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    Today I got a knock on the door from a Tree Surgeon. He basically explains what's going on in our garden and suggested we get rid of what he referred too as Common Ash Trees that have seeded from a near by Ash Tree?

    I would say that these trees (about 4 in total) are about medium size - 15-18ft tall approx. If we decide to get rid, then I should be looking to keep the wood...

    So my questions to all the cue makers here is:
    Can Common Ash Trees be used for making cues? If so, would anyone be interested in purchasing at a very reasonable non retail price.
    Perhaps good enough for inlays or even shafts!

    Answers on a post card please...
    "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
    National Snooker Expo
    25-27 October 2019
    http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

  • #2
    Originally Posted by the lone wolf View Post
    Today I got a knock on the door from a Tree Surgeon. He basically explains what's going on in our garden and suggested we get rid of what he referred too as Common Ash Trees that have seeded from a near by Ash Tree?

    I would say that these trees (about 4 in total) are about medium size - 15-18ft tall approx. If we decide to get rid, then I should be looking to keep the wood...

    So my questions to all the cue makers here is:
    Can Common Ash Trees be used for making cues? If so, would anyone be interested in purchasing at a very reasonable non retail price.
    Perhaps good enough for inlays or even shafts!

    Answers on a post card please...
    If good enough for shafts: at least ask for a Complimentary Cue

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    • #3
      Originally Posted by blahblah01 View Post
      If good enough for shafts: at least ask for a Complimentary Cue
      Nice one!
      "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
      National Snooker Expo
      25-27 October 2019
      http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

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      • #4
        Originally Posted by the lone wolf View Post
        Nice one!
        Or 2: 1 for the person who suggested it

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        • #5
          Originally Posted by blahblah01 View Post
          Or 2: 1 for the person who suggested it
          At this rate mate, we'll be carving them out ourselves!
          "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
          National Snooker Expo
          25-27 October 2019
          http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

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          • #6
            That would be great, having a cue made out of a tree from your garden.
            This is how you play darts ,MVG two nines in the same match!
            https://youtu.be/yqTGtwOpHu8

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            • #7
              No body wants Ash then?
              It's a funny old game... :snooker:
              "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
              National Snooker Expo
              25-27 October 2019
              http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

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              • #8
                Originally Posted by the lone wolf View Post
                No body wants Ash then?
                It's a funny old game... :snooker:
                Pretty sure you can't just cut a tree down and use the ash lol, it has to be dried properly (kiln ?) and I guess that cue makers don't have that, ie they buy it dried by someone else

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                • #9
                  Originally Posted by the lone wolf View Post
                  Today I got a knock on the door from a Tree Surgeon. ...
                  When is he doing the new drive for you?
                  :biggrin:
                  Up the TSF! :snooker:

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                  • #10
                    Originally Posted by jrc750 View Post
                    Pretty sure you can't just cut a tree down and use the ash lol, it has to be dried properly (kiln ?) and I guess that cue makers don't have that, ie they buy it dried by someone else
                    For sure - I don't know the processes but it's only my guess that the process of making anything from wood, should be to find suitable timber?
                    "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
                    National Snooker Expo
                    25-27 October 2019
                    http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

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                    • #11
                      Originally Posted by DeanH View Post
                      When is he doing the new drive for you?
                      :biggrin:
                      LOL!
                      No new drive planned and I'm not for cutting trees down either, but he claims the trees may over run the whole garden so am gonna have to do a little research into the whole thing myself. Hence why I'm asking this question here - In case one day the trees do fall... :snooker:
                      "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
                      National Snooker Expo
                      25-27 October 2019
                      http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

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                      • #12
                        Originally Posted by jrc750 View Post
                        Pretty sure you can't just cut a tree down and use the ash lol, it has to be dried properly (kiln ?) and I guess that cue makers don't have that, ie they buy it dried by someone else
                        But could get the Ash dried for a lower price?

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                        • #13
                          Originally Posted by blahblah01 View Post
                          But could get the Ash dried for a lower price?
                          especially if its shoved at the bottom of a bog for 20 years first :P

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                          • #14
                            Get it sawn into planks stack them in the garden with batons inbetween, so that air can circulate, build an open sided shed round them and leave them for twenty years, then get a cue made from them, by my reckoning that's still six months quicker than you can get a Parris or Trevor White cue made.
                            This is how you play darts ,MVG two nines in the same match!
                            https://youtu.be/yqTGtwOpHu8

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                            • #15
                              Originally Posted by itsnoteasy View Post
                              Get it sawn into planks stack them in the garden with batons inbetween, so that air can circulate, build an open sided shed round them and leave them for twenty years, then get a cue made from them, by my reckoning that's still six months quicker than you can get a Parris or Trevor White cue made.
                              That tickled me...
                              "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
                              National Snooker Expo
                              25-27 October 2019
                              http://nationalsnookerexpo.com

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