??? - Best way to store your cues - ???

jwe711

jwe711

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Hey All you cue collectors...

I was wondering what is the best way to store all of your custom cues...

I keep mine all in cases...and I've heard that you should have them stand straight up vertically...and also that you should have them laid down on their side...

What is the best way...???

I'm thinking that standing up vertically would be better than than laying down...

Anyhow, the ultimate goal is to keep them straight straight straight !!!
 
I've always heard straight up is best, no uneven pressure on the cue that way. I think in the case is fine.
 
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hanging them might be the best but humitity is also a factor.
as of a pool case, it depends on the case.
MMike
 
Vertical in a stable climate, not against an exterior wall. Some would say the ideal is to hang them vertically to minimize any side forces.

Stored vertically in their cases in a stable climate is probably sufficient in general.

Mine are all stored vertically in three large cases. Two large cases hold the cues in their individual case, and one is a traditional box style case (think Oneil cases, but this one is custom).

Some would say that gun safes are ideal if you have valuable cues. Personally, I think gun safes are a great idea for cues.

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Hey

I keep mine in individual cases standing vertical. They are in a temp controlled room...at 68 degrees. And the humidity is kept at 50 percent. haven't had any problems yet
 
Assuming you can keep reasonably stable temperature and humidity (minimum of violent changes), cues should be fine stored vertically or horizontally.

My other hobby is guitars. They are much more sensitive than cues: consider that the interior of an acoustic guitar is completely unfinished. Plus, a guitar's neck carries the stress of steel strings pulling the two ends of the guitar together.

Bottom line is that you can safely store a guitar vertically or horizontally; it really makes no difference...as long as changes in temp and humidity are slow and not too extreme.
 
I keep all my cues in quality heavy soft cases, or leather Instroke cases, or O'Neil hard box cases. And all cases are stored vertically. And I make sure that the principal room that contains all those cases is temperature controlled. You dont want a room to be extremely cold or hot. My oldest cue is still as straight as the newest cue in my collection.

Basically storing you cue in a top quality case, preferably a heavy duty leather or box case, and using some common sense about temperature control of where you store your case will go along way towards protecting your cue for the long term.
 
FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE:
The angle of the cue doesn't matter as long as it is SUPPORTED through it's entire length. In other words, putting them in a vertical case, say a Whitten, is no good because gravity will affect it. If you leave anything unsupported, gravity will do it's damage, even storing it vertically.

Laying it flat is another option, but again it needs to be supported because of the shaft's parabolic cut(I think that's the proper description). That space that you see when you lay a shaft on a flat surface, gravity is always pulling at the shaft there.

I think the best SUPPORT are two really thick furry cases. One for the butt, and the other for two shafts stored separately...not together and not tight fitting. Not tight fitting as in the old George cases where the cue was squeezed into the can.

If you play continually you don't need to worry, but I still wouldn't jam your cue into a case
 
I just ordered a floor rack and had it sent out to Denver. Haven't seen it.

Assuming the top hole is low enough to the floor, does it make sense to disassemble my cue and place the butt and shaft in two vacant holes? I'll be playing most every day, but I'm wondering if breaking down the cue would lessen the possibility of sideways stress?

We will have an unfinished, but insulated basement, and I will be leaving the heat vents open during the winter, and the A/C running in the summer.

As long as I avoid being near the vents and the outside walls, I'm thinking it best just to leave the cue in the basement and let it stay in one environment and slowly adapt to the basement temperature and humidity as they fluctuate. Does this make any sense, or is it overkill???

Coming from Equatorial Orlando, I'm not too familiar with the Colorado climate.
 
Custom On-Q storage case from Garth in my Gun safe. I disagree that the the cue needs to be supported continuously when stored vertically. As long as it is straight up (plumb) there should be no issues.
 
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Vertical or laying down. Doesn't matter as long as if they are laying down , its on a flat surface.

Temp and humidity are the most important factors IMO.
 
My cues have lived in the humid midwest their entire lives. I'm moving to ultra dry AZ in a few months. Anything I can do to prevent warpage? They usually stay in a Whitten in the vertical position and have NO warp thus far over maybe ten to fifteen years.
Thanks for any info from the desert dwellers.
 
JolietJames said:
My cues have lived in the humid midwest their entire lives. I'm moving to ultra dry AZ in a few months. Anything I can do to prevent warpage? They usually stay in a Whitten in the vertical position and have NO warp thus far over maybe ten to fifteen years.
Thanks for any info from the desert dwellers.
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Use a humidifier to keep your cues from drying out. Ask the cue maker for recommended humidity percentage of the air.
 
This card board 20th century highly advanced corrugated well constructed assembled in the USA case . Offers the correct balance off air and moisture circulation to maintain your cues for years to come. also light weight, and has small storage pocket, but it is only available in on color and is not waterproof.

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Store "plumb" as in strait up in a hard case that does not grip the cue or put any horizontal force on the cue.
Try to keep the temp and humidity level as stable as possible. Ask the cue maker what the preferred air humidity percentage should be. If storing multiple brand cues, you might have to calculate the average recommended air humidity percentage of all the cue makers. Extremes are what you want to avoid.
An old cue can warp, but much less likely than a relatively new cue because a straight old cue has already demonstrated it's ability/tendency to stay straight.

A newer cue is still on warp probation.
 
Gun safes.

Chopdoc said:
Vertical in a stable climate, not against an exterior wall. Some would say the ideal is to hang them vertically to minimize any side forces.

Stored vertically in their cases in a stable climate is probably sufficient in general.

Mine are all stored vertically in three large cases. Two large cases hold the cues in their individual case, and one is a traditional box style case (think Oneil cases, but this one is custom).

Some would say that gun safes are ideal if you have valuable cues. Personally, I think gun safes are a great idea for cues.

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Always amazed at people who have thousands in guns and no safe! Excellent for cues and all other valuables. Guns, knives, jewelry, documents, cash, etc. Etc. I would never leave town if I had no safe.
 
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