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I've been reading up on timber, drying and all of the wonderful stuff that making a cue encompasses with a view to having a crack in the near future. With this in mind I've a couple of questions I hope you cue making gurus could answer for me...
What level of moisture content do you look for in the timber used to produce cue shafts?
Do you prefer to buy kiln dried / air dried timber?
I'm aware that many cue makers will rough out the cue taper and leave the wood to 'relax' and later plane out any deformation of the blank. Assuming the timber used is kiln dried would it then not be more cost effective to buy air dried or even greener timber, produce the same semi-formed blank and finish the drying process one's self, ( I had in mind using something like a solar kiln - http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/searc...x=0&submit.y=0 )
What level of moisture content do you look for in the timber used to produce cue shafts?
Do you prefer to buy kiln dried / air dried timber?
I'm aware that many cue makers will rough out the cue taper and leave the wood to 'relax' and later plane out any deformation of the blank. Assuming the timber used is kiln dried would it then not be more cost effective to buy air dried or even greener timber, produce the same semi-formed blank and finish the drying process one's self, ( I had in mind using something like a solar kiln - http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/searc...x=0&submit.y=0 )