How do you store your many cues?

[Bigmeek]

Nice case JRC. Looks robust and good quality.

[perpetualboredom]

I'd like to know why people are against just sticking cues in a verticle rack? When I went to school gravity only acted in one direction, so they wont warp! If you do as Dan mentioned and make round holes in a couple of lengths of 2x2 (rather than using clamps which can cause damage to the shafts), you can store a lot of cues in a smallish space. I currently have space for 72 cue's in the racks but have run out of wall space! The next plan is just take them down, use 3x2 and stagger them closer together, a kind of front row/back row design but where you can still see each clearly. I'm thinking this will leave me room for ~120 cues so may see this year out .

I may get these done in a nice stained oak, admittedly the pine ones don't look too classey.

[garysnooker]

hi perpetualboredom is that your web sit oldcues . uk

[Mike P]

I’m just curious about laying them out flat? With the butt not being round, do you not run the risk of the tip being suspended in the air? Won’t this cause warping over time? I stand mine upright, but was considering making a flat bed under my table, but was worried about the above.

Mike

[jim evans]

storing cues

hi all i store my cues in 8 cue racks so there all upright they dont warp, but saying that some off the old ones are already a bit plus i need some more cue racks but i will be making them from now on

[perpetualboredom]

hi perpetualboredom is that your web sit oldcues . uk

Unless someone's hacked me again . I have around 15 cues to add when I get time, I've been lazy lately!

[Stick]

Unless someone's hacked me again . I have around 15 cues to add when I get time, I've been lazy lately!

Sorry for 911 -

Want to visit your site, but keep getting the following error message -

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[garysnooker]

perpetualboredom how many cues have you got

[poolqjunkie]

How about cue makers like John Parris, how does he store his cues? He must have quite a lot of partially finished and finished cues in his shop I would imagine.

Personally, I like to just drill some holes on a piece of wood, put it on top of a rack, and then store the cues vertically in the holes. I can monitor the humidity level with a gauge right on the rack, and control it by a de-humidifier near by. Wont take up too much room neither.

If I store them all flat in tubes, I am not sure if they are all under the same humidity level because the tubes can trap moisture inside. I dont know, may be it is not a big deal...I am not sure.

I also hang my cues up sometimes.

[jonnylovessn8ker]

hey pooljunkie,

could you kindly further comment on hanging cues? what are the upsides and downsides to it?

is there a particular way to hang them? what things should i look out for (ie. like humidity levels)?

[BoBnoGG!n]

well one guy i knew use to store them in a warehouse. but the palce got burnt down a while ago =[ sigh over 400+ cues in there. he was a collector see.. think his name was john tait? or taito? not sure. good bloke, met him playing a tourney.

i had this idea of a sliding wall system, where velcrow them to the wall. and u can walk in and out, or slide them out like a vertical draw where the top n bottom r hinged and slide in n out. so u might need the space of a wardrobe, but if u can get 10 or 12 like, "wall" thingies in there, and slide them in n out and put 20 cues on each side, thats like 300 cues in the space of 2m by 1m. and the height of the wardrobe height wouldnt be a problem either. just a thought...

[poolqjunkie]

hey pooljunkie,

could you kindly further comment on hanging cues? what are the upsides and downsides to it?

is there a particular way to hang them? what things should i look out for (ie. like humidity levels)?

I usually hang them up when I am waiting for the fiish to dry. I jusy hang it to a hook on the ceiling, nothing special. I dont know what others do, may be someone could share.

[perpetualboredom]

Sorry for 911 -

Want to visit your site, but keep getting the following error message -

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Any way around this?

Hmmm I've no idea. www.oldcues.co.uk works fine for me on this comp, my work comp and even the blackberry! Maybe a non supported browser? I'll Investigate!

[perpetualboredom]

perpetualboredom how many cues have you got

Hi Gary. Just did a quick count of my cues and I came to 92, including the 6 bought this week . How'd your collection coming along?

[garysnooker]

hi perpetualboredom i have just over 100 cues but only 50 of them are old cues
your web site works fine for me what are the 6 cues you bought this week are you in london