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josie

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What are your opinions on shaft wood from cue components and atlas billiards? these are the only places I have gotten shaft wood from and just wanted to know what you guys think. I have my own opinion but wanted to know of other peoples experiences. Any suggestions on other sources would be great.

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How many shaft blanks do you buy, at a time. There are a lot of places to buy shaft wood & if you buy in 50 & up you can get better prices & good quality...JER
 
last time I ordered 40. That was the biggest order I have made but am starting to see I need shafts now that I will use two years from now. I only make about 12-15 cues a year.
 
if you find the right guys,you can usually get a good price break for 100+.

being as the shaft is probably the single most imprtant piece in a cue though,you should seek out the best.
 
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I have real hard time myself buying shaft wood from another builder.
Logic tells me that I am only going to get what they don't want. That doesn't mean that it wouldn't be good even to use in a cue....It's just the whole idea of knowing your not going to get the best they have.
At least with someone that is not a builder your going to have a better chance in my mind of at least getting "some" top self sticks.
There are "a few" circumstances that I would purchase from a builder but it would have to include a 100% buy back policy with them paying the shipping if the sticks were going back their way and I would never pay for them up front.

<~~~meaning no ill will towards builders that are selling sticks...just stating MO on the subject..........
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
I have real hard time myself buying shaft wood from another builder.
Logic tells me that I am only going to get what they don't want. That doesn't mean that it wouldn't be good even to use in a cue....It's just the whole idea of knowing your not going to get the best they have.
At least with someone that is not a builder your going to have a better chance in my mind of at least getting "some" top self sticks.
There are "a few" circumstances that I would purchase from a builder but it would have to include a 100% buy back policy with them paying the shipping if the sticks were going back their way and I would never pay for them up front.

<~~~meaning no ill will towards builders that are selling sticks...just stating MO on the subject..........
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I would agree with you about not buying from a builder except for a few exceptions. One would be if their main business is cue building or supplying. For instance I build cues but I also turn shaft blanks to sell. I do pick out the top 2 or 3% of what I am turning for myself. But if you bought dowels from me you would get the same grade I am turning blanks from, including the 2 or 3% that would get picked out of the turned ones. So buying dowels from me would get the whole mix. But buying partially tapered blanks would leave you with the bottom 97% to choose from and that would be priced and sold accoring to the grade of each shaft. Also would depend on what you are looking for from the cuemaker and the price you are willing to pay. I used to let a couple of guys that lived near by, get into my private cues shaft box for over double price per pick. But they used very little so I did not mind.
 
cueman said:
I would agree with you about not buying from a builder except for a few exceptions. One would be if their main business is cue building or supplying. For instance I build cues but I also turn shaft blanks to sell. I do pick out the top 2 or 3% of what I am turning for myself. But if you bought dowels from me you would get the same grade I am turning blanks from, including the 2 or 3% that would get picked out of the turned ones. So buying dowels from me would get the whole mix. But buying partially tapered blanks would leave you with the bottom 97% to choose from and that would be priced and sold accoring to the grade of each shaft. Also would depend on what you are looking for from the cuemaker and the price you are willing to pay. I used to let a couple of guys that lived near by, get into my private cues shaft box for over double price per pick. But they used very little so I did not mind.
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There you go Josie............hard to beat a deal like that. I'd give him a try if I needed sticks.
 
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