcane rodbuilder to make you a Pool shaft! It's heavy, not sure what a shaft would weigh.. Good luck!
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bamboo is too flexible to use for anything other than inlays. bamboo can bend without breaking which is good but thats not what u want for a pool cue. as mentioned before, bamboo is used for scaffolding in hong kong. it's able to be used in such a manner because it is tied together at close intervals to give it strength to help it stay straight. otherwise it would just bend when someone is sitting on it.
Bamboo
I am working on several cues now with Bamboo handles which are cored with PurpleHeart. The previous poster is right that bamboo is whippy unless cored.
I experiemented making shafts from pie shaped laminations of Bamboo and they
were OK until I got down to about 15mm. At 13mm I gave it up as not being feasable.
I am working on several cues now with Bamboo handles which are cored with PurpleHeart. The previous poster is right that bamboo is whippy unless cored.
I experiemented making shafts from pie shaped laminations of Bamboo and they
were OK until I got down to about 15mm. At 13mm I gave it up as not being feasable.
bamboo scaffoldings are also common here in the philippines. i haven't seen any cue with bamboo here. it's mainly for furniture & decors here. although i saw one who made a mountain bike frame out of bamboo here in the philippines, he used carbon fiber moldings to hold the bamboo "tubes" together. :smile: