tlcff8 said:I really don't get why everyone is so secretive about cue making, I mean if you want people to be interested in pool, fill them in. Pool is dying and maybe if you were interested in telling a 20 year old how to do a few things and where to get some materials to start maybe it wouldn't be full of you old geezers who chastise someone if they don't own at least a 1,000 dollar cue. And what is with alot of you not liking DZ cause he makes them in an attached garage, so what his cues are awesome. But enough ranting, would one of you be kind enough to disclose where you get your shaft wood? Please? Thanks.
tlcff8 said:I really don't get why everyone is so secretive about cue making, I mean if you want people to be interested in pool, fill them in. Pool is dying and maybe if you were interested in telling a 20 year old how to do a few things and where to get some materials to start maybe it wouldn't be full of you old geezers who chastise someone if they don't own at least a 1,000 dollar cue. And what is with alot of you not liking DZ cause he makes them in an attached garage, so what his cues are awesome. But enough ranting, would one of you be kind enough to disclose where you get your shaft wood? Please? Thanks.
I buy them 1600 to 3200 blanks at a time. I have only told one cuemaker my current shaft source. When you have a good thing going with a mill and you tell a few other cuemakers and the demand for the mill's highest grade wood goes up then so does the price. Maybe this explains some of the secrecy we must maintain. My prices are pretty much in line with Quality Cut and most others that supply dowels. Dennis Dieckman did a review of my shafts in Inside Pool Magazine. Do a web search and you should find it. He basicaly says my dowels are some of the tightest and cleanest wood over all he has ever bought in dowel form. He also says the dowels were not as straight as some he has had and then explains why that is not a problem and how to move the center hole on the small end over in order to lose very few shafts. I think his review was fair.tlcff8 said:Has anyone had any luck with the cue supply businesses, such as Atlas, and Hightower? How good are their shaft blanks?
tlcff8 said:Where are some good places to buy hard maple lumber either in squares or boards? Thanks for the information.
jazznpool said:Has anyone here tried the $6 dowels from bellforestproducts.com? They are in Michigan's upper peninsula a great source area for hard rock maple. One local cuemaker that ordered 50 said he'd need to return at least 10 but that overall they weren't too bad. I don't know why they don't sort them and sell the better wood for a little more.
Martin
Murray Tucker said:I bought 100 a few months ago. I threw out 50. A few more will probably go after the first cut.
rhncue said:I love the woods I get from Bell Forrest but I got 50 shaft blanks a couple months ago and they aren't much. I culled 23 out of the 50 as the grain ran off so bad and out of the 27 I have left, if they all hold up, only about 5 or 6 would go on my cues and the rest might be O.K. for break cues or 2nd shafts for Trappers.
Dick
tlcff8 said:I really don't get why everyone is so secretive about cue making, I mean if you want people to be interested in pool, fill them in. Pool is dying and maybe if you were interested in telling a 20 year old how to do a few things and where to get some materials to start maybe it wouldn't be full of you old geezers who chastise someone if they don't own at least a 1,000 dollar cue. And what is with alot of you not liking DZ cause he makes them in an attached garage, so what his cues are awesome. But enough ranting, would one of you be kind enough to disclose where you get your shaft wood? Please? Thanks.
Murray Tucker said:I agree. Boone is great to work with and his woods are first class. He is new to the shaft biz. I have hopes that the quality gets better as he learns more about what we want in shaft wood.