MurrayNevada
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When not playing should they be kept together or apart? Thanks
Rookie question about 2-piece cue sticks
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Depends, if you are at your house and want to display them, OK to keep them together on a cue rack. If you are traveling around, may as well take it apart and keep them in your case. There are many people that display their collections on racks so it is not going to damage anything to keep them together at an even angle. I would not lean them against a wall for long periods of time though, especially in a variable environment were the wood may move.
Apart in a good case. Stored vertically if possible. In a humidity controlled/non-smoking/next to a big titted blonde environment.
Pool Hand Luke
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Why vertically? I have mine in a good case but always keep them horizontal. Read that was okay on another thread somewhere here.
Greg M
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If it's together, you should store it upright in a rack in a room away from heat sources, changing temperatures or direct sunlight. Or in a one-piece case if you have one.
If apart, keep it in its case. Again, away from heat sources, direct sunlight or in an environment with changing temperatures, such as the boot of a car.
If apart, keep it in its case. Again, away from heat sources, direct sunlight or in an environment with changing temperatures, such as the boot of a car.
I store my cues vertically. I guess it's so that gravity isn't pulling the cue weight lengthways, which can probably lead to warping.
Apart, in a case. Storing it together will IMO increase the chance of warping, and with temperature swings and the like you risk the joint locking up. Now, if you're one of those guys who keeps overtightening the joint, then maybe storing vertically in one piece is the better option. Every time I see one of those guys "white knuckling" the cue while they put it together, I cringe. I've seen joints stripped, and somtimes lock up from this kind of behaviour, sooner or later something is going to break, so in that case it's better to reduce the opportunities for that to happen.
depends on if they get along with each other.
Reminds me of some of the “Whiteknucklers” I’ve worked with over the years turning wrenches on airplanes. I remember one kid installing a belly panel on an Embraer 140. He installs about 30 screws completely through the panel and then comes and gets me to tell me something is wrong. I just shook my head and ask him why it took 30 screws to find out that he may be over tightening the screws?
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Are there cabinets that are locking for storing your cues while not in use?
Reason I ask is because when my room is finished and guests are there playing, there is no way I want their grubby hands on my cues when I turn my back.
My thought now is to have a carpenter build a cabinet similar to a medicine cabinet that is recessed in to the wall that locks. Viewing glass would be unnecessary as the less they see, the less tempted they will be. The house cues are over there...
Reason I ask is because when my room is finished and guests are there playing, there is no way I want their grubby hands on my cues when I turn my back.
My thought now is to have a carpenter build a cabinet similar to a medicine cabinet that is recessed in to the wall that locks. Viewing glass would be unnecessary as the less they see, the less tempted they will be. The house cues are over there...
For WGDave, in my basement was an old entertainment cabinet built in the days of 27" TV's. It also held a stereo, video tapes etc. It was in beautiful shape, just outdated in the world of 60" TV's.
A pandemic related project, I ripped out the stereo shelf and modified the pullout, rotating TV platform. I then built a eight cue rack with slots for two shafts per cue. This was installed on the pullout platform for easy access to the cues toward the back. There was enough room toward the back to build a rack to hold seven cues cases all standing up.
Closed up it's a fine quality piece of furniture that no one suspects contains cues. In the lower section are extra ball sets, training videos, table covers, pool books etc. With two tables I have accumulated a lot of pool stuff. This solves the problem.
A pandemic related project, I ripped out the stereo shelf and modified the pullout, rotating TV platform. I then built a eight cue rack with slots for two shafts per cue. This was installed on the pullout platform for easy access to the cues toward the back. There was enough room toward the back to build a rack to hold seven cues cases all standing up.
Closed up it's a fine quality piece of furniture that no one suspects contains cues. In the lower section are extra ball sets, training videos, table covers, pool books etc. With two tables I have accumulated a lot of pool stuff. This solves the problem.
tell me more about your environment............ pics maybe??? lolApart in a good case. Stored vertically if possible. In a humidity controlled/non-smoking/next to a big titted blonde environment.