Wednesday, 31 January 2018

MATERIALS & DESIGNS IN CUE STICKS...

A cue can be either hand- or machine-spliced. The choice of materials used in the construction of the cue

 butt and the artistry of the design can lead to cues of great beauty and high price. Good quality pool 


cues are customarily made from straight-grained hard rock maple wood, especially the shaft. Snooker 


 cues,by contrast, are almost always made of ash wood, although one might come across one with a 


 maple shaft .Maple is stiffer than ash, and cheaper. Cues are not always for play, some are purely 


 collectiable and can reach prices of tens of thousands of dollars for the materials they are made of and 


their exquisite craftsmanship....









A good cue needn't be expensive. These "collector" cues have fine workmanship and use top quality 


materials. They are designed with ornate inlays in varying types of wood, precious metals and stones, all 

in a multitude of styles and sometimes displaying works of art. The inlays are stained, translucent, 

transparent or painted. These cues are also valued because of how well they perform. Competitors of 

custom cue makers and mass-production manufacturers usually try to make cues look like they are made

 of expensive materials by using overlays and decals. Although these lower the cost of the cues, they do 

not degrade the cues' effectiveness in game play. Another mark of quality is the precision with which 

inlays are set. High quality inlays fit perfectly with no gaps; they are symmetrical on all sides, as well as 

cut cleanly so that all edges and points are sharp, not rounded. The use of machines has aided much in 

the production of high quality inlays and other ornaments

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