Climate Controlled Safes for Cues
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bruin70 said:
I'm sorry bruin, but I have no idea what you mean by this. I, of course, keep my cues in cases, but I'm looking to buy a safe to put them in to guard against theft. I don't currently have anything to put them in so I don't know what you mean by change the position.
Thanks,
Zack
zeeder said:
Zack what is it that you have in your mind? Some sort of a wood case/display cabinet? I was thinking of using the principle of cigar humidor type of a display cabinet. I just don't know if that can be made. I will try to look or have one fabricated.
hubielim said:Zack what is it that you have in your mind? Some sort of a wood case/display cabinet? I was thinking of using the principle of cigar humidor type of a display cabinet. I just don't know if that can be made. I will try to look or have one fabricated.
I was thinking of something for protection or theft deterent. I've read where some people keep their cues in safes and was curious as to what these people use. I've heard some people use gun safes but then I've heard some people say climate controlled safes.
Zack
gun safes
the best way to store them is up right . and i use a large browning gun safe with a optional climate controller used for guns also. they are storred in 10x20 On-Q cases . you have to get a safe that the gun holders are removeable !so your cases will fit! good luckhubielim said:
cornerstone said:
Climate controlled safes are probably the way to go if you have the $$ to spend on them --- the configuration on the inside can be changed so you can store them individually or in cases. Was talking to a guy about a cue about 10 days ago and he showed me some safes that would work. Price tag started at a couple thousand.
Jack
www.johnmaddencues.com
Jack Madden said:
well if anyone buys high end cues and wants to keep them safe, then I guess a couple of thousands for a safe woundn't be a factor for them to purchase one. since they are keeping their investments safe.
another option is to make a nice display cabinit with climate controllers. but his would negate the reason of keeing the cues in a safe place. but his option would greatly help the collector appreciates his collection.
zeeder said:
like don't keep them in one position over an extended period of time. like i turn my shafts 90 degress now and again. i don't know that there's scientific evidence, but i think keeping things in one position is just not a good idea. if a cue lies flat then everything is ok because it is supported throughout its length. but if there is a bow,,,,like shafts will show a curve because of their taper, then i would think that over time, that curved surface will fall to gravity.
drivermaker
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zeeder said:
Something is escaping my thinking here...why would someone want a CLIMATE CONTROLLED safe for temperature and humidity after the cue is done...but not give two shits that the MFer was stored for a long length of time and made in a garage throughout the entire process with totally UNCONTROLLED humidity and temperature. (I'm not picking on you, I don't think) If the little bastard was born on the wrong side of the tracks...let it grow up and live on the wrong side of the tracks!
keeping stabil
to keep the cue stabil if the cue is made by thomas wayne or mike bender in alaska and then shipped to florida two totaly dif climates and is gradually brought up to its enviorment it is less likely to go off! and if a cue i subject to drastic change like sittting in your living room on top of your TV where it heats up and cools down 3 times a day your in trouble!! many people dont relize that there cue has a wobble because they have been playing with it soo long and never checked it!drivermaker said:
drivermaker
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cornerstone said:
I'll tell you what WOULD be affected, and that's the TOTAL WEIGHT of the cue over just a matter of days from the extreme humidty differences. I've seen this happen with a number of cues I've received from Colorado or a low humidity state. Whether this affects anything else over the long term, I don't know.
drivermaker said:
DM, to be perfectly honest, I have no idea if any of the cuemakers that I've ordered from work out of their garage or not...lol. Furthermore, I don't really care. If the cue looks great, I like the hit, and the cue doesn't warp then I'm happier than a pig in slop! Do you have a list of cuemakers who have a climate controlled shop and those who don't?
drivermaker
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zeeder said:
How do you know that as a result of having been stored and worked on in a garage with temperature and humidity extremes present that it WON'T warp afterwards or have a higher percentage chance of that happening? Sounds to me like you're really more interested in looks and a cheap price or possibly just a name that's been thrown out a few times.
Why would I have a list? Don't you think it might be a good question to ask the cuemaker before you get the cue made? I know my custom cues were certainly made in a year around controlled environment for temperature and humidity.
drivermaker said:
Well, to be perfectly honest, I never really thought about the conditions the cue was made in before now...lol. I wouldn't neccissarily say that I'm looking for a "cheap" price, but I do try to buy what I can afford even though the average price of the cues I have on order is about two grand (I don't consider that cheap). I am, indeed, interested in looks and want my cue made by a competent cue maker as well.
If I were to buy a cue that warped I would expect the cue maker to work with me to resolve the issue, and if they didn't then I wouldn't give them my business again.