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Jason Robichaud

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How much is quality maple shaft wood dried, quarter cut with over 25 rings per inch. I had contracts years ago and wondering the price now. Maybe a couple other questions

Do you perfer to buy round or square and the dim. of the wood.

If you don't want to post price here, give me a pm.

Thanks
 
Ok, let us know how much when you get a hold of your contacts.
 
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Tommy - hangemhigh - had some shaft rounds for sale very recently. You might check with him.
 
It is getting very very difficult to find high- 25 rpi shafts as that is what everyone wants or thinks that they want. You can buy pretty good quality wood for $10-$20 a piece.
As for what I like 1-1/8 rough sawn boards. I will grade and cut squares out of them. It makes no difference to me if it is quarter sawn or flat sawn. Once the grain is oriented to the centerline of the shaft who cares how it was cut.

I hope I answered your question.

John
 
RocketQ said:
It is getting very very difficult to find high- 25 rpi shafts as that is what everyone wants or thinks that they want. You can buy pretty good quality wood for $10-$20 a piece.
As for what I like 1-1/8 rough sawn boards. I will grade and cut squares out of them. It makes no difference to me if it is quarter sawn or flat sawn. Once the grain is oriented to the centerline of the shaft who cares how it was cut.

I hope I answered your question.

John
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Anyone that wants a shaft to stay straight should have quarter cut. Looking to sell. If you quarter cut the wood it will dry straighter and have less chance to warp over the years.
 
Jason Robichaud said:
Anyone that wants a shaft to stay straight should have quarter cut. Looking to sell. If you quarter cut the wood it will dry straighter and have less chance to warp over the years.
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Hi sir, I may sound stupid but what is quarter cut? Thank you :smile:
 

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Since 1986 I have never bought 1/4 sawn wood & have had fewer that a dozen shafts in all of that time, that have warped. I think you should say "IN MY OPINION", instead of stating something, like it is a fact. With proper resting between cuts , I have not found a problem with my 1" rounds...JER
 
Jason Robichaud said:
How much is quality maple shaft wood dried, quarter cut with over 25 rings per inch. I had contracts years ago and wondering the price now. Maybe a couple other questions

Do you perfer to buy round or square and the dim. of the wood.

If you don't want to post price here, give me a pm.

Thanks
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Quality shaft wood easily brings $50-$100 bdft. Depends largely on the quantity purchased per order.

Prefer round as long as they are physically straight.
 
BLACKHEARTCUES said:
Since 1986 I have never bought 1/4 sawn wood & have had fewer that a dozen shafts in all of that time, that have warped. I think you should say "IN MY OPINION", instead of stating something, like it is a fact. With proper resting between cuts , I have not found a problem with my 1" rounds...JER
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It isn't my opinion, fact for many years 50+. Your shafts take more work to dry properly. You have to stress the wood so it won't twist. I have sold enough wood to last you 200 years and the best wood is quarter cut (for people that don't know how to dry wood) If you take care drying, sounds like you do, regular cutting is fine.
 
It is the best for cues, I would think. This is what I would do for the wood. You can do quarter sawn wood a couple ways and one is like rift sawn. I am looking into doing only rift sawn very high quality maple around the 20+ ring range. I need to know, from makers, the best number of rings. Years ago I had a company place a purchase order for 30,000 - 1x1x30 shafts per month. They graded by ring count and 24+ was the best grade at the time. I will be doing small quantities per year in the range of 20,000. It will take months to select the best wood, cut and dry. I will be taking a pool players eye into a mill owner operation to produce the best product.
 
Jason Robichaud said:
How much is quality maple shaft wood dried, quarter cut with over 25 rings per inch. I had contracts years ago and wondering the price now. Maybe a couple other questions

Do you perfer to buy round or square and the dim. of the wood.

If you don't want to post price here, give me a pm.

Thanks
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I personally think your best bet is buy dowels from Canada, minimum order is 100. They sell different grades of dowels, and then you can choose and pick out what you want and sell the rest, that is what everyone else does!!

Good Luck with your search!!!
 
manwon said:
I personally think your best bet is buy dowels from Canada, minimum order is 100. They sell different grades of dowels, and then you can choose and pick out what you want and sell the rest, that is what everyone else does!!

Good Luck with your search!!!
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Craig, Jason is SELLING.
He's promising quarter sawn high-ring count shafts.
Which is a very lofty promise as we know.
 
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The virtues of quarter sawing as it affects the quality of a shaft, are pure myth and urban legend. I have been hearing these stories for 50 years as they relate to cues. Now furniture and other uses which utilize flat surfaces, such as table tops can benefit from quartering lumber but if the wood is going to be turned round, there is absolutely no difference in how the log was cut. It might be easier to select straight grain from a clean quartered board but the final shaft will be identical no matter how the log is cut. If you want your shafts to stay straight spend 5 or more years getting them ready to use.

The best answer is to buy a bunch and only keep the good ones.
 
first shaft ever

I cut my first shaft down from a square in 15 minutes ...Done.... not weeks... or months... is the shaft straight ?...YEP...the reason I don't really know but I have worked wiTh wood for 28 years and I think it has something to do with the age of the wood...still it's a mistery to me... but wood is amazeing at times ...just my two cents.....:D
 
JoeyInCali said:
Craig, Jason is SELLING.
He's promising quarter sawn high-ring count shafts.
Which is a very lofty promise as we know.
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Thanks Joey, I will continue buying my shaft wood from Canada and take my chances, so far they have been mighty good.

Take Care
 
manwon said:
Thanks Joey, I will continue buying my shaft wood from Canada and take my chances, so far they have been mighty good.

Take Care
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They are very good people.
Unlike some bs'r who repackages them and sells them on fleabay and calls them so many different names and grades.
Dips them in snake oil and charges triple the price and sneak in a few 1 dollar dowels in every dozen.:rolleyes:
 
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