I was goin thru the threads and came across a reference to the Gilmer Wood Company so I checked them out. There are alot of woods there that I have never heard of and certainly never heard them mentioned when reading about or talking about cues. A few of them looked like they would be really pretty...Are there certain woods that you just absolutely DO NOT use (other than a limb off the many pine trees here in the piney woods of east texas, I figured that one out on my own lol) What are specifics that you use when figuring out what woods to use, and what makes you NOT choose a wood? Why is Oak not used in cues, its a dense & heavy hardwood, right? Its used in some instruments (I think) and furniture and can look really pretty...
What woods NOT to use??
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I won't use OAK (not heavy enough & don't like the way it cuts. It is also a bugger to finish, due to it's open grain. The same is true with Zibrawood...JER
I'd think you'd stay away from Balsa, and Teak
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Brazilian Rosewoods, UGH! Nasty wood. Hits like kaka too.
All cuemakers who have Brazilian Rosewoods. Send them junk to me.
I'll trade you Lignum Vitae for them.
Lignum Vitae. Now there's some pretty green wood and easy to cut.
Great tone too.
I'll do two for one deal. I'm getting robbed but I'm a kind victim.
All cuemakers who have Brazilian Rosewoods. Send them junk to me.
I'll trade you Lignum Vitae for them.
Lignum Vitae. Now there's some pretty green wood and easy to cut.
Great tone too.
I'll do two for one deal. I'm getting robbed but I'm a kind victim.
Mr Hoppe said:
You make it I'll be proud to shoot with it... I'll even take pictures :grin-square:
I can see it now. So light it dances from shot to shot like a conductors baton. The wieght of the wrap will balance the weight of the ferrule and the tip (I prefer the moori med) 7 oz with a 3/8 10 pin, or whatever you think is best. I know nothing about making cues.
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WheatCues said:
Ok, this thread isnt headed quiet the way I was hoping, but thank you Eddie for the info "wont hold a urethane finish, oily wood, hits like kaka (I know that one was from you Joey) While the Balsa stuff was funny, I was sorta hoping for serious answers also. I have like 9 wood books on their way, but Im pretty sure they wont tell me that particular rosewood hits like "kaka", thats why I have turned to you experienced cuemakers, I have seen alot of cues by AZB cuemakers and am very impressed with a ton of them. Im hoping within a year to have my shop built, a few lathes purchased along with other machinery, and to produce my first run of cues, in that year & beyond Im sure I will spend in these forums asking all sort of, what may seem to you guys, stupid questions & hope to learn a little bit of something from each response (like no balsa wood
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Dave38 said:If you need to add a little weight, I would core it with MDf, I have a nice aged piece with awsome gpi (granules per inch) that for the right price, I'd part with.....
Nope I'd want it 7oz. I think it would be cool to hand it to someone to shoot with just to see the look on their face. I don't think that balsa could withstand the stress of striking a cue ball. It would definitely make a cool novelty item.
I do like the idea of a cue made out of hickory. The wood has such strong images attached to it. Andrew Jackson was Old Hickory. Clint Eastwood remarks that "there's nothing like a good piece of hickory" after thrashing several bad guys withan axe handle in Pale Rider. It would be cool to have an "Old Hickory" cue.
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