first time using olivewood

desi2960

desi2960

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i am using a piece of olivewood diagonally spliced with curly maple for a cue. i splice these butts together when they are square. i took my first turn yesterday to around 1.40. when i took a moister content test, the olivewood was at 11%. at what content should i take my next turn? what should the moister content be for olivewood in a finished cue?

thanks chuck
 
I didn't turn the only uncored olivewood cue I made until it was at 8%.
I core them all now. The only uncored one I did was straight grain.

Now, I drill a small one hole on them. Wax the ends and let dry inside out.
You can see them twist and turn as cylinders. When they are dry and stable, I glue the dowel.
 
desi2960 said:
i am using a piece of olivewood diagonally spliced with curly maple for a cue. i splice these butts together when they are square. i took my first turn yesterday to around 1.40. when i took a moister content test, the olivewood was at 11%. at what content should i take my next turn? what should the moister content be for olivewood in a finished cue?

thanks chuck
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In your Missouri location you will be lucky to get the moisture content down much lower than that, unless you run your AC constantly. You might want to core all the way through it now that you have it turned round, as Olivewood is not very stable..
 
In my opinion Olive wood is a bad cue going somewhere to happen because it is so unstable. All of mine made great firewood.

Now I don't have to worry about it :D
 
Arnot Wadsworth said:
In my opinion Olive wood is a bad cue going somewhere to happen because it is so unstable. All of mine made great firewood.

Now I don't have to worry about it :D
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Hi,

I agree 100% with Arnot. I don't like the way it looks either!

My friend built one last year for a guy on one of my pool leagues. The butt was warped within 4 months. It jumped when rolled fast on the table!!!!! Total loss to the cue maker who had to build another cue for free.

Rick G
 
cueman said:
In your Missouri location you will be lucky to get the moisture content down much lower than that, unless you run your AC constantly. You might want to core all the way through it now that you have it turned round, as Olivewood is not very stable..
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I agree, If it's large enough to have a some turns before final size, you should be fine. I core all my Olive wood at 1.3 for forearms, by the time I get to 1.1 on the joint side, it's not moving any more. Coring still equals time.
 
It makes nice points and maybe a SW style butt sleeve ring. I'm comfortable using a cored front if it has been around for 10 or more years. It does darken to a less attractive color after a number of years.
 
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