go figure

desi2960

desi2960

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About 3 years ago when recycling some old house cues into shafts I found a killer curly shaft. I was going to use it at sometime on a special cue. I cut and hung it with my other shafts. About a year later I found a matching butt. Got the butt ready, got my shaft down and put it on the lathe and it had warped.
I rehung it hoping to use the great wood for something else. About 6 months later I respun it on the lathe. Crooked.
today cutting shafts I found a really nice birdseye shaft. I hung it next to the curly. What the hell I put the curly on the lathe. Damn curly shaft is dead straight. I put it on my other lathe. It is dead straight.

I hung it back up. I'm checking it again in 3 months.


damn wood
 
That happened to me with a Schmelke 4 prong blank.... Bought it.... hung it and in 3 months it was as crooked as a pretzel......... swore at it and hung it back up.... 3 months later it was straight as an arrow........... I immediately cored it and glued in a full length 3/4 inch dowel..... never warped again and that was 3 years ago.

Wood moves, especially with humidity changes...........

Kim
 
The same discussion has taken place in a few threads about what makes this or that wood better or not. Cutting schedules for shafts, fronts etc etc. In some cases it really doesn't matter what you do, if the wood is going to move, its going to.

Now if we can just get novices and non cue makers to understand why we take so long to build a cue, letting the wood throw a temper tantrum and then calm down so it can be turned again. Wood, the organic unpredictable substance we try and keep control of. I digress lol.
 
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