Jarrah Shaft

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yobleduwop

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Hi, i just built my first cue recently on a wood lathe i might add for all those people that think its impossible it isnt, just dont expect a proffesional looking cue by the end of it.

The shaft on the cue i made out of Jarrah which is an Australian Hard wood with a straight grain and i was just wondering weather it even makes a good shaft wood? it seems to have worked so far and i think it plays nice but do the stats check out


Category Green Dry Units
Weight 50 lbs/cu.ft.
Density (air-dry) 54 lbs/cu.ft.
Specific Gravity 0.68 0.80
Hardness 1915 lbs
Stiffness 1485 1880 1000 psi
Bending Strength 9890 16200 psi
Shearing Strength 2135 psi
Max. Crushing Strength 5180 8855 psi

Thanks Joel
 
Sorry about the graph i put spaces in it but obviously they didnt stay,



Weight 50 lbs/cu.ft.
Density (air-dry) 54 lbs/cu.ft.
Specific Gravity 0.68 0.80
Hardness 1915 lbs
Stiffness 1880 1000 psi
Bending Strength 16200 psi
Shearing Strength 2135 psi
Max. Crushing Strength 8855 psi
Theres all the measument again but all with the wood being dry incase you couldnt understand the last figures

thanks Joel
 
Never seen any myself but I was told someone down in Tassie makes a few cues with Jarrah shafts and Tassie Blackwood butts . I might have a go some time and probably give to a friend or the local junior leauge as a prize - unless I'm surprised by the playing quantities . Ya never know it might catch on now with all the colored fibreglass or graphite coated cues around in Oz these days .
Come to think of it I know a guy always looking for something different !

Bazz
 
Hey lignum, where do you get all your parts from such as your joints and your nelsonite, do you just get it shipped or is there an australian supplier i havent found yet.
theres a few australian woods out there people should try such as all ther south australian burls and woods like jaarah and black butt i rekon they would all look nice in a cue, thanks joel
 
yobleduwop said:
Hey lignum, where do you get all your parts from such as your joints and your nelsonite, do you just get it shipped or is there an australian supplier i havent found yet.
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Nearly all my exotic hardwoods come from Bellforest products in Michigan . I get Ash from Teak and Fancy timbers in Qld or Carbatec in Perth .
Keep quiet about all those great burls and desert hardwoods we have here in Oz , we don't wan't it all getting snapped by the folk in the USA:p

I don't use Nelsonite , I use a local product sometimes called Spescoat Deeptreat , it's basically the same .
As for hardware , I get some from the US , some from Ebay , some from a local sports goods wholesaler and some I make myself !
 
thanks heaps lignum im thinking of getting into the business and now i know it is possible for and austrlaian do do it and stil survive, ill keep quite about all those woods, keep people guessing, thanks Joel
 
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