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[the lone wolf]

Thanks for the reply and info Steve!

Your cues look great

[vmax]

What are the USPs to using beechwood or is it just availability?

Also.
Are you doing alterations at the moment?

Beech is like maple but a tad stiffer so you can have a more slender taper for the same feel. I first used beech when I orderd some maple online and they sent beech by mistake and rather than send it back for a total refund I settled for a part refund and kept it and made a couple of cues with it and they turned out pretty good. I've been asked when I was going to make some more so I have and as I tend to cater for the taller player I decided on some longer cues that will have the same feel as a standard length tapered cue in maple rather than keep end of the butt dowelled at 30mm for 4/5 inches and then taper down from the 57/58 inch mark
I've had a few frames with one of the 62 inch cues and it played very nicely once the tip was played in a bit.
Maybe taller players being bigger blokes with bigger hands might want a thicker butt diameter, something to experiment with in the future but for now staying with 29/30mm as that's what they will be used to.

I do alterations but not on cues I've made myself, that's a road I'm not going down because it will never end.

I do have a beech cue I'm only half way through with at the moment so if you want something shorter then pm me and I'll see what I can do for you.

[bridgett]

I have to say that's a great setup

[the lone wolf]

What are the USPs to using beechwood or is it just availability?

Also.
Are you doing alterations at the moment?

[vmax]

They all look great
Beech very easy to work?
I have heard that wenge can be a pig to work with?

Beech very easy to work with, wenge is a real pig, very flaky, splinters easily and full of small shakes and cracks that need filling even when planed super smooth with 300 grade. That thuya burr is a pain as well, very soft and easily gouged when planing no matter how sharp your blade, no distinct grain direction to it as it's a burr so sanded it from 1mm oversize.
I've just used some amazique for a butt on one of my ash shafts but it planed so badly I'm going to take it off and start again with something else, awful timber that I'll not use again, you live and learn.

[DeanH]

They all look great
Beech very easy to work?
I have heard that wenge can be a pig to work with?

[vmax]

Been busy this summer, so far seven beech shaft 3/4 wenge butts with thura burl splice, from left to right 4 at 62 inches, 1 at 61 inches, 2 at 60 inches, all with mini butts, various weights. Currently working on four ash, 1 pearwood and 1 more beech.

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[Ninja.cues]

It makes a real difference when you get a review like that from a cue you've made, for good reason too 👌🏾
Nice cue 👍🏾

[itsnoteasy]

That's a cracking looking cue, nice one Vmax.

[Cue crafty]

That's what I call real job satisfaction

[DeanH]

lovely cue, lovely message

[vmax]

Recieved this message from the buyer of the last cue I sold on ebay just before xmas last year, a 58 inch pearwood 3/4 with palmira butt. I usually get positive reviews and feedback but this is very confidence inspiring for me and so pleased to be able to do this for someone.

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[itsnoteasy]

He wasn't ill enough to get out his death bed to get in touch to say it was damaged but was too ill to send proof of damage...... Hmmmm.... Sounds dodgy.

[Cue crafty]

Definitely trying it on. Any legit damage would be photographed on arrival with immediate effect to prove the timing of damage and evidence it. It's the first thing any genuine person would do.

[Mark187187]

Sold the brittania black ash on ebay last week, got a message from the buyer that it arrived bent and damaged (shaft) so I asked for pictures of the damaged shaft and the plastic tube it was sent in in order to claim from Yodel as it was insured. He told me he was ill at the moment and would send pics later. I asked if the tube was in any way damaged or whether the shaft had come out of the tube and been damaged that way, he said no damage to the tube and package was intact when it arrived.
Now I'm not a physics major but I can't see how a perfectly straight shaft can get bent and damaged while securely retained in a plastic tube that remains undamaged in transit

Received a message from him today that he's given it to a cue shop near him that will attempt a repair, if not successful then he'll put it down to experience and not send it back.
What do members think ? was he trying it on ? I state on my listings 'no returns' unless of course it gets damaged in transit which is always covered by insurance. I sent another cue the same week through Yodel and it arrived OK, buyer was pleased.
I did have to accept a return once before as the ferrule as measured by the buyer was 0.1 of a millimeter out from my description in the listing, I think he squeezed the calipers just hard enough for that to happen, ebay took his side so I gave him no feedback.

Trying it on. Was probably angling for a partial refund.