Shaft woods

Never built one, but I've shot with one. It was very heavy. I prefer a lighter cue, so not so much My style for a player, but It busted through racks with ease, Like a Tornado through pine trees. I guess That's because the weight of the cue did most of the work. You didn't need to be as fast off the break to really move the balls around with It.
 
i made a jump cue as a experiment and it had a purple heart shaft that i dyed black jumped great and it had a diffrent look, dont think it would be a great option for a playing cue tho, but a much more common and cheaper way to get a black shaft without using ebony.
 
I've done them, they don't play very well but if you like forward weight for a break, You got action. The one's I did finished at 6 ounces.
 
I have seen some early ('20s?) one-piece cues with a four-prong splice of ebony about 6 inches from the ferrule. (usually a butterfly splice in the butt)

If I ever come across one of these, I will fo-shizzle try making a 5/16-14 shaft out of it just to try it out.

Cue ball deflection should be high with such a heavy tip, but I still want to try it some day... Plus the maple will be pushing 100 years old and air dried, so if it's straight it should be pretty sweet...:wink:
 
I think this is pretty cool: "Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and a lot of the roads weren't paved." Thanx Cue Guru.
 
KJ Cues said:
I think this is pretty cool: "Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and a lot of the roads weren't paved." Thanx Cue Guru.
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This pretty much sums it up:

www.drivetheglobe.com

It all started before the turn of the century... '99 I drove my '71 Land Rover across North Africa... Made several trips since. I can honestly say I've been from Timbuktu to Tuctoyaktuk!:wink:
 
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