How Are Pool Cues Made?
History When pool was first becoming popular in the 15th century, the pool cue was actually a mace. It would get difficult for the player to hit the ball with the big head of the mace on some shots, so he would have to turn it around and use the skinny end. This led to the manufacturing of pool cues that were skinny on both ends. Making a Cue Now pool cues are made out of a block of wood. Pool cues are manufactured by starting on the butt, or bottom end. The block of wood, usually maple, is put through a doughnut-shaped metal blade. The block of wood is now a cylinder. Next, a steel square tip is used to cut at the surface on one end of the butt, making a forearm. The forearm is a smaller cylinder that is an extension of the butt. To make it stable, a doughnut-shaped black piece of plastic, the size of the butt, is slid over the forearm and glued to the end of the butt. A nickel-silver alloy doughnut piece is glued on top of the black plastic piece. After the pieces are firmly glued in
