snakewood update
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Actually the structure is mostly carbohydrate. Sugar. Cellulose and Hemicellulose are sugars. Lignin is a very complicated compound....but not a protien. It is these three substances that primarily make up the cellular structure of what we commonly call wood.
As for denaturing, it is heat, not cold, that denatures polypeptide bonds generally speaking....though there are some cold denaturing phenomena they are a different matter.
its cut to size
what started out to be a year in cutting this piece of snakewood has turned into about a month and a half cutting process. hot then cold for 3 weeks, and taking very small passes, no cracks so far, only the one that developed when i was coring the butt, and that was my fault for cutting too fast, the butt got too hot. the butt is 28 1/2 inches long, .85 joint, 1.25 butt and weights 15.08 oz. wood pin and birdseye shaft, no ferrule with a 12.65 mm triangle tip. the cue weights a total 18.68.
i played my first few games with it last night. i love the way the very dense wood plays. it is my new player. i will NOT baby this cue. i will reply on this thread as soon as it develops a crack, and we all know it is going to develop a crack, its just a matter of time.
i am ordering more snakewood.
chuck starkey
what started out to be a year in cutting this piece of snakewood has turned into about a month and a half cutting process. hot then cold for 3 weeks, and taking very small passes, no cracks so far, only the one that developed when i was coring the butt, and that was my fault for cutting too fast, the butt got too hot. the butt is 28 1/2 inches long, .85 joint, 1.25 butt and weights 15.08 oz. wood pin and birdseye shaft, no ferrule with a 12.65 mm triangle tip. the cue weights a total 18.68.
i played my first few games with it last night. i love the way the very dense wood plays. it is my new player. i will NOT baby this cue. i will reply on this thread as soon as it develops a crack, and we all know it is going to develop a crack, its just a matter of time.
i am ordering more snakewood.
chuck starkey
I was actually referring to heat causing the denaturing, but I got my mom's ADD and forgot to mention I was changing topics.
I don't know exactly what the above means, as it's not real descriptive, but it was probably that poodle's fault. He looks guilty...
sorry mr hoppe
the cue is made using snakewood in the forearm and butt area, with a birdseye handle the pieces have been diagonal spliced, therefore there is no "a" joint, the cue i made has developed a warp of about 16th on an inch in the area appx where an a joint would be in a normal cue. i am using the cue when i play at my house, that makes it my house cue. chuck
the cue is made using snakewood in the forearm and butt area, with a birdseye handle the pieces have been diagonal spliced, therefore there is no "a" joint, the cue i made has developed a warp of about 16th on an inch in the area appx where an a joint would be in a normal cue. i am using the cue when i play at my house, that makes it my house cue. chuck
its back straight
the last post was dated the 15th, it had a 16th inch warp, this morning i rolled it on the table and it was as straight as it was the day i took it off the lathe. i sighted down the cue and no curve, layed it on the rail half on and half off, rolled straight. go figure
the last post was dated the 15th, it had a 16th inch warp, this morning i rolled it on the table and it was as straight as it was the day i took it off the lathe. i sighted down the cue and no curve, layed it on the rail half on and half off, rolled straight. go figure
Humidity
It would be cool to have a humidity meter in the room that you are keeping it in and track the moisture level with the amount of warp. Then see as it changes if there is a magic number that it always comes back to straight.
It would be cool to have a humidity meter in the room that you are keeping it in and track the moisture level with the amount of warp. Then see as it changes if there is a magic number that it always comes back to straight.