I am a little nervous about taking my cues south with me. I live in northern ontario and am flying south, my cues are in an instroke case, inside a large suitcase so damage is not an issue but they have to go in baggage and they will be in the cold for 3-4 hours, do you think the cold will hurt the cues?
cold cues!
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I've had cues in -20 degree temps for days and nothing ever happened to any of them. Nothing will happen to yours either. 
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
The cold shouldn't bother them at all. I accidentally left a butt in my garage laying flat behind my inlay machine and it was fine after single digit cold for 12 hours. Just let them warm up a little before you shoot.
Also the inlays and glue don't like the jarring when cold.
If it's extreme cold you're concerned about, let the whole case warm to room temp before removing your cues, then take them out and let them warm up to room temp before shooting with them. This is more important if your cue has exotic materials like an ivory joint.
It's not necessarily the temp that can wreak havoc on cues, it is a sudden, drastic change in humidity you have to worry about. The materials that make up a cue (wood, ivory, etc.) get used to the environment they're in and like it there. When that rapidly changes, then you open up the possibility or all sorts of things that aren't fun.
I have never heard of the cold hurting cues but I know heat will hurt them. Be sure to let them warm up good before you use them though.
There seems to be a lot of talk on here lately about cold and cues etc. Some feel there is never going to be an issue, some think a certain case will help etc.
I lived in Alaska for almost 20 years, and I can tell you first hand that cold will harm cues. I've seen countless cues over the years that are kept in the car with swollen points, popped ringwork, ferrule lines that pop when the shaft wood swells, shrinks. Why anybody would buy a cue and purposely leave in in extreme weather makes no sense to me.
Had a buddy buy a nice joss west, he brought it to the pool hall and shows it to me asking me to rate it. I tell him 75-80 needs a refinish cause I could feel the points. He tells me I'm crazy, I can feel the cue is cold. It was below zero outside. I ask him if he leaves his cues in his car, he says yes..... Cold won't hurt cues. I start telling him he's wrong, and he pipes up with his Bender is perfect. I say I doubt that. He pulls it out, and sure enough the ringwork can be felt through the finish as can the points. He started to grasp the concept that extended stays in cold weather are probably not the best conditions to keep $4000 worth of cues.
I left a schon in my car one night by accident, was late and I was tired when I got home. Went out the next morning to go to work, saw my case in the back seat. Panicked. Took the case in the house, sure enough the rings were raised, and I can assure you they weren't before I left the pool hall.
Don't let anybody lead you into a false sense of security. Sure, some cues you might get lucky and nothing happen. But IMO for the most part it's a bad decision. Take the case in the house. I liken it to the guy who has a tool box full of rusty tools, because they don't take care of their stuff.
Chuck
I lived in Alaska for almost 20 years, and I can tell you first hand that cold will harm cues. I've seen countless cues over the years that are kept in the car with swollen points, popped ringwork, ferrule lines that pop when the shaft wood swells, shrinks. Why anybody would buy a cue and purposely leave in in extreme weather makes no sense to me.
Had a buddy buy a nice joss west, he brought it to the pool hall and shows it to me asking me to rate it. I tell him 75-80 needs a refinish cause I could feel the points. He tells me I'm crazy, I can feel the cue is cold. It was below zero outside. I ask him if he leaves his cues in his car, he says yes..... Cold won't hurt cues. I start telling him he's wrong, and he pipes up with his Bender is perfect. I say I doubt that. He pulls it out, and sure enough the ringwork can be felt through the finish as can the points. He started to grasp the concept that extended stays in cold weather are probably not the best conditions to keep $4000 worth of cues.
I left a schon in my car one night by accident, was late and I was tired when I got home. Went out the next morning to go to work, saw my case in the back seat. Panicked. Took the case in the house, sure enough the rings were raised, and I can assure you they weren't before I left the pool hall.
Don't let anybody lead you into a false sense of security. Sure, some cues you might get lucky and nothing happen. But IMO for the most part it's a bad decision. Take the case in the house. I liken it to the guy who has a tool box full of rusty tools, because they don't take care of their stuff.
Chuck