Recent content by JBCustomCues

Maybe some one can contact Kenny Murrell and see if he would be kind enough to post how it's done. He is the one who tough me. I have been out of cue building for a good while and I just don't remember the step by step details.

Your part does not need match the pocket. By cutting with the z you are doing the same.thing as using a tailstock off set. You are just using the z axis to accomplish you flat bottom to your taper. I was also doing this in bobcat 21

Well I don't see the pocket geometry would be wrong. That's how I done mine for years. Bob cad wI'll do it for you.

Great idea.

I believe it's normal for that lathe. It has delrin jaws. I also remember them using masking tape as a type of collet. Once again hoping for billiardbum to chime in.

With use of those collets. Take the shaft out of the collet and see if it works. Mabe billiardbum will chime in and she'd some light.

If I remember you need the small chuck to do tips and ferrules. The large chuck won't go small enough.

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Nope no new machine. I'm out of building for now.

Well its a taig mill with a gecko 540 control. What else you need to know. I would want an extended bed set up and a 4 axis. I would try to set it up like Briana had when they were selling it.

Not trying to be snarky. But if it were me and I knew what I liked I would not try to imitate and find something close that Im not going to be satisfied with as you have done. You obviously know what you like and how you want it to feel and sound. So instead of buying cues and hoping for the...

Here's a thought. Why not just buy a used TS cue? Problem solved.

When I used mine I created one program and from that I created 3 other programs. I had a program to take shafts to a .700 taper, a .05 that took 2 passes at .01 and a .005., per side , .02 that took 2 passes at .005 per side and a .01 that took 1 pass at .005 per side. All I had to do was...

too bad you weren't in the market 6 months ago when I sold my shop.

Why do you think you need 4 axis machine to use as a tapering machine? All you need is x,y and rotation and it can be controlled with a simple motor ot a stepper. And anyone with a brain can build one for around a couple grand or not much more.