Storing a Cue
- Thread starter NewStroke
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Hang them like a vamipre and then go for the throat ... err that's the cheese.
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Store them vertically in a case. If the room temp and humidity is stable and comfortable to you, it should be good for your cue as well.
That's not as important . . .
by having it vertical . . . then gravity is pulling at the smallest point on the cue - either the tip or butt. That means less chance to warp . . . also, if you leave the cue laying where it will have stress (weight, etc) across any part of it - whether assembled or in sections - you run the risk of it warping.
Some people take the joint protectors and hang them by a string - like on a coat rack - then to store the butt and shaft they screw them onto the protectors and hang them like in the old wild, wild west. They are almost stress free when suspended like this.
Like all the posts above - keep it vertical, low controlled humidity, NO big hot / cold swings (No car trunks, leaving it in the sun etc.), NO big cold to hot if you have ivory - it has to stabilize back up to room temperature or it will almost definitely crack . . . wipe your cue down after you play, and have someone who knows what they're doing (cue builder or repair guy) do the maintenance on the shafts or tips. That's the basics as I know it . . . and you should get a couple of decades out of it if you follow these rules.
by having it vertical . . . then gravity is pulling at the smallest point on the cue - either the tip or butt. That means less chance to warp . . . also, if you leave the cue laying where it will have stress (weight, etc) across any part of it - whether assembled or in sections - you run the risk of it warping.
Some people take the joint protectors and hang them by a string - like on a coat rack - then to store the butt and shaft they screw them onto the protectors and hang them like in the old wild, wild west. They are almost stress free when suspended like this.
Like all the posts above - keep it vertical, low controlled humidity, NO big hot / cold swings (No car trunks, leaving it in the sun etc.), NO big cold to hot if you have ivory - it has to stabilize back up to room temperature or it will almost definitely crack . . . wipe your cue down after you play, and have someone who knows what they're doing (cue builder or repair guy) do the maintenance on the shafts or tips. That's the basics as I know it . . . and you should get a couple of decades out of it if you follow these rules.