Shaft out of something other than maple

[WestElder]

I have made solid wood furniture for many years but am just learning woodturning. I want to make a shaft for my favorite cue using something other than maple. I'm looking for wood that has some color and variable grain. Are there other woods that can make a low deflection shaft with low potential to warp?

David

 

[R2PQZ]

I have made solid wood furniture for many years but am just learning woodturning. I want to make a shaft for my favorite cue using something other than maple. I'm looking for wood that has some color and variable grain. Are there other woods that can make a low deflection shaft with low potential to warp?

David

Purpleheart or roasted maple. Just now turning roasted curly maple. Beautiful with sanding sealer applied. Considered low deflection.

 

[SSDiver2112]

I have made solid wood furniture for many years but am just learning woodturning. I want to make a shaft for my favorite cue using something other than maple. I'm looking for wood that has some color and variable grain. Are there other woods that can make a low deflection shaft with low potential to warp?

David

Roasted Curly Maple (Kielwood) looks and plays great. Purpleheart is better for a break shaft.

 

[Chopdoc]

Purple heart- especially for break shafts.

Laminates, dymondwood and others...

Joss once experimented with Lignum Vitae. I think it was good but there was a supply problem. White, dense, straight grain. I never played one but they have been discussed here.

Ash- snooker cues.

Raminwood. Cheap "garbage cues" endangered wood.

Varieties of spliced shafts. Usually something into maple.

Color? Tiger maple can look impressive in a shaft.

Think about this though, there is a reason cue makers look for the straightes grain for their shaft wood.

You might consider color pressure infused woods. Several makers have done those.

 

[JasonATX]

Here's an old thread that might give you some ideas: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/different-shaft-wood-besides-ash-maple.482816/

I've never seen a finished product, but Dominiak has a roasted purpleheart blank.

I know you said other than maple, but at least OB and Gold Rush have done a roasted birdseye shaft as well. Still trying to get my hands one of those.

 

[aphelps1]

Ash has been used before. You may be able to find that locally.

 

[epoxypop]

Here's an old thread that might give you some ideas: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/different-shaft-wood-besides-ash-maple.482816/

I've never seen a finished product, but Dominiak has a roasted purpleheart blank.

I know you said other than maple, but at least OB and Gold Rush have done a roasted birdseye shaft as well. Still trying to get my hands one of those.

Dominiak also has roasted radial laminated maple blanks