Oakwood: Timber to Squares

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the_general

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As much as possible, we do start our cues from scratch, not depending on ready-made stuff.

Here's a 40-year old oakwood timber, imported from Germany, prep to be cut into squares for handles. We use hard rock maple, ashwood, and oakwood for handles in cues with wraps. No tanguile or some cheap crap please. :D


The timber in its huge size...

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Bebot cutting them into smaller pieces...

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Making them into 'squares'...

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Here's a cool video of how we do it - the old school way...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BSVmYVBWdg



The big chunk is now reduced to these 'squares' which will be set aside for a very long time before being turned...

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...and the aftermath...

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I just wanted to bring you closer to how we do things. Thanks for looking. :)
 
I thoroughly enjoy all of the progress pictures and videos. I would love to see a video of a cue being built from start to finish. Great job.
 
Always interested to see this process

I have seen a cue from start to finish for the most part, but some others may not have. It might be interesting to take an order for a cue with points and maybe some inlay and do a picture gallery of start to finish with a paragraph after each picture explaining the process.
 
mattb said:
I have seen a cue from start to finish for the most part, but some others may not have. It might be interesting to take an order for a cue with points and maybe some inlay and do a picture gallery of start to finish with a paragraph after each picture explaining the process.
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it can be done actually sir. but please understand, as in any business, moreso in the cuemaking business, there are trade secrets that just cannot be simply opened to the public, as these trade secrets are what gives a particular cuemaker the difference. :embarrassed2:

for the basic plain janes, documenting the construction is very much possible.
 
the_general said:
it can be done actually sir. but please understand, as in any business, moreso in the cuemaking business, there are trade secrets that just cannot be simply opened to the public, as these trade secrets are what gives a particular cuemaker the difference. :embarrassed2:

for the basic plain janes, documenting the construction is very much possible.
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I think it would be neat to see. Especially the "handmade" method you use. We have all seen the inlay progress pics so seeing an inlaid cue from start to finish would be awesome.
 
Brain71 said:
I think it would be neat to see. Especially the "handmade" method you use. We have all seen the inlay progress pics so seeing an inlaid cue from start to finish would be awesome.
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will do compile some videos in the future. but i might be able to show the video in it's entirety most likely 6 months from now, from start to finish. ;)
 
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