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josie

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So, being the inexperienced cuemake I am, yesterday I finished a cue with a brazillian rosewood forearm with a jatoba handle. I put it on the scale and found out it weighs 17 3/4 oz without a shaft. I let some guys try it out and they liked the cue, it was just too heavy. So today I bored out a .650 hole, but I had to go in 15" to get the correct weight. Is it going to cause major problems(warping, breaking or whatever) to leave a 15" x .650" hole from the butt plate on into the handle? Thanks for the help.
 
my stinger break cue has a bigger bore than that
so i cant see you having any trouble with yours
paul
 
If it was me, I would say don't leave it hollow, it is a weak point waiting for an accident.
 
i would fill it with maple or something light and fairly strong and maybe change the pin.15" sounds kind of scary,but on the other hand it may be fine.
 
Michael Webb said:
If it was me, I would say don't leave it hollow, it is a weak point waiting for an accident.
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I agree, fill It with something lighter, but I wouldn't leave it completely hollow. Just My opinion, but that doesn't mean It won't be alright the way It is. It's just not a chance I would like to take.
 
josie said:
So, being the inexperienced cuemake I am, yesterday I finished a cue with a brazillian rosewood forearm with a jatoba handle. I put it on the scale and found out it weighs 17 3/4 oz without a shaft. I let some guys try it out and they liked the cue, it was just too heavy. So today I bored out a .650 hole, but I had to go in 15" to get the correct weight. Is it going to cause major problems(warping, breaking or whatever) to leave a 15" x .650" hole from the butt plate on into the handle? Thanks for the help.
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I would not have done anything. Just put the cue into your inventory and you would have sold it at some point in the future. I don't like jacking around with a finished cue. You can end up causing trouble and wreck what was a good cue.
 
macguy said:
I would not have done anything. Just put the cue into your inventory and you would have sold it at some point in the future. I don't like jacking around with a finished cue. You can end up causing trouble and wreck what was a good cue.
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True, there is always someone that comes along and wants a heavy cue. Occasionally someone will even ask about cues as high as in the 21 to 22 oz range, and since heavier cues are harder for them to find, there's a good chance of making a sale.
 
josie said:
So, being the inexperienced cuemake I am, yesterday I finished a cue with a brazillian rosewood forearm with a jatoba handle. I put it on the scale and found out it weighs 17 3/4 oz without a shaft. I let some guys try it out and they liked the cue, it was just too heavy. So today I bored out a .650 hole, but I had to go in 15" to get the correct weight. Is it going to cause major problems(warping, breaking or whatever) to leave a 15" x .650" hole from the butt plate on into the handle? Thanks for the help.
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If the cue has a butt collar on it I can guarantee you will have grief in the future. If bored .650 and chances are the the butt collar tenon is a little less than .750 it would only have less than .050 wall clearance. It would only take a slight bump against the butt cap and then the butt collar from the handle to the bumper would be laying on the floor.

Dick
 
I agree to leave it heavy and wait for the right buyer. Some people love a very heavy cue.

Rick Geschrey
 
I agree with the you should have left it heavy crowd. Don't agree that you are going to have breakage problems at the butt. Predator would be out of business if that were so. Even at the smaller ferrule diameter they barely have a wall thickness more than yours. The overall glue face of the buttsleeve should be enough to overcome the thin tenon. If someone is hitting the butt of the cue on something hard enough to break it than I still would not call it a manufacturing defect but rather abuse.

Bob Danielson
www.bdcuesandcomix.com
 
Thanks for all the input. I just ended up coring it with maple. It only saved 3/4 oz but I feel better about the construction that way, and I will just wait for a request for a 21 oz cue.
 
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