Cue making diary

[ADR147]

spoke to dave at cue craft today with a view to ordering 50-100 shafts turned for you.

[jaffa.johnson]

spoke to dave at cue craft today with a view to ordering 50-100 shafts turned for you.

Is that just for Jason or general forum users?

[nostawmail]

looks good jason is it straight? was it difficult to keep straight while tapering the full length?

[coomsey76]

Nice work Jason..... good on you mate!!

Really enjoyed reading your blog, Its wicked to see you having a go!!:snooker:

[old school]

I think Dave Coutts had some ash blanks ( square ) and some ebony in his E-Bay shop recently,thats if you are brave enough to use square not dowels,I certainly arent.Good luck.

[Stupree]

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I grabbed them from him, £35 for 5 blanks + delivery seemed pretty reasonable to me. I am just waiting for him to tell me how much delivery is going to be.

[JasonOwen]

I grabbed them from him, £35 for 5 blanks + delivery seemed pretty reasonable to me. I am just waiting for him to tell me how much delivery is going to be.

Stu,
Are these are 1.5inch square ash lengths, not tapered??

[JasonOwen]

looks good jason is it straight? was it difficult to keep straight while tapering the full length?

It is straight and very very hard to keep straight during tapering.
Bare in mind out of 5 shafts I only ended up with one that I was happy with.

Im not happy with about 7-8 inches above the splices where it isnt truly round.
I do have more sanding to do, I think I left too much wood on at the earlier stage. Need to sand about another 0.5mm off all the way down.
Ive now brought a bench sander which will help with the primary sanding.
Give it a few weeks to finish this one off, want to add a front splice as well and then I will start on the 2nd cue which will be easier and better.

[Stupree]

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Stu,
Are these are 1.5inch square ash lengths, not tapered??

Jason, They are rough sawn ready tapered. It was a very easy and convenient way to get my hands on some reasonable ash with the bonus of added knowledge to be gained from measuring the initial taper used by a top cue maker.

What are your thoughts?

[ADR147]

its a big difference between a blank and a turned shaft! a huge difference !!

[Stupree]

its a big difference between a blank and a turned shaft! a huge difference !!

These are not turned shafts They were listed as "KILN DRIED ASH CUE BLANKS" - "ROUGH SAWN TAPERED" I have added the picture that was on the listing.

[ADR147]

its actually still good value.

[jim evans]

ash blanks

the first ones i used were 2in square blanks,the next ones i used were from dave couttes first tapered then octogan shaped which pointed me in the right direction,then i had some rounded ones from craftsman cues basically because i was in a hurry to get the finished object so your all on the right lines,now lads its like your snooker you and myself must practice and more practice and hopefully we will get a finished cue which were really chuffed about,and when we think we have got it right we find what we think is a defect so we try again what we cant forget its took years and years for the top class cue makers to achieve what they have so 1 bit of advice dont rush

[jrc750]

These are not turned shafts They were listed as "KILN DRIED ASH CUE BLANKS" - "ROUGH SAWN TAPERED" I have added the picture that was on the listing.

Well do they look like snooker cues yet ??
Look like ash boards already cut into manageable squares to me

[Stupree]

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Well do they look like snooker cues yet ??
Look like ash boards already cut into manageable squares to me

We may have a standard definition of these by the end of the day