Recommendations on a cue lathe for a billiard room?

[ELBeau]

That looks like a Prewitt machine. My guess is Zylr's old machine.

 

[hdgis1]

Hi,

How many times did that chuck bite your hand when you first started. A trip to the hospital is very expensive and chuck accidents can be very serious. Not knocking Taig or Chris's product, they are great. We as cue makers however, are sensitive to chucks and their danger and that is a daily thing that requires our constant heightened level of awareness.


Rick G

Check Craft Supply for something called a 'jaw sock'
Chris

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Ya know what bites you worse than a good knuckle rap?
When you use a double tool bit holder and put a left and right tool bit in each one, thats what.

If you don't put some kind of cover over the exposed bit that is facing you,
you're going to rake your hand across it every time you get close to it.

I use one bit per holder.

Hey, did I tell you about the time I was cutting a tip without a shirt on in the summer?

Real smart eh. Didn't do that again. After that bite, I always made sure I knew where my upper body was in relation to the rear chuck.

 

[GBCues]

Ya know what bites you worse than a good knuckle rap?
When you use a double tool bit holder and put a left and right tool bit in each one, thats what.

If you don't put some kind of cover over the exposed bit that is facing you,
you're going to rake your hand across it every time you get close to it.

I use one bit per holder.

Hey, did I tell you about the time I was cutting a tip without a shirt on in the summer?

Real smart eh. Didn't do that again. After that bite, I always made sure I knew where my upper body was in relation to the rear chuck.

If I remember that story correctly, it was a real nipple-twisting experience!! :yikes:

Gary