Thank you for all of your tips they really help me to understand. I am a beginner . I started making cues about eight years ago I have made some nice cues but I always like to look at different techniques and different applications.I thank you for taking time.
I have read that any type of figured woods like Birds Eye Maple, or Curly Maple, or other figured types of woods (like Burl woods for example), are much softer than Hard Rock Maple, so they can warp much easier over time, so any good cue maker will build a core using Hard Rock Maple, so that the cue remains straight, over a long period of time, and hopefully forever, if well cared for.
Yeah he did. He showed the making of the Hard Rock Maple Core, and he showed the forearm that it would go into, and he showed the drill coring out the forearm, for the perfect fit of the Core.
Dont think he showed drilling out the forearm... he showed making the larger step, but I was curious if he used a gundrill and unfortunately it didn't show that part that I saw...
Thank you for all of your tips they really help me to understand. I am a beginner . I started making cues about eight years ago I have made some nice cues but I always like to look at different techniques and different applications.I thank you for taking time.
West system is awesome I have used it for wood and filling the outside of hulls on metal sail boats . It's for my home town of Bay City Michigan!
Its great to see the amazed look on wood workers face to tight tolerances.
So why core curly maple? Isn't it light enough already? Rock hard maple to add strength or something?
Figured wood has a greater tendency to warp. The core helps stabilize it & keep it straight over the years.
Could a glue groove be cut into the actual finished cue in lieu of a wrapped grip?
You could do whatever you want... most grips don't really add grip. They're more for aesthetics.
Why core it instead of a solid butt? Is there suppose to be some kind of advantage for that?
seems like a lot of extra work... there must be some benefit... maybe stays straight and is stronger?
I have read that any type of figured woods like Birds Eye Maple, or Curly Maple, or other figured types of woods (like Burl woods for example), are much softer than Hard Rock Maple, so they can warp much easier over time, so any good cue maker will build a core using Hard Rock Maple, so that the cue remains straight, over a long period of time, and hopefully forever, if well cared for.
Well with Ebony you have to do this or else the cue will be 21+ oz... but I think you're right about coring wood like curly maple.
you did not show the actual coring
Yeah he did. He showed the making of the Hard Rock Maple Core, and he showed the forearm that it would go into, and he showed the drill coring out the forearm, for the perfect fit of the Core.
Dont think he showed drilling out the forearm... he showed making the larger step, but I was curious if he used a gundrill and unfortunately it didn't show that part that I saw...