Shaft wood

[cue-healer]

It appears that good shaft wood is hard to find. It has a high price and the best of the best is most often used for furniture.

Wouldn't it seem that a 8-10 piece spliced pie shape shaft like the one preditor makes would be the best thing since Baseball and Apple pie. Forget the laminets.

Just rip your peices, glue them, allow time to dry and turn them. It would seem that it would be stronger, have a less chance of worping, and that you wouldnt need as much time between cuts to allow for stress releiving.

I have graduated from the 314 school and love the Z much better.

Any thoughts to this hypothesis??

 

[TellsItLikeItIs]

It appears that good shaft wood is hard to find. It has a high price and the best of the best is most often used for furniture.

Wouldn't it seem that a 8-10 piece spliced pie shape shaft like the one preditor makes would be the best thing since Baseball and Apple pie. Forget the laminets.

Just rip your peices, glue them, allow time to dry and turn them. It would seem that it would be stronger, have a less chance of worping, and that you wouldnt need as much time between cuts to allow for stress releiving.

I have graduated from the 314 school and love the Z much better.

Any thoughts to this hypothesis??

You may want to do some more homework on the subject. It's no longer a "hypothesis".

Also, I don't consider furniture grade maple to be equal to or as good as quality shaft wood.

"Just rip your peices, glue them, allow time to dry and turn them."
Sounds easy huh? I believe it's human nature to think the other mans job is easy, but not always so. Don't let me discourage you though. Give it a try.

 

[BLACKHEARTCUES]

It appears that good shaft wood is hard to find. It has a high price and the best of the best is most often used for furniture.

Wouldn't it seem that a 8-10 piece spliced pie shape shaft like the one preditor makes would be the best thing since Baseball and Apple pie. Forget the laminets.

Just rip your peices, glue them, allow time to dry and turn them. It would seem that it would be stronger, have a less chance of worping, and that you wouldnt need as much time between cuts to allow for stress releiving.

I have graduated from the 314 school and love the Z much better.

Any thoughts to this hypothesis??

I use a flat laminated shaft for about 1/2 of my Qs. The advantage for the Qmaker is 100% of the shaft blanks I get, are useable. Compared to 30-40% of natual maple blanks. They also play slightly stiffer & more predictable, from shaft to shaft. Long shots are , I think more easily struck with accuracy. The look is also more pleasing, because the laminates all go straight from the joint, to the tip. The FLAT laminated shafts that I use, are like a natural maple shaft that has 22 grouth lines per inch, BUT are heavier(because of the glue between the layers of maple vaneer). Don't confuse a laminated shaft with a PREDITOR shaft. Preditor shafts are a amalgamation of fabrication, to achieve a goal of LOW DEFLECTION. I, on the otherhand like the laminated shaft because it exhibits the BEST QUALITIES of a QUALITY MAPLE shaft, without the whoopla of low deflection. They don't require AS mush time between turnings as standard maple blanks, but still have to be rested between cuts. I think these are the shafts that we will be dealing with in the future. LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT OR DIE...JER

 

[JoeyInCali]

It appears that good shaft wood is hard to find. It has a high price and the best of the best is most often used for furniture.

Wouldn't it seem that a 8-10 piece spliced pie shape shaft like the one preditor makes would be the best thing since Baseball and Apple pie. Forget the laminets.

Just rip your peices, glue them, allow time to dry and turn them. It would seem that it would be stronger, have a less chance of worping, and that you wouldnt need as much time between cuts to allow for stress releiving.

I have graduated from the 314 school and love the Z much better.

Any thoughts to this hypothesis??

Might be true but there are more 314's warping today than in the early days.
Reverse-plying might be the ticket for some makers if they can get 5/4 squares.