Curly shaft issue...

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I recently purchased a cue with an extremely curly shaft. Upon receipt I noticed some very tiny bumps in the shaft and thought they might be from the shaft being raked across something. I took it to my local cue guy and after cleaning and inspection he said the bumps were the soft spots in the wood between the hard curls. The only thing we could come up with is maybe cutting the shaft down and re-sealing it. I really don't want to have the shaft taken down and my cue guy seems hesitant to mess with it knowing the issue. My question is has this happened to anyone else and if so what did you do to remedy it? Is there a fix or did I buy firewood? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Trent]

On the curly shafts I've done before I seal it with thin CA and sand it off a couple times until I feel like those spots have been hardened enough to stay slick.

Sanding sealer should work pretty well also but usually If its extremely curly like you say then the CA does the trick.

 

[Trent]

On the curly shafts I've done before I seal it with thin CA and sand it off a couple times until I feel like those spots have been hardened enough to stay slick.

Sanding sealer should work pretty well also but usually If its extremely curly like you say then the CA does the trick.

 

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Is there anyone willing to repair it? What would I be looking at expense wise? What kind of turn around time? Please feel free to PM me if you can help.