Make Your Own Snooker Cue - Part 2

[@user-Mohammed5568]

Thank you very much Super for your great effort ❤❤❤❤❤

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

Cheers man! Appreciate your comment:)

[@boscoxchan]

Thanks Daniel, you inspired me to build my first one piece with black walnut main shaft. Currently working on my second hard maple one piece. Just looking for a good time to finish the splices.

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

Awesome! I hope it goes well:) How do you find a black walnut shafted cue? I made two with black walnut shafts, but I find them a bit too whippy for play on a full-size snooker table. Cheers.

[@boscoxchan]

@@danielmarcbrooks568 for black walnut, both density and stiffness are slightly below ash, so when I picked the kiln dried piece from local lumber store, I stayed away from anything that's near to the center core. I would say lucky enough the black walnut shaft is quite comparable in terms of feedback from an ash cue.

[@boscoxchan]

@@danielmarcbrooks568 I also learned a lot from my 1st black walnut shaft when comes to offsetting the centers to get the best darts pattern out of the squared up bar. I first hand planed the bar from square to round so that the grain pattern will become more apparent. Then I offset the center on the end that will give me the best angle of the darts. From there I taper the round piece from the center on one end to the new center on the opposite end. The dart pattern on my hard maple shaft is pretty good.

[@boscoxchan]

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[@Jamieip]

2 things to consider, 1 go and buy a few hard pencils (7H etc) and use a handplane to almost plane them in half, you'll have a much much crisper line. 2 buy a longer ruler aswell, my 1 meter long was like 10 bucks

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

You're right. A long straight edge is definitely an easier and better way to do it. I used the string because when I made my sixth cue, the one-piece black walnut cue I showed in part 1, it was the first time I tried the angled line approach, and I wasn't sure I could get a ruler five-plus foot in length. Before I checked online, I thought of using the string, and it worked really well. That cue turned out quite straight, so I decided to use the same approach this time as well. Some people might want to make a longer one-piece cue, and the string works well. That's a clever idea about the pencils. I should be more attentive to sharpening my pencils, and my tools for that matter! Cheers:)

[@Jamieip]

@@danielmarcbrooks568 all good brother! if string works then no issue! I would personally use a ruler just as long as the piece i'm working with. we do it for guitar necks in luthiery as they cannot be out of tolerence no matter what. you can even use a known straight peice of material (plywood cut at the hardware store etc) as a straightedge. just make sure it is true :)

[@Jamieip]

@@danielmarcbrooks568 i sharpen my pencils like a chisel with a flat bottom rather than a V shape, much more sutible for scribing. personal preference

[@danielmarcbrooks568]

@@Jamieip Cheers man. I actually did try using my planing bed as a straight edge before I thought of the string, but even though it was a pre-cut bit of pine from the hardware store, neither of the sides were true, so I couldn't use it. Snooker cues can actually be a bit wonky (even though the professional ones never are) and it doesn't affect play, just looks bad. Musical instruments though, I can totally understand the need for precision there. Amazing how you guys make those things so well. I watched a number of videos by instrument makers when I was trying to learn how to use the tools. Quite remarkable. All the best, and thanks again for the advice:)

[@Jamieip]

@@danielmarcbrooks568 I’ve never made a cue and it’s my next goal! I’m glad to have the instrument background but I can’t get my head around something as long and turned as a cue lol!