couple things id like to know

[Spooled]

1. what is a "full splice" cue and whats the opposite?
2. People keep talking about a durometer to rate tips, where is it?
3. What are vaneers as opposed to points?

thats all for now thanks

 

[Tennesseejoe]

For the best answers, you may want to try the ASK THE CUEMAKER forum.

 

[12310bch]

First check this link.http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/cue.htm#construction

The picture on the far right is called a " Full splice."

Those points you see are what appear as "Points" on a stick. The 3 or 4 multi-colored strips of wood lining the outside if the "Points' are called "Veneers" because that is what they are .Inlaid strips of wood to add to the beauty of the stick and to cover up slight mismatches in the splicing.

Nowadays points and veneers are all inlaid and are more or less traditional. Only custom sticks are now "Full Splice" Because of the extra time involved.

 

[skip]

I believe the meter is to tell tip hardness.

 

[Spooled]

a full splice cue is a cue in which the butt is made from two interlocking pieces of wood. Look at the traditional house cue and where you see the dark points go into the lighter forearm/shaft wood, that is a splice. Because the points are of the same wood that the handle is, there is no other connection made in the butt, therefore it is 'full splice'. A half splice uses more than one piece of wood to create the points--one piece per point. These will always have some kind of glue joint right under the points. A merrywidow or plain jane would be the opposite, no points whatsoever.

2. Veneers are different woods (many times dyed) that are glued onto the points before inserting the points into the forearm. These appear as stripes on the edges of the visible points.

3. A durometer is a piece of equipment used to determine the hardness of any material. There are several scales of hardness including rockwell (a,b and c) and mohr. Some people use these to measure tip hardness and i believe it is a waste of time.

Dld

thank you!

 

[ric23]

First check this link.http://users.skynet.be/billard.billiards/cue.htm#construction
Only custom sticks are now "Full Splice" Because of the extra time involved.

I believe the predator sneaky petes are full splice. How about the eliminator sneakys that goes for $40 a pop?

 

[12310bch]

I believe the predator sneaky petes are full splice. How about the eliminator sneakys that goes for $40 a pop?

could be. I was just generalizing.

 

[SLIM]

Generalizing what??

could be. I was just generalizing.

pretty much every house cue made today & in the past is full splice.
I would venture to say that most custom cues made are not full splice.
All that aside in a blind test most if not all players could not tell the difference between full splice, short splice, merry widow, cored, not cored or the type of wood used in a cue by the way it hits.

SLIM