Majic self strightening shaft

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I am converting my brothers 20 year old Durferin house cue to two piece cue. To my amasement it was perfectly stright, even though it stays in a non air conditioned building. I cut the shaft off two days ago turned and rough sanded the shaft to remove 20 years of dings and give it a better taper. Was ready to spray the first coat of finish on yesterday when I noticed the shaft had a noticable warp in it. Right where I had removed the most materal. This morning it was perfectly stright once again. Checked it several times today. Temp ranged fron 70 to 100 it was still stright. What are the chances this thing will stay stright, or will I be able to predict the weather depending on witch way it bends?

Larry

 

[CamposCues]

Wood

It is wood, who knows. I'm pretty green and I've seen some strange things. I bet the old timers have seen everything.

I had a Schon shaft with a ding about 4' up from the ferrule. I roughed it a little with 400 grit and steamed it, raised the grain, then sanded, sealed, and waxed. The next day it about took a right turn where I had steamed it. I let it sit for a while and bent it backward a couple times and it went back to normal. It is still good. I have no idea what happened.

 

[Dave38]

When you remove a finish, or dirt, etc. that has built up over the years, it will expose the wood to a' bigger' dose of the enviroment that it is used to. It may warp, as the wood is exposed to and absorbs more moisture/humidity than it was with the coating of dirt, etc. Usually it will return to normal, as IMO, wood does have a 'memory' or happy spot if all is balanced. If wood is dried straight, then all of a sudden it is exposed to a large dose of moisture, such as a steaming of a ding, I believe it will swell the wood for a bit, but as the cue is still in the same climate, the moisture will disapate, and return to normal.
Hope this helps...
Dave