j6 cue stories

[Master Blaster]

Some lovely 1-pieces coming down the line mate? How long between cuts do you leave them stabilise?

[j6uk]

these have been sitting around over sized for about 10 months and today i cut them down closer to the octagon cutting stage. so far so good

[j6uk]

Has leaving the splice fingers shorter, on the second cue , pushed the b.p up or down in comparison to the first , with longer fingers , or have you managed to keep them similar ?

i don´t feel that has made much of a diff but the second cue has a heavier shaft

[Master Blaster]

It is possible to turn a 1 piece cue on a lathe without steadies.
The speed and feed are critical to stop vibration and too much deflection.
As golferson said a router is used and not chisels.
You don't need a lathe with 60" between centres as you can produce in two halves, but to reduce distortion you ideally do need to hold the wood between centres and not between a chuck and centre.
Sorry for going off topic j6. Nice work BTW, never seen anyone show producing a butterfly splice on here before. Interesting, thanks.

Thanks for the technical.

J6 producing a shark, no idea where he got that idea from. lol I've never understood the attraction of butterfly when splicing leads to more shaft getting to the butt end. Same with machine splicing, seems wrong. Sorry J6! But he does do a great butterfly job.

[YDJ]

It is possible to turn a 1 piece cue on a lathe without steadies.
The speed and feed are critical to stop vibration and too much deflection.
As golferson said a router is used and not chisels.
You don't need a lathe with 60" between centres as you can produce in two halves, but to reduce distortion you ideally do need to hold the wood between centres and not between a chuck and centre.
Sorry for going off topic j6. Nice work BTW, never seen anyone show producing a butterfly splice on here before. Interesting, thanks.

[golferson123]

So can one buy a low speed high torque motor to make a lathe on a bench. You know, a dead end with a spindle and a motor with a spindle at the active end (length between the two adjustable) and away you go, turn, turn, turn, slow. Chisel. I'm not saying it would be super accurate, but for the rough cutting stage, squares to first rounds?

Not as simple as that mb,you get deflection as the wood gets thinner,on a cue length you need steadies and no chisels I'm afraid its a tool stock jobbie

[danam1]

Cool, nice one MW, great skills.

But.....................what's the point of using an electric plane, may as well go the lathe route instead golf?

Ok, maybe if the wood does move on the lathe, you have to reset the billet and restart so any time saving is lost?


But isn't it safer than an electric plane?

Electric plane is probably quicker than the lathe MB. By the time you set the lathe up and started turning the blank you should be finished with the plane (especially the way Mike was going!). Also to get a lathe at least 60 inches between centres would cost a fortune.

[Master Blaster]

Dont think they would be up to the job,you need travelling steadies and the like+ it helps to have router set ups on the tool stock

So can one buy a low speed high torque motor to make a lathe on a bench. You know, a dead end with a spindle and a motor with a spindle at the active end (length between the two adjustable) and away you go, turn, turn, turn, slow. Chisel. I'm not saying it would be super accurate, but for the rough cutting stage, squares to first rounds?

[golferson123]

Do you still make the odd cue at all?

Still tinker yes and they turn out odd

[Leo]

Dont think they would be up to the job,you need travelling steadies and the like+ it helps to have router set ups on the tool stock

Do you still make the odd cue at all?

[golferson123]

Dont think they would be up to the job,you need travelling steadies and the like+ it helps to have router set ups on the tool stock

[Master Blaster]

Axminster do a 1.5m copy lathe for £1500, soon get that back with cues at £500 a pop.

Interesting stuff. And the cue is still made in the UK.

[RogiBear]

Axminster do a 1.5m copy lathe for £1500, soon get that back with cues at £500 a pop.

Are you sure? I thought most domestic models were 1m between centres

[billabong]

Axminster do a 1.5m copy lathe for £1500, soon get that back with cues at £500 a pop.

Cool, is that free delivery & install ?

[vmax4steve]

not really, a copy lathe aint cheap you need to turn out hundreds to be cost effective in fact you need to be turning more than cues stair spindles broom handles and so on

Axminster do a 1.5m copy lathe for £1500, soon get that back with cues at £500 a pop.