I've been thinking about purchasing a blank and having a cue made. I know nothing about blanks. I've researched what I could. My major question. A lot of blanks I've seen are rather long, how much of the actual blank is used in the cue making process? I've seen blanks with inlays and designs etc.. on both ends. Do both ends make one butt? Blanks I've seen range in length. What is the difference and why?
Cue blanks question
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The cue butt blanks are usually oversize in length and girth and need to be turned down on a tapering machine or lathe and cut to length by the cuemaker. The blanks I've seen and worked with can easily make an evenly split 62" cue if desired. I haven't seen blanks with decor in them other than colored veneers. I hope that helps.
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I hope the gentleman that posted these for sale doesn't mind me using them for reference. In the first photo, the blanks on the left are shorter than on the right. The upper section has the inlays, and the rear section has the butterfly. Does each piece remain whole for a cue?? Can it be cut to forearm length only? Second image. The blanks on the left have a longer lower ebony section. I assume it can be cut to length. The right ones however, have the same butterfly/point inlays mirrored. Does that mean that entire piece becomes the butt for a continuous wrapless cue? Or can it be cut? Or do you cut it? Third image basically the same except the blanks have multiple patterns going on. Again, I'm just trying to figure out how much of these blanks are used and how, and what sections can or can't be cut.
In the first image I like the orientation of all blanks. Except the butterfly at the base. Can that be removed and the remaining piece be used as a forearm?
I hope the gentleman that posted these for sale doesn't mind me using them for reference. In the first photo, the blanks on the left are shorter than on the right. The upper section has the inlays, and the rear section has the butterfly. Does each piece remain whole for a cue?? Can it be cut to forearm length only? Second image. The blanks on the left have a longer lower ebony section. I assume it can be cut to length. The right ones however, have the same butterfly/point inlays mirrored. Does that mean that entire piece becomes the butt for a continuous wrapless cue? Or can it be cut? Or do you cut it? Third image basically the same except the blanks have multiple patterns going on. Again, I'm just trying to figure out how much of these blanks are used and how, and what sections can or can't be cut.
In the first image I like the orientation of all blanks. Except the butterfly at the base. Can that be removed and the remaining piece be used as a forearm?
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The blanks in your pics are pretty much specific to that cuemaker... in Ukraine.
They are intended to be used 'as they are' with perhaps some reduction in length,
Most 'blanks' used in the USofA are some version of a 4 point or 6 point splice.
HTH
Dale
They are intended to be used 'as they are' with perhaps some reduction in length,
Most 'blanks' used in the USofA are some version of a 4 point or 6 point splice.
HTH
Dale
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So, in the first image, first blank on the left. I like that one. Can the butterfly at the base be removed if the rest of the cue will equal out to 29"? Or will that jeopardize the intergrity of the blank.
So, in the first image, first blank on the left. I like that one. Can the butterfly at the base be removed if the rest of the cue will equal out to 29"? Or will that jeopardize the intergrity of the blank.
Hard to say without seeing the blank, but... it looks like one could merely
turn down the end of the blank and put a plain butt sleeve on/over it.
IMHO - doing that would have no impact on the structural integrity of the
blank.
Dale
the ukrainian cuemaker is mostly a pyramid cue maker , and those cues can be 62" or more.
i bet he crafts different blank length for pool/snooker than for pyramid , and can use pieces of a blank to make the "joint area"/ 1st part of the pyramid shafts , which are almost always butterfly spliced.
I've already seen that in Kazan, RU.
i bet he crafts different blank length for pool/snooker than for pyramid , and can use pieces of a blank to make the "joint area"/ 1st part of the pyramid shafts , which are almost always butterfly spliced.
I've already seen that in Kazan, RU.
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