I'm trying to complete the design of my next cue.The question is I want to use snakewood for the points and for the butt of the cue rather then having a butt cap will it work just to extend the snake wood and round the edges of the wood to the rubber bumper.I'm concerned about cracking.If it is a problem then what whould you suggest.
Durabiltie question
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I would suggest having the snakewood sleeved for the buttsleeve and indeed you'd want a buttcap for maximum protection. Way too easy to crack, chip, split the wood without a buttcap....not as important on a hustler style less expensive cue but on a higher end cue, you'd really want the buttcap.
NoBull9 said:
Snakewood is very prone to checking and I guarantee that if you use it as a butt plate it will soon be full of cracks. If the wood is stabilized it will hold up much better but this is a very expensive process. If I was going to use for a butt collar I would soak as much super thin CA glue into the end grain as it would hold and then use a durable butt cap on the end.
Dick