Humidity Level...
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That is a loaded question, ultimately it should be the same as where the cue will be used and stored. The wood will always acclimate. So if you are making cues for the local players then you have to average it to what the local climate is. If you are building on spec and have no idea where the cue is going to go then the standard 40 to 50 is the best bet. It will always be a compromise thou.
So in Texas, 85% should be fine
you don't have a choice in Southern Texas
Wood will always acclimate to its environment. So in theory if your cue is going to live its life in 80% humidity, then it should be built with wood which is already acclimated to that level of moisture. Having said that most people who live in extreme climates are relying on modified environments. In the way of air conditioning, humidifiers, and dehumidifiers. So the cue wont realy be exposed to the natural elements of that climate. Anyway you look at it, if a cue is built at a certain level of humidity and then gets long exposer to a different level, it will either shrink or expand. That is a fact you cant get around. So it is a guessing game, thus the generic 50% becuase it is in the middle. Where I live if built my cues to that level of moisture my cues would surely shrink... The relative humidity can get as low as 3% in the winter.
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To work, around 45%.
To season woods while they are still thick ?
Imo, they should experience 10-80% and varying temperatures.
This is where coring has a huge advantage over non cored cues.
If cored, the sleeves can expand or contract but the core when done right and not extremely abused, should stay straight.
A very popular cue that is made in the desert is known to wobble when it gets to Taiwan, Singapore or Japan. It's the nature of the beast .
Those cues are not cored.... are they?
I have a cue out there that went to the Philippines. It is a 60 incher and is fully cored. It will be there about a year. It is very humid there. I am waiting to see what happens to it.
Kim
NOT 100% like i had yesterday :banghead:
wednesday a band of storms rolled thru cincy,
lot of rain & extreme high winds
heard a crash, and found my neighbors ridgevent & a few shingles in my backyard
no apparent damage to my house or shop that i could see at the time
then yesterday morning i walk into shop to a puddle of water & water dripping down
it hasnt stopped raining enough yet to get up on roof and see the damage
cant see it from the back,as it drops off straight down about 50 ft behind shop
fortunately, the only thing in shop that got wet,
was a couple holly billets & some veneer sandwiches i had laying on table in a box awaiting gluing in veneers ,
the insulation in ceiling & one lyptus shaft ready to spray finish
the holly now looks like wet bread and stained badly
coulda been worse,
a few feet to the left it would have leaked into my overhead ELECTRIC furnace
would have got my bandsaw & tablesaw too
water & electric = not good
a few feet towards the front of shop,
it would have soaked a bunch of cues in progress hanging and shafts for those cues
so i guess i got lucky
today we do roofing repair:thumbup:
NOT 100% like i had yesterday :banghead
wednesday a band of storms rolled thru cincy,
lot of rain & extreme high winds
heard a crash, and found my neighbors ridgevent & a few shingles in my backyard
no apparent damage to my house or shop that i could see at the time
then yesterday morning i walk into shop to a puddle of water & water dripping down
it hasnt stopped raining enough yet to get up on roof and see the damage
cant see it from the back,as it drops off straight down about 50 ft behind shop
fortunately, the only thing in shop that got wet,
was a couple holly billets & some veneer sandwiches i had laying on table in a box awaiting gluing in veneers ,
the insulation in ceiling & one lyptus shaft ready to spray finish
the holly now looks like wet bread and stained badly
coulda been worse,
a few feet to the left it would have leaked into my overhead ELECTRIC furnace
would have got my bandsaw & tablesaw too
water & electric = not good
a few feet towards the front of shop,
it would have soaked a bunch of cues in progress hanging and shafts for those cues
so i guess i got lucky
today we do roofing repair:thumbup:[/QUOTE]
Yea,down to Pegs:thumbup:
wednesday a band of storms rolled thru cincy,
lot of rain & extreme high winds
heard a crash, and found my neighbors ridgevent & a few shingles in my backyard
no apparent damage to my house or shop that i could see at the time
then yesterday morning i walk into shop to a puddle of water & water dripping down
it hasnt stopped raining enough yet to get up on roof and see the damage
cant see it from the back,as it drops off straight down about 50 ft behind shop
fortunately, the only thing in shop that got wet,
was a couple holly billets & some veneer sandwiches i had laying on table in a box awaiting gluing in veneers ,
the insulation in ceiling & one lyptus shaft ready to spray finish
the holly now looks like wet bread and stained badly
coulda been worse,
a few feet to the left it would have leaked into my overhead ELECTRIC furnace
would have got my bandsaw & tablesaw too
water & electric = not good
a few feet towards the front of shop,
it would have soaked a bunch of cues in progress hanging and shafts for those cues
so i guess i got lucky
today we do roofing repair:thumbup:[/QUOTE]
Yea,down to Pegs:thumbup:
Hope my new one didn't get wet,OK if Ricks got wet,moves me one up in the line.
Hope my new one didn't get wet,OK if Ricks got wet,moves me one up in the line.
easy fix
my ridgevent blew off too
gotta go down the hill into the woods to get it