As the title states I want to refinish one of my old dufferin cues so I can leave it at my local watering hole.
My goal here is to:
Take out the dents
Add a slghtly longer tapper and bring down the tip diameter
possibly replace the ferrule
Add a tip
Refinish the clear coat
Here is my plan to complete these steps please add input and correct me if my plan is wrong.
Take out the dents
I figured I would sand through the clear coat on the cue starting with 220 grit and working my way to around 1500 grit. Then I would add drops of water slowly to the dents over several days to swell the wood back outand sand down any over swelling.
Add a slightly longer taper
I am considering shucking the cue up into a lathe at work and working on the taper and trying to remove the slight wobble it has. Any input here on how to chuck this up and how to remove the slight wobble is appreciated.
Possibly replace the ferrule
The ferrule on this cue is able to be pulled off. It isn't a capped ferrule so I was thinking I could just glue it back on or I could replace it with a westing house micarta ferrule that I have laying around and sand it down on the lathe to match the cue but I would leave a cap on it since I like a solid hit.
Add a tip
For the tip Im using an emerald tip I have lying around and I would use the rapid cue top sander machine I already have to get a true flat top, Iv used it before and although its probably the worst way to do a tip I do have it on hand. I was just going to use a gorilla glue super glue pen as an adhesive for the tip feel free to let me know your preferred super glue.
Refinish the clear coat
On this topic I am not real sure what to use to put a good solid clear coat back on the cue, any input on your preferred clear coat is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
My goal here is to:
Take out the dents
Add a slghtly longer tapper and bring down the tip diameter
possibly replace the ferrule
Add a tip
Refinish the clear coat
Here is my plan to complete these steps please add input and correct me if my plan is wrong.
Take out the dents
I figured I would sand through the clear coat on the cue starting with 220 grit and working my way to around 1500 grit. Then I would add drops of water slowly to the dents over several days to swell the wood back outand sand down any over swelling.
Add a slightly longer taper
I am considering shucking the cue up into a lathe at work and working on the taper and trying to remove the slight wobble it has. Any input here on how to chuck this up and how to remove the slight wobble is appreciated.
Possibly replace the ferrule
The ferrule on this cue is able to be pulled off. It isn't a capped ferrule so I was thinking I could just glue it back on or I could replace it with a westing house micarta ferrule that I have laying around and sand it down on the lathe to match the cue but I would leave a cap on it since I like a solid hit.
Add a tip
For the tip Im using an emerald tip I have lying around and I would use the rapid cue top sander machine I already have to get a true flat top, Iv used it before and although its probably the worst way to do a tip I do have it on hand. I was just going to use a gorilla glue super glue pen as an adhesive for the tip feel free to let me know your preferred super glue.
Refinish the clear coat
On this topic I am not real sure what to use to put a good solid clear coat back on the cue, any input on your preferred clear coat is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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