Cues inside cases stored horizontally, will they warp?

[iusedtoberich]

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?

 

[Zerksies]

Do you ever see a guitar stored on it's side?

 

[GoldCrown]

Most of my better cues have been horizontal for many years. Nothing negative.

 

[skor]

I had cues warp stored upright so...

 

[GorstyBoy]

just install the dresser on its side... good to go

 

[fjk]

I have been told by three cue makers that it doesn't matter. Recently, because of space constraints, I started to store my cues/cases vertically. Before that, I stored them horizontally for 40 years without any warping / wobbling.

 

[RidgeRaider]

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.