wood weight per variety

DrewWhitehead

DrewWhitehead

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I’m looking at having a cue built by a local guy here in Oklahoma City. I have a few preferences on wood for it. I’m looking to have it made out of rosewood. What I’m trying to figure out is what is the weight of rosewood in comparison to something say maple. I know that ebony is widely considered to be one of the heaviest woods, where does rosewood fall into the weight comparisons. I know each piece of wood is different from every other.
Could you guys kind of layout a wood weight list or something like that? Thanks in advance.
 
What kind of Rosewood? Some are light and some are fairly similar to the weight of ebony....your cuemaker should know this
 
LGSM3 said:
What kind of Rosewood? Some are light and some are fairly similar to the weight of ebony....your cuemaker should know this
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I was thinking E. Indian. I'm really kind of looking for something with a figure like this.
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It's a stock picture from the net I know, but that's the look I'm going for.
 
The rosewood family is a rather large one, containing some varieties that would surprise many. They can be lightweight, to some of the heaviest woods available...as Tommy pointed out, A. Blackwood and Cocobolo some of the heaviest.

Lisa
 
ridewiththewind said:
The rosewood family is a rather large one, containing some varieties that would surprise many. They can be lightweight, to some of the heaviest woods available...as Tommy pointed out, A. Blackwood and Cocobolo some of the heaviest.

Lisa
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Happy New Year Lisa, Tulip Wood is pretty heavy too!
 
rosewoods

as you rightly pointed out, and as i've mentioned in a thread before, rosewoods vary quite extensively.

in my opinion, EIR is on the lighter sides of all rosewoods, while woods, such as african blackwood and cocobolo are on the heavier side. bolivian rosewood, to me, appears to be more similiar in quality to EIR, while honduran is more on the denser side.

it's this variety in the dalbergia group that really got my interest in woods and cue making.

if i were you, see if you can get some scrap rosewood pieces and get a sense of what you like. even something like getting some pen blanks on ebay are a good way to really get to know em and build an affinity to one or the other.

for me, i like the smell of turning EIR but prefer the weight of african blackwood in my hand while digging the grain pattern of honduran.

good luck on your quest
 
rheester said:
as you rightly pointed out, and as i've mentioned in a thread before, rosewoods vary quite extensively.

in my opinion, EIR is on the lighter sides of all rosewoods, while woods, such as african blackwood and cocobolo are on the heavier side. bolivian rosewood, to me, appears to be more similiar in quality to EIR, while honduran is more on the denser side.

it's this variety in the dalbergia group that really got my interest in woods and cue making.

if i were you, see if you can get some scrap rosewood pieces and get a sense of what you like. even something like getting some pen blanks on ebay are a good way to really get to know em and build an affinity to one or the other.

for me, i like the smell of turning EIR but prefer the weight of african blackwood in my hand while digging the grain pattern of honduran.

good luck on your quest
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Hahahaha...spoken like a true wood geek! :thumbup:
 
DrewWhitehead said:
I’m looking at having a cue built by a local guy here in Oklahoma City. I have a few preferences on wood for it. I’m looking to have it made out of rosewood. What I’m trying to figure out is what is the weight of rosewood in comparison to something say maple. I know that ebony is widely considered to be one of the heaviest woods, where does rosewood fall into the weight comparisons. I know each piece of wood is different from every other.
Could you guys kind of layout a wood weight list or something like that? Thanks in advance.
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There are so many varieties of rosewood that it's difficult to say. Most of them are not extremely dense & heavy but some are. Cocobolo and Tulipwood are from the rosewood family, both very dense.

Here's a few links that my help you understand (or confuse you even more LOL) the world of exotic hardwoods.

http://www.bellforestproducts.com/specific-gravity/
http://www.hearnehardwoods.com/hard...wood/gabon_ebony_lumber/gabon_ebony_wood.html
http://www.exoticwoodgroup.com/exotic_woods.htm
 
DrewWhitehead said:
I was thinking E. Indian. I'm really kind of looking for something with a figure like this.
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It's a stock picture from the net I know, but that's the look I'm going for.
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What you have pictured looks a lot like Coco to me, and as someone pointed out earlier, Coco is on the heavy side. East Indian is very nice. You can get on some of the exotic lumber websites and actually pick your piece. You have to ask yourself what is more important to you: the look or the hit. After you determine that, you will have a much easier time. As someone also mentioned before, you should be able to go to your cue maker and find out what you need to know.

Since you are asking here, knowing your design would be make it much easier to make a recommendation.
 
The design is box cue. I don't know if that makes a difference, if coco is easier or harder to cut. The idea in going with rosewood was to stick with an old school look, it's a titlist box cue idea I'm working on.
 
nksmfamjp said:
Where does Bacote fit in the weight spectrum?
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Specific gravity is right between that of Padauk and Zebrawood. However, another site shows it with the same specific gravity as EI Rosewood. Very frustrating that these lists do not correspond very well.

This site has some great info, for anyone that is interested: http://www.wood-database.com/
BTW...it too, shows bocote and EI rosewood as nearly identical.

Lisa
 
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ridewiththewind said:
Specific gravity is right between that of Padauk and Zebrawood. However, another site shows it with the same specific gravity as EI Rosewood. Very frustrating that these lists do not correspond very well.

This site has some great info, for anyone that is interested: http://www.wood-database.com/
BTW...it too, shows bocote and EI rosewood as nearly identical.

Lisa
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Bocote is much heavier than those two.:eek:
 
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