What is the Best Hitting and most stable base wood used by Cue Makers.
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Brazilian Rosewood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not a cue maker but I enjoy looking at cues and have been looking at them for years. I would say the most preferred wood is maple with ebony running pretty much right next to it. I think if you took every cue that was ever made in the history of mankind you'd find that maple and ebony outnumber any other wood by a long shot.
MULLY
MULLY
That's because Brazilian rosewood is much rarer.mullyman said:
More like Brazilian Cherry.manwon said:
I use Brazilian Rosewood for butcher block.
Most stable
In my experience for most stable I say in order Purple Heart, Padauk, straight grained Maple, then Bacote. As far as hit I am still thinking about that one.
In my experience for most stable I say in order Purple Heart, Padauk, straight grained Maple, then Bacote. As far as hit I am still thinking about that one.
snakewood
the reason i said snakewood was a joke !!!!!!! i used snakewood for the forearm of the double refund cue that was supposed to be 10 years old, and the cue is now 3 years old. the forearm is a solid piece of snakewood that has been cored with laminated maple, it still develops hair line cracks every now and then and has to be refinished. i recently found a place that has some brazilian rosewood that was harvested 100 years ago. the 29 inch long dowels he is selling were cut 20 years ago. i got a second mortgage on my home and bought 3 of them. you can hold the dowel by the end and hit the part hanging down with another piece of wood and it hums like a tuning fork. i love rosewood. thanks chuck
the reason i said snakewood was a joke !!!!!!! i used snakewood for the forearm of the double refund cue that was supposed to be 10 years old, and the cue is now 3 years old. the forearm is a solid piece of snakewood that has been cored with laminated maple, it still develops hair line cracks every now and then and has to be refinished. i recently found a place that has some brazilian rosewood that was harvested 100 years ago. the 29 inch long dowels he is selling were cut 20 years ago. i got a second mortgage on my home and bought 3 of them. you can hold the dowel by the end and hit the part hanging down with another piece of wood and it hums like a tuning fork. i love rosewood. thanks chuck
Pau Ferro
I'm not a cuemaker but have heard from a few that Pau Ferro makes for one of the best forearm woods.
Asgar
I'm not a cuemaker but have heard from a few that Pau Ferro makes for one of the best forearm woods.
Asgar