WTB turned dowels needed urgently

Oliver

Oliver

San Francisco
Silver Member
Hi,

I am looking for some help. I need to buy 5-10 hardwood dowels (depending on price), minimum 34 inch long turned down to 13 mm. I do not need any finish on them and they do not need to be perfectly straight.
Looking for ebony, pink ebony, cocobolo and similar. This is quite urgent.
Would really appreciate if some cuemaker would help me out with this.

Please drop me a line asap.

All the best,

Oliver
 
You might check with Home Depot as they would have 1/2" dowels 36" long in some hardwoods.
 
You can also use Google to search for exotic dowels, but you probably already knew that.


<-- Cpt. Obvious
 
thanks chris & others for the tips, however need these to be turned nicely by a cuemaker for a particular product that I am making (umbrellas). used to work with this chap but he has since stopped cuemaking. sure there must be someone up for this quick job.. dont need them slow turned, a little wobble is acceptable. still looking for someone with some time to help out
 
Sorry.
I can't wait for knife makers coming here and wanting bones, slabs and metals for making knives.
 
wow - who would have thought to offer a bit of business to a wood turner would be a bad thing.
 
I think I see the problem.
Cue-makers aren't common wood-turners. They are specialists.
Most dowels we turn are in the 29-30" range and rarely in the woods you've requested.
It's kind of like going to Tiffany Jewelers to have them re-solder a connection on your stereo.
You may get them to do it but you won't like the price.
Search the internet for a company that specializes in exotic wood dowels.
They may have them in stock.

PS. Nothing in cue-making is "quite urgent". It will be done when it's done.
 
dowels on demand

'dowels on demand' is a canadian company that supply's all sizes and wood types of dowels. i found them by google about 2 years ago and that is where i get all my dowels.
 
unfortunately, their site states:

Welcome to Dowels on Demand. We are a source of unique and exotic
dowels suitable for knitting needles, turkey calls, furniture, martial arts
sticks, game pieces or whatever type of dowel your hobby or craft may
call for.
Note. May 9th,2011
I am not taking any new orders at this time due to health concerns. I am
under Doctors care for heart and cannot work much.
 
Oliver said:
wow - who would have thought to offer a bit of business to a wood turner would be a bad thing.
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Hi,

Helping people with advice should never be selective. You either want to help others or you don't. "Wow" was being polite on your part.

This forum is "Ask the Cue Maker". You are doing just that. It does not say "Ask the Cue Maker but you better make sure your a cue maker too because if your not I will try to hurt your feelings"..

I hope you don't judge everyone here by one persons bad manners. The guys who posted answers to your question have led you in the right direction.

Rick
 
Oliver said:
thanks chris & others for the tips, however need these to be turned nicely by a cuemaker for a particular product that I am making (umbrellas). used to work with this chap but he has since stopped cuemaking. sure there must be someone up for this quick job.. dont need them slow turned, a little wobble is acceptable. still looking for someone with some time to help out
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I want to know what pink ebony is?
 
Oliver said:
Hi,

I am looking for some help. I need to buy 5-10 hardwood dowels (depending on price), minimum 34 inch long turned down to 13 mm.

Oliver
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I have a piece of seasoned bocote that may suit your needs. I have enough to turn down 4 dowels, 1/2" (or 13mm) in diameter, & 34" long. Given enough time, I can also make them out of purpleheart...but right now all those blanks are cut at 32". Bocote dowels could ship early next week.

Send me a PM if interested.

-Jason.
 
I also want to point out that no cue maker is going to take his good quality cocbolo, ebony, pink ivory, ect. and turn it down that small just to sell it. Its value is much greater in a cue. It would be like buying 1 1/2 squares and throwing away all but 1/2 inch. I buy in board form but unless I have leftover scrap I would not waste the board. Purpleheart is cheap enough you could by a 2x2 and cut it up and turn it down but all those others are imo to important to a cue builder. Now your best bet is to look online at a wood supply store. Bell forest may be able you handle your special request
 
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