Coring of forearm

[NoShow33]

I know that Ebony and other exotic wood forearms are sometimes cored for stability and weight. My question is do you ever core Maple forearms and use a wood such as Purple Heart as the core for the purpose of adding extra front end weight?

Would a Purple Heart core in a Maple forearm change the hit to a harder hit such as an Ebony or Cocobolo forearm?

I ask these questions because I tend to like the appearance of Maple forearm cues over the other woods, but I do like the solid hit and sound of the other woods.

Thank you

 

[JoeyInCali]

I know that Ebony and other exotic wood forearms are sometimes cored for stability and weight. My question is do you ever core Maple forearms and use a wood such as Purple Heart as the core for the purpose of adding extra front end weight?


Thank you

Many do that.

 

[dave sutton]

i dont core msple but im sure pph would stiffen up the maple. maybe not as much as ebony but more the reg maple i would think

 

[Mr Hoppe]

Would a Purple Heart core in a Maple forearm change the hit to a harder hit such as an Ebony or Cocobolo forearm?

I ask these questions because I tend to like the appearance of Maple forearm cues over the other woods, but I do like the solid hit and sound of the other woods.

Thank you

Many, if not most, core curly maple for stability. Right now John Davis is making me a Titlist tribute full spliced blank that has a curly maple front cored with ebony for exactly that reason.
Mr H

 

[patrickcues]

Coring Maple forearms will stiffen the hit up. I have used purple heart for that and it does play better IMO