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mrinsatiable

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I've always thought it would be novel to have a cue made from wood struck by lightning. But wanted to know if there were any things that could prevent this from making it a good player.

Would the fibers/cells in the wood be fried from too much voltage going thru the tree?

P.S.
my neighbor's tree was struck by lightning last year. The sound was so big it shook the house and I thought a bomb had exploded.
 
mrinsatiable said:
I've always thought it would be novel to have a cue made from wood struck by lightning. But wanted to know if there were any things that could prevent this from making it a good player.

Would the fibers/cells in the wood be fried from too much voltage going thru the tree?

P.S.
my neighbor's tree was struck by lightning last year. The sound was so big it shook the house and I thought a bomb had exploded.
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Lightning sure never hurt Roy Hobbs bat WONDER BOY.

Dick
 
Well, my first thought was that any wood that could withstand a lightning strike ought to make a first class break or jump cue!:D
 
Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms.[1] In the atmospheric electrical discharge, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 60,000 m/s (130,000 mph), and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground.

30,000 C. That cue might have a nice hit to it. What kind of tree was in your neighbors yard?
 
I wouldn't say any tree could withstand a lightning strike, but this particular tree was split in the middle and only half the tree was standing *the lower part*

It's hard enough finding straight maple suitable enough to make a good shooting stick.

No finding one that was hit by lightning is a whole another ball park.
 
mrinsatiable said:
I've always thought it would be novel to have a cue made from wood struck by lightning. But wanted to know if there were any things that could prevent this from making it a good player.

Would the fibers/cells in the wood be fried from too much voltage going thru the tree?

P.S.
my neighbor's tree was struck by lightning last year. The sound was so big it shook the house and I thought a bomb had exploded.
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I doubt if the lightning strike would have any adverse effect on the wood, but the trick would be finding a tree, struck by lightning, suitable for making into a cue. There not that much good cue wood grown in the US with the exception of the maple from the far north and osage orange.
 
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