What does laminated core mean
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What is radial lamination?
Shafts, butts, and cue cores can be radial laminated. Quarter sawn lumber is sawn (the quarter sawing process produces vertical grain) into "v" shaped pieces and glued together to form a eight sided billet. This billet is then turned round. Looking at the end of the shaft, butt, or core the laminated pieces are pie shaped, like slices of pizza.
Why radial lamination?
Radial laminated shafts have less defection or "squirt". Radial laminated butts are more stable than solid wood butts. Radial laminated cores add stability to exotic woods and help to keep the weight down when using heavy woods like ebony and tropical hardwoods.
Shafts, butts, and cue cores can be radial laminated. Quarter sawn lumber is sawn (the quarter sawing process produces vertical grain) into "v" shaped pieces and glued together to form a eight sided billet. This billet is then turned round. Looking at the end of the shaft, butt, or core the laminated pieces are pie shaped, like slices of pizza.
Why radial lamination?
Radial laminated shafts have less defection or "squirt". Radial laminated butts are more stable than solid wood butts. Radial laminated cores add stability to exotic woods and help to keep the weight down when using heavy woods like ebony and tropical hardwoods.
and here we go again. lamination has nothing to do with deflection. the only reason for lamination is that you can take low quality wood (less dried) and still get some stiffness/ warping resistance.
the stiffness is needed so you can use a very slim or conical taper (small tip) and have less weight in the cue frontend= low deflection.
the stiffness is needed so you can use a very slim or conical taper (small tip) and have less weight in the cue frontend= low deflection.
As stated by others there is flat laminate and radial laminate cores, both come in different forms and neither have anything to do with deflection. Flat laminates are like plywood except that the layers of wood run one direction only. They may have up to 24 layers per inch.
Radial laminate cores are pie shaped wedges glued together and turned round. Depending on the number of wedges they do not always have to be made from quartersawn lumber and the use of them has nothing to due with lower quality wood or about how dry the wood is or as a reduction in deflection.
They do allow you to tailor the weight of a cue depending on species, to change the balance of the cue and to use woods that have no grain sturcture - burls etc - or wild grains as the core becomes the main driving force with the outside woods basically along for the ride.