What is the Best Hitting and most stable base wood used by Cue Makers.
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It's bocote not bacote Monwan.
Purpleheart is the most stable wood there is I think.
Purpleheart is the most stable wood there is I think.
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I like cocobolo the best myself..
I think so too.rhncue said:
rhncue said:
This is why I listed both types Dick. Over the years I have seen uncored Birdseye Fracture at Joint Collars and split to the cues pin in many older cues. This may also happen when the hole for the pin is bored, and the pin is inserted. I am not talking about having the bored hole deeper than the bottom of the pin either. While I love the hit from a Birdseye forearm, I am uncertain of it's stability uncored. Normally, when I core a Birdseye forearm, I use straight grain Maple.
In the end I myself do not like uncored Highly Figured Birdseye\.
Thanks Dick for your comments
K, I'll core them all from now on.manwon said:
Send me those 20+ rpi shafts that ranoff but have good 14 inches in there.
Those are kinda old, but I'll take them.manwon said:
If you have any Centennial racks laying around, send those geezers too.
I have amassed a few really pingy tight grain straight grain maple that are down to .780" now. They will be sweet hitters.
Bubinga and cocabolo should both be on your list.
I cut the house cues at 30+ inches and hand them, the I start with very slow turns. I have well over 100 hanging in various stages. Now all I need is some time to convert them into cues.
cuemaker03 said:
All the cues pictured are from the 1940's back to the 1880's. I have around 250 I think, I am in the process of sorting them out. Many still have Ivory Ferrules and original bumpers which I save and use on restorations. Even the cues that have delaminated at the points can still be used for rings of coring. This is some stable wood, most all of it is 60 to 100 years old. Over all there is little waste, and the figure of the old wood is really nice.
Alot of the old Brunswicks are around .950 to .900 when cut 3 1/2 to 4 inches above the points. Most are between 26 and 30 inches so in many cases butts must be added.
I do not think there is a better source of old wood for newbies like myself to start sharpening our skills with!!!!!!But best of all they are not expensive, so while other wood is aging a new builder can build with these!!!
Thanks for your post!!!!!
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Both won't make the stability category.manwon said:
There are at least two more woods missing there that hit as good or better than purpleheart but am keeping it a hush-hush.
manwon said:
This Has been My experience too, more likely to twist then straight grained, and I've seen My share of forearms snapped just below the joint. all figured maple too(mostly BE maple). I've yet to see that in straight grained maple unless the damage was for the most part self induced.
