j6 cue stories

[golferson123]

yeah they are g, the last two cues are from the same trunk, and this is what they can do:
https://youtu.be/BxXg6iahozQ?t=5s
https://youtu.be/lbnu4A3Yd0M?t=10s

so j how do you feel regarding tight grain vs broad grain?

[Snooker man Stevie]

The shaft on the right hand side looks the best a think

[j6uk]

they look like nice bits of wood j

yeah they are g, the last two cues are from the same trunk, and this is what they can do:
https://youtu.be/BxXg6iahozQ?t=5s
https://youtu.be/lbnu4A3Yd0M?t=10s

[golferson123]

they look like nice bits of wood j

[Snooker man Stevie]

Well how long is turnaround

[j6uk]

You going to ad your own ebony and front splice or are they orders mate

i was gonna do my own thing, but if someone has an idea for one or two of the shafts then i guess that could be arranged

[Snooker man Stevie]

You going to ad your own ebony and front splice or are they orders mate

[j6uk]

heres three other shafts that are ready for there final cut before ferrules, weight and splicing. all off the same tree

[j6uk]

I see she's out!

Shafts look great. Apart from that one on the far right. I don't fancy that one.

Keep up this quality and I'm going to break and ask to buy one of yours soon J6. I persuaded myself I was buying to a plan, and specific specs, and only one pieces....but the the 3/4 Travis I bought this evening would seem to suggest that I just like owning nice cues!

Are you going to be selling, and what have you got?

the two on the right are available. the one in the middle was the cue i used for clocking the colors on the colors thread and the other is my latest, ive done a cue review on both.
unless someone takes it before i will be taking the latest on the right down from 58.5 to 58" next week

[vmax4steve]

If it's not a trade secret , how do you go about keeping the arrows going straight up the shaft, if they naturally want to twist?

They don't twist itsnoteasy, they are central because they are cut in the direction of the grain from boards that have been cut straight down the middle of the original log.
You make a straight shaft and the arrows stay central because that's where they are, in the middle of the timber.

The side grain can have twists and turns in it that brings pretty arrows to the front face of the shaft but the only time arrows twist is when the finished shaft itself bends, and that's due to stress within the timber being released.

You could of course attempt to make a cue from a board that's been cut across the grain, but that's what karate experts use when breaking boards with their bare hands, it wouldn't last long

[tetricky]

It won't move a mm if it's aged air dried. Stuff the kiln, it ain't bread, so don't bake it.

I see she's out!

Shafts look great. Apart from that one on the far right. I don't fancy that one.

Keep up this quality and I'm going to break and ask to buy one of yours soon J6. I persuaded myself I was buying to a plan, and specific specs, and only one pieces....but the the 3/4 Travis I bought this evening would seem to suggest that I just like owning nice cues!

Are you going to be selling, and what have you got?

[focus]

I've been told from 2 sources now that if you buy quarter sawn kiln dried planks that the wood won't move when cut to blanks. I find it difficult to believe as would have thought that all wood would want to move when the stress is relieved when cutting.

I was told that was the one reason why carpenters etc buy quarter sawn was that it doesn't move after kiln drying planks. Whether it does or not I'll let you decide!

It won't move a mm if it's aged air dried. Stuff the kiln, it ain't bread, so don't bake it.

[Shockerz]

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im still learning but as far im finding im able to cut them twists out providing the shaft is over enough. but every piece of wood feels different so

I've been told from 2 sources now that if you buy quarter sawn kiln dried planks that the wood won't move when cut to blanks. I find it difficult to believe as would have thought that all wood would want to move when the stress is relieved when cutting.

I was told that was the one reason why carpenters etc buy quarter sawn was that it doesn't move after kiln drying planks. Whether it does or not I'll let you decide!

[j6uk]

i dont know too much about what others are doing focus. i know if you do that as a player you start missing and taking too long over your shots so, its head down and graft my end

[focus]

yeah something like that, planing bits here and there. if you can get them aligned when cutting down from the square then your moving in the right direction

Easier to import them from Kong Cues though innit bud, like all the famous names?