Why do you choose ash over maple?

[narl]

Prefer ash just because it has a distinct look to it and its pretty hard to get 2 that look alike. Maple for me looks far too bland and personally i feel it has a different hit to ash, i have a lot of difficulty putting backspin on a ball with a maple cue for some reason, with ash its a breeze.

[vmax4steve]

Elm is unstable.

What do you mean by unstable ??

[jrc750]

Maybe he means it doesn't stay straight ???

[mrbluejay]

What do you mean by unstable ??

If you miss a straight black it spontaneously combusts

[RGCirencester]

Don't unstable woods warp easily?
I love pearwood but it can be a little springy and it is known to warp more easily than Ash or maple I believe. Have a lovely old pearwood cue that plays brilliantly and I absolutely love the deep Brown colour and the smoothness of the shaft.
It's just too short for me though

Am going to risk getting a cue made to my spec in pearwood in the new year but it is a gamble.

[trevs1]

Tends to move about..... i.e - bend easily.

[jim evans]

Don't unstable woods warp easily?
I love pearwood but it can be a little springy and it is known to warp more easily than Ash or maple I believe. Have a lovely old pearwood cue that plays brilliantly and I absolutely love the deep Brown colour and the smoothness of the shaft.
It's just too short for me though

Am going to risk getting a cue made to my spec in pearwood in the new year but it is a gamble.

just have the cue lengthened,then you have best of both worlds

[jim evans]

my first cue i made from iroko

[RGCirencester]

just have the cue lengthened,then you have best of both worlds

Too attached to it, got it off Dan shelton and lengthening it would effectively remove most of the work he did on it. Plus it's too perfect a cue as it is really.
Toyed with many ideas including having a second longer butt section made but it didn't pan out as the machine splice points start around 10-12" which means they're is no sensible place for the joint. Decided to leave it add it is.

[vmax4steve]

Tends to move about..... i.e - bend easily.

Thanks.
Will be going down the reclamation yard after xmas and have a root around and if I find an old piece I will have a go anyway and satisfy my own curiosity. After all if I'm making it myself I have nothing to lose but a few quid for the Elm itself.

[Stupree]

For the last few weeks I have been playing with a hickory shafted cue that I really enjoy. It is similar in characteristics to ash in terms of feel and sound of shot but has a much less prominant grain, is super smooth and has the most lovely golden reddish hue to it.

I would gladly have Tony Glover make me another cue out of hickory, he has mentioned that he thinks he has a suitable blank lurking somewhere for me :snooker:

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[karlos fandango]

Nice looking bat there mate..
Could oak be used for a cue shaft?

[Stupree]

Nice looking bat there mate..
Could oak be used for a cue shaft?

Thanks mate, I'm really quite taken with it.

I believe that it has been before but is considered too heavy, very stiff and not forgiving at all. I suppose everything you don't want from a shaft