Wood Question

Dannydizzan said:
I posed this same question on another forum. Many european cues have ash in them.

As far as around my neck of the woods there are many woods that can be used. When I took dendrology in college, my leaf collection had over 125 species of trees I collected right here in east Texas.
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i thought it was a snooker cue!
not sure if the butt was ash:D, but it may have been partially? cant remember for sure.
 
Cherry

My first cue was made of Cherry. I bought it when i was a boy. Looked great. Hit great too. I think it was 20 oz. I guess some Cherry is heavier than others. Can't remember a Huge weight bolt.
good luck,
JerseyBill
 
Canadian cue said:
qbilder, you couldnt possibly use all that wood for cues do you? Do you sell wood to other woodworkers, like furniture and guitar makers? You have a very impressive wood collection and in my opinion with so many cue makers in the market I believe the guy with the nicest wood to offer his customer is going to be on top. Thank you for showing some of those beautiful pieces.
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No, I don't use it all. I don't build nearly enough cues to use it. In the last couple years, I have slowed tremendously on cues due to other priorities, and not sure when i'll have that kind of time again. I had considered selling some wood to cue makers but it was never more than a passing thought. Maybe something to think about. I cut a lot of wood nobody's ever seen before. Would be neat seeing some of it in cues.
 
meridianblades said:
Absolutely wood grain.... I am making 3 picture frames for prints I have right now. (quilted cherry, curly maple, and leopard wood).... Here's a couple pics of some quilted and curly cherry (rough cut). Some of the frames are almost 4 ft long so it should be fun...

Enjoy... :thumbup:

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I would LOVE to have some of that... The choices I have locally are maple and oak and pine... lots of pine. That is beautiful.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Love that new log mill too.

I'm a lucky duck sometimes. I have an acquaintance that is a retired furniture refinisher. He told me that he saved me what little wood he had left in his shop. Also, he has a friend in the high end cabinet business. Apparently they use everything from maple, ebony, walnut, tulip wood etc.
THAT is actually a great idea, and I can't believe I haven't thought of this before. My best friend of 25 years, his dad ( and like my 2nd family) is a semi-retired HIGH END furniture builder/repair guy and he always has all kind of exotic woods laying around. If any of you are into golf, you'll notice I live in Augusta Ga., home of the Master's golf tournament, this man does ALL the furniture work for The Augusta National golf course if that says anthing about the quality of work he does, therefore the quality of wood he will have laying around. I will be making a trip over to his shop for sure tomorrow.

Even some butt sleeve or ring billet material would make me extremely happy. But, I'm a scrounger anyway.
That's all I'm hoping for, is some I can use as rings and that will be plenty of a start for me as I'm only playing on my own cues right now and whatever cheap ones I can find on ebay that I can cut up and practice on,lol.
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Thanks for the idea Blue Hog...
 
meridianblades said:
Thanks Matt......I really like that stuff too. I am gonna use a really simple tru oil finish on them, so easy peasy.

Larry
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I'm curious to know if cue builders are using Tru-Oil on their cues. Seems the standard of excellence is a deep high-gloss automotive clear coat look, but I'm kinda fond of the way oil finishes look and feel.

I've used a lot of Tru-Oil ever since a fellow instrument restorer introduced me to it. Easy finish and easily touched up when it gets worn. I'm gonna try it on the first cues I build since I like it and they will be for me anyway.
 
Sloppy Pockets said:
I'm curious to know if cue builders are using Tru-Oil on their cues. ...
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I'm not a cue builder, but I have a little experience with Tru-Oil on cues. I sanded off the original finish on a couple of my wrapless butts and applied a few coats of Tru-oil. On one cue I did this only from the A-joint down, i.e., in the gripping portion of the butt, and left the glossy clear coat on the forearm.

I really like the smooth, fairly slippery finish that results from Tru-Oil (or other oil finishes such as tung oil) more than the "sticky" gloss finish on most wrapless cues.
 
Dirty D said:
I believe that appears to be the big leaf maple that he shown in another picture, I love the grain patterns that appear in the big leaf maple... just amazing...
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Never seen big leaf maple before, dunno if I'd wanna cut it to make something, or just display it just as it is :)

I used to get alot of my wood from cabinet makers and door shops, they buy in bulk and don't have time to use drops and left overs and usually just pitch it in a dumpster because it takes too much effort otherwise. They are also a great source of sand paper, because the industrial size drum sanders use bed sheet size pieces and if it gets a tear, they toss it and put on a new one. The last time I got some from them was 6 years ago, and I still have enough to last me forever.
 
qbilder said:
No, I don't use it all. I don't build nearly enough cues to use it. In the last couple years, I have slowed tremendously on cues due to other priorities, and not sure when i'll have that kind of time again. I had considered selling some wood to cue makers but it was never more than a passing thought. Maybe something to think about. I cut a lot of wood nobody's ever seen before. Would be neat seeing some of it in cues.
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I'm no cue builder, but I can make a pretty mean box :)
 
qbilder said:
No, I don't use it all. I don't build nearly enough cues to use it. In the last couple years, I have slowed tremendously on cues due to other priorities, and not sure when i'll have that kind of time again. I had considered selling some wood to cue makers but it was never more than a passing thought. Maybe something to think about. I cut a lot of wood nobody's ever seen before. Would be neat seeing some of it in cues.
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I'd like to see something in a cue, my cue..from you..with wood none have seen before. I think it'd be neat too.

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My personal cue uses inlays of flamed box elder, a type of maple. It is one of the lighter maples, so probably unsuitable for most structural uses. It is a beautiful red when finished.
 
Here's a pic of my cue (#3 for me). The red is the flamed box elder. It has matching points going up from the wrap as well. The coloring is a swirl in the otherwise creamy color of the wood caused by a fungal infection. One of the points ended up with no red at all as it was cut out as the cue was turned down to final size.
 

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Webbs Billiards said:
I would LOVE to have some of that... The choices I have locally are maple and oak and pine... lots of pine. That is beautiful.
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Here's a pic during my finishing process....... Still have like a dozen coats of tru oil to go to get where I wanna be on it, but its a good example of what some long pieces in quilted cherry look like. :thumbup: Seems like all I do is put the tru oil on, and then sand it off.... Good thing the company is a mile away from my house. :p

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opiesbro said:
I have a gentleman that wants a cue made out of Hedge. He saw a cue that my brother made for himself made out of Hedge and fell head over heals. It's a nice looking yellow color and does some really cool stuff when you cut the grains just right.
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I used to have an Alex Brick cue made out of hedge... where I'm from we call it 'Bodock' or osage orange. The yellow got warmer in color over the years, and a very good playing cue best I remember. I still have quite a bit stockpiled at my shop back in Arkansas. If I can keep my dad out of it! He loves it for making bows...
 
Dirtbmw20 said:
Love that big leaf maple...
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Second that. As beautiful a piece of maple as I've ever seen. :thumbup:

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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JAlan said:
I used to have an Alex Brick cue made out of hedge... where I'm from we call it 'Bodock' or osage orange. The yellow got warmer in color over the years, and a very good playing cue best I remember. I still have quite a bit stockpiled at my shop back in Arkansas. If I can keep my dad out of it! He loves it for making bows...
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I've also heard it called Bodark - a rose by any other name . . . .- but that stuff is tough as nails - tools will probably need resharpened after working it.

Gary
 
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