Cues inside cases stored horizontally, will they warp?

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iusedtoberich

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I’m about to take my table out of storage and set it back up. I have an extra bedroom dresser that would be perfect to store all my extra pool stuff, extra shafts, cues, etc. Its finish also matches the table.

If I place the cues/shafts inside pool cases and then inside the dresser drawers, am I inviting warping? I’ve always stored them standing up.

Thoughts?
 
The weight of a cue won't warp itself, otherwise we'd all have warped cues just from playing with it the way we hold it.

If it's supported in a case, or completely flat, no issues however you place it.

A cue that warps is going to warp due to outside forces like weight placed on top of it or against it, extreme humidity fluxuations. Whether it's stored up-right or not, a cue prone to warping is going to warp. A solid built cue, like a full core cue, you can lay that sucker any way you want and sleep well knowing she's not moving because you laid it on it's side.
 
I kept a Schon and 2 shafts in this case stored mostly horizontal for about 35 yrs.
Was only used for about the first 4 yrs the rest just stored.
When I sold it, cue butt and shafts were still straight. Was it the cue or case, who knows, pretty neat old school case though.
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muskyed said:
I kept a Schon and 2 shafts in this case stored mostly horizontal for about 35 yrs.
Was only used for about the first 4 yrs the rest just stored.
When I sold it, cue butt and shafts were still straight. Was it the cue or case, who knows, pretty neat old school case though.View attachment 885750View attachment 885751
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Beautiful case. I own a Schon, and tons of players own em around me cause we live 5 mins from where they make em. I've never personally seen a warped Schon. If you put em on a lathe, I'm sure a bunch of them would wiggle, which cue with an A-joint doesnt.... But, they're solid built cues and taken well care of before they hit a customers hands. No surprise it stayed straight.
 
RidgeRaider said:
Beautiful case. I own a Schon, and tons of players own em around me cause we live 5 mins from where they make em. I've never personally seen a warped Schon. If you put em on a lathe, I'm sure a bunch of them would wiggle, which cue with an A-joint doesnt.... But, they're solid built cues and taken well care of before they hit a customers hands. No surprise it stayed straight.
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I stop in Schon often. Used to live in Racine. Had my 1st Schon made in 82 if I remember right. They weren't where they are now, I stopped in, looked at 6 or 8 cues on a table, picked bits and pieces from a couple and they made a one of a kind for me.
The case was made for me as a gift from a girlfriend at the time who worked at a luggage place in Racine.
 
RidgeRaider said:
Beautiful case. I own a Schon, and tons of players own em around me cause we live 5 mins from where they make em. I've never personally seen a warped Schon. If you put em on a lathe, I'm sure a bunch of them would wiggle, which cue with an A-joint doesnt.... But, they're solid built cues and taken well care of before they hit a customers hands. No surprise it stayed straight.
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Is the taco truck still out front of the Schon shop? Haven't stopped by there in quite a few years but got some good tacos from that truck last time I swung by
 
slide13 said:
Is the taco truck still out front of the Schon shop? Haven't stopped by there in quite a few years but got some good tacos from that truck last time I swung by
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No idea, I haven't been past them in quite a while! I stick more towards the north side, I don't have a reason to go down that way often.
 
It used to be, little scary to park around there, but a real treasure to go in. Just don't go in at break time if you're in a hurry as they usually are playing pool on break' If they are, just pull up a chair and wait till break is over.
 
muskyed said:
I stop in Schon often. Used to live in Racine. Had my 1st Schon made in 82 if I remember right. They weren't where they are now, I stopped in, looked at 6 or 8 cues on a table, picked bits and pieces from a couple and they made a one of a kind for me.
The case was made for me as a gift from a girlfriend at the time who worked at a luggage place in Racine.
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Joe Gold and I had a great chat about fly fishing on the Root River for steelhead before the weir went in. Sadly it was never the same afterwards.
 
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Quesports said:
Joe Gold and I had a great chat about fly fishing on the Root River for steelhead before the weir went in. Sadly it was never the same afterwards.
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That's interesting, I owned a house on the top of the park hill there just a couple hundred yards to the north of where they built the fish weir. I was the second house on the NW side and my land went down to the river. We used to walk down right from my house and fish that whole stretch from where they built the weir to all the way north to the country club. There used to only be a few of us doing it then, now you can't get a parking spot anywhere on the park rd. They come from all over the country now. I only stayed there about 5 yrs as the neighborhood was changing quickly. Used to be my Grandpa and Grandmas house and I bought it when they died.
 
Store cues upright. There is no side pressure on either shaft or butt. Both stay straight. Unless it was a flawed cue in the first place.
 
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