What is a Camshaft?

Camshaft is a nickname given to me by one of my old baseball coaches in little league, because my dad is into classic Chevy's and is always working on one of his cars. I started putting Camshaft on my shafts because the local players started trading my shafts amongst themselves and were always asking me to confirm whether or not I had made the shaft, so to make it easier for everyone I decided to start signing them. While my shafts do hit solid, they aren't a radial laminated shaft or a flat laminate.

It takes me at least one year, and sometimes more, to turn a shaft from 1 inch square to final taper. All Maple is hand selected, high quality, straight grain wood, 1/4 sawn, stress relieved, kiln dried and aged. As time goes on I will steadily increase the time it takes to build the shaft. I would like to eventually take at least 3 to 4 years or even longer before a shaft goes out to a customer. Maple ages like wine if properly cut and cured. A standard shaft is between 8 to 12 growth rings. I use my own taper unless a customer requests something specific. I use a 12 inch Pro taper combined with a little straight taper. I like a firm solid hit, and I use LBM ferrules. The standard tip is a triangle, but can be upgraded at customer request. If someone purchases one of my custom cues, I will put on a Tiger Everest tip, which I personally believe it to be one of the best hitting tips available. For an upgrade I highly recommend a Moori. Camshafts are custom made for each cue. Standard build comes with a single black ring, but rings can easily be matched for almost any cue. When ordering a camshaft the following information is necessary, the diameter of the Joint and pin type, plus whether the joint is piloted or flat faced. I can build shafts up to 31 inch in length. I also have a special shaft I call the 505, which is uses a diameter of .505, which places it in between a 13 (.512) and 12.75 (.502).