My workshop

[Ramon]

Some of us do maple and prefer it to ash any day myself.
Have been playing with a beech cue at the mo, may well be worth giving it a try.
You could be another convert

Already have !!

I found it like an similar wood to maple actually , just in a diff way. I just can'nt describe it tbh.
I know two players using it though. and they love it.

As for maple , The trouble with maple is that a decent piece of maple is hard to come by ,imo.

Lets just say , you have 100 cues made from ash. 80 of them may turns in a good player .
You have 100 cues made from maple ( not selected ) ? well, you'll be lucky if 30 of them turns in an good player.

[Ninja.cues]

Cheers for Info , and sorry for slow replay ( crazy weekend at work ).

hmmm , beech wood . looks great for sure but ,
not exactly what I was looking for.

Any chance you stock some maple wood in the future ??
I also keep an eye on J6's cue thread from time to time , and It's always ash.

you guys need take an step to the highest level possible (MAPLE WOOD). :snooker:

Some of us do maple and prefer it to ash any day myself.
Have been playing with a beech cue at the mo, may well be worth giving it a try.
You could be another convert

[Ramon]

That picture shows two ash and two beech cues Ramon. Both beech cues have the same butt design of Iroko, wenge and amargo amargo splices but one is 58 1/2 inches long and the other is 57". Both have 6 inch ipe tabaca mini butts and are for sale on ebay right now.

Cheers for Info , and sorry for slow replay ( crazy weekend at work ).

hmmm , beech wood . looks great for sure but ,
not exactly what I was looking for.

Any chance you stock some maple wood in the future ??
I also keep an eye on J6's cue thread from time to time , and It's always ash.

you guys need take an step to the highest level possible (MAPLE WOOD). :snooker:

[Inoffthered]

Cracking set up Vmax.

Agreed. Awesome! ❤️

[vmax4steve]

I missed this thread.

Looks great Vmax .

You mind me asking about the cue on the left . is that maple wood ? ( the shaft ).

That picture shows two ash and two beech cues Ramon. Both beech cues have the same butt design of Iroko, wenge and amargo amargo splices but one is 58 1/2 inches long and the other is 57". Both have 6 inch ipe tabaca mini butts and are for sale on ebay right now.

[Ramon]

Just opened a Flickr account,
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60 inch one piece ash 18 oz's 10mm aluminium ferrule
58 inch one piece ash 9 ball cue 16.5 oz's with 12mm buffalo horn ferrule
58 inch one piece beech 18 oz's with 9.4mm brass ferrule
57 inch one piece beech 17 oz's with 9mm brass ferrule

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I missed this thread.

Looks great Vmax .

You mind me asking about the cue on the left . is that maple wood ? ( the shaft ).

[vmax4steve]

Looks like an interesting bit of kit mate, don't get any loose clothing caught in that belt as that'll wake you up!.

Do you use the bench grinder cloth wheel attachment for shining those butts?

That's what it's there for, add some polish and shine away without getting ******s elbow

[Shockerz]

But it's a fine machine refurbished with a new motor and bearings that runs very quietly and weighs about 75 kg so no vibration unlike the lighter chinese one I part exchanged for it. Should get those splices far more accurately done in future.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vmax4steve/shares/JbZB1X

Looks like an interesting bit of kit mate, don't get any loose clothing caught in that belt as that'll wake you up!.

Do you use the bench grinder cloth wheel attachment for shining those butts?

[vmax4steve]

Wenge looks really nice Vmax, I wouldn't mind that as a full butt. Is the balance point high just because of the length, would it feel too far back at 17-18 ?

The balance point right now is about an inch below the joint which is at 22 inches (first post edited, you forget these details a month or so after measuring) as I haven't added any weight to the butt the weight of the wenge has moved it back that amount. Cue is now 17.5 ounces but feels heavier due to its forward balance point. I might add an ounce of weight to the butt to bring the balance point back to about 19 inches but to be honest a light cue that feels heavier than it is (and that's all a forward balance point does to a cue) might be right up some tall blokes street.
Will put a tip on it and have a bash with it this weekend, here's hoping it doesn't fall apart

So anyone six foot five or so pm me. 29mm butt with 9.6mm brass ferrule and will fit into a standard 3/4 case due to being split at 22 inches, going cheap due to that irregular splice

[itsnoteasy]

Wenge looks really nice Vmax, I wouldn't mind that as a full butt. Is the balance point high just because of the length, would it feel too far back at 17-18 ?

[Davebarker1978]

Nice cue, you done a great job lining up the shaft.

[vmax4steve]

My first two piece, 3/4 split 60 1/2 inch ash with wenge butt, maple veneer and a figured elm splice. Hand planed down to a bare ash shaft at 1mm oversize, then I split it at the balance point of 22 inches and fitted the joint. Managed to get both pieces lined up perfectly and kept it dead straight too, hand planed from there as I would a one piece taking great care around the joint and sanded only from 0.5mm oversize. Well chuffed with the finished cue, but one of the splices managed to become longer than the others, weird how that happens when all seemed equal before the wenge wedges were glued on.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vmax4steve/shares/628kW2

Also took delivery today of my 'new' 1948 Whitehead table top planer that I got off ebay. The seller and I agreed on a part exchange with my multi wood machine, bit of a joke with the couriers who employ non english speaking drivers who didn't understand that they were supposed to collect this one, deliver it to me and collect mine at the same time and deliver it to him and came all the way down from Wolverhampton to me with an empty van to collect mine after they had already collected his two days earlier

But it's a fine machine refurbished with a new motor and bearings that runs very quietly and weighs about 75 kg so no vibration unlike the lighter chinese one I part exchanged for it. Should get those splices far more accurately done in future.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vmax4steve/shares/JbZB1X

[Ninja.cues]

Was thinking of doing something with some of the two piece cues I have but you've done a great job with that one.
Used the old splices nicely.

[itsnoteasy]

Thanks Matt, yes, kind of separates the original machine splices into sharp point diamond shapes.

Yep I really like that as well Vmax.

[vmax4steve]

I like that
this machine/handspliced combo works really well.
especially because the maple really blends into the shaft.
very nice indeed.

Thanks Matt, yes, kind of separates the original machine splices into sharp point diamond shapes.