Question about leather wraps

[bruin70]

can you tell me the thickness of the leathers they are using for warps? i understand that they are the same as linen wraps,,,ie, that leathers can now be used in place of linens without having to cut deeper into the wood.

thanks

 

[cueman]

The most sought after thickness is about .025" which is about what Irish linen presses out to. I usually try to pick skins that are within 3 or 4 thousandths of an inch one way or the other of .025". The less change you have to make to the cue the better, so .025" is best.
Chris
www.hightowercues.com
www.internationalcuemakers.com

 

[buddha162]

I've heard that .020 is more like the thickness of the linen groove, but I guess there's a range to how far it's pressed.

Now, if the leather is slightly thicker than the groove, how would a cuemaker approach the problem: would he cut a deeper groove in the handle, or sand the piece of leather down and if so, how?

Thanks,
Roger

 

[bruin70]

I've heard that .020 is more like the thickness of the linen groove, but I guess there's a range to how far it's pressed.

Now, if the leather is slightly thicker than the groove, how would a cuemaker approach the problem: would he cut a deeper groove in the handle, or sand the piece of leather down and if so, how?

Thanks,
Roger

i think to be true to the integrity of the cue, recutting the wood would be the last thing a cuemaker would want to do...

lot'sa "woods/woulds" in that sentence

 

[JoeyInCali]

I've heard that .020 is more like the thickness of the linen groove, but I guess there's a range to how far it's pressed.

Now, if the leather is slightly thicker than the groove, how would a cuemaker approach the problem: would he cut a deeper groove in the handle, or sand the piece of leather down and if so, how?

Thanks,
Roger

If the leather is just slightly thicker, the groove can be sanded a little. Linen is about 20-25 thou and leather is usually around 20-25 thou thick as well.
Some leather and cork wrap are ridiculously too thick though.

 

[Pigcarver]

I've heard that .020 is more like the thickness of the linen groove, but I guess there's a range to how far it's pressed.

Now, if the leather is slightly thicker than the groove, how would a cuemaker approach the problem: would he cut a deeper groove in the handle, or sand the piece of leather down and if so, how?

Thanks,
Roger

I've seen one cuemaker actually "split" the hide. He had a machine that looked something like a planer, and would pass the leather wrap (pre install) through it, to reduce the thickness of the leather....

 

[cueman]

I've seen one cuemaker actually "split" the hide. He had a machine that looked something like a planer, and would pass the leather wrap (pre install) through it, to reduce the thickness of the leather....

Does he want to sell the machine cheap? I wish I had one.

 

[Sheldon]

can you tell me the thickness of the leathers they are using for warps? i understand that they are the same as linen wraps,,,ie, that leathers can now be used in place of linens without having to cut deeper into the wood.

This is why I like Stack Leather wraps.... you sand them down to uniform thickness. It's tough to find good one-piece wraps that are the same thickness at all edges.

 

[BillyB or Is I?]

Ray Schuler Leather Wrap

I have a Schuler cue that Ray wrapped in a very nice piece of leather that has to be only the thickness of cardstock (thick paper). I think Schuler Cue still wraps cues like this but I don't know if they do it as good as Ray did.