Inlay point cutting jig for milling machine

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This is a great piece of equipment for cutting inlays in forearms or cutting slots for decorative rings. WORKS AWESOME!!!! Every serious cue builder should be cutting their points this way. Because of the 360 indexing wheel, it makes cutting 3point 5point and 7point cues a breeze not to mention your standard 4 6 8 10 point cues. Your possibility's are endless.

$600.00

I have had a few emails with people wanting to know where I got the stuff to build this. To be honest with you, I dont remember. I do know that I built this about 10 years ago and have over $600 invested. + all of my time. Time that I wish I could have spent building cues. As most of you know there is NO company out there building equipment like this. So either "A" you buy something that some one else has built or "B" you build it yourself. Some times its better to go with "A"

Call Eric @ 989-285-0310
or email me at eihavens@hotmail.com
 

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EightballJunkie said:
I remember someone telling me Edwin Reyes figured out a way to index for seven points, but they didn't know exactly how.

I pondered that for a while, and finally came to the conclusion one could index: P1 @ 51°, P2 @ 103°, P3 @ 154°, P4 @ 206°, P5 @ 257°, P6 @ 309°, P7 @ 360° and still maintain close symmetry. Fairly sure someone thought of this long before I did though :p
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The logical choice for this is a rotary table using cnc. I can go down to .0025 degrees.

Jim.
 
EightballJunkie said:
I remember someone telling me Edwin Reyes figured out a way to index for seven points, but they didn't know exactly how.

I pondered that for a while, and finally came to the conclusion one could index: P1 @ 51°, P2 @ 103°, P3 @ 154°, P4 @ 206°, P5 @ 257°, P6 @ 309°, P7 @ 360° and still maintain close symmetry. Fairly sure someone thought of this long before I did though :p
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Edwin used his Cnc gantry to cut his full length 7-pointer.
Micro steps in the A axes with Mach2 controller.
 
Nice set up ive been looking at building something like this .

But how are you getttinhg your offset ? Does the tailstock move or are you mounting it at an angle ?
 
camargored said:
Nice set up ive been looking at building something like this .

But how are you getttinhg your offset ? Does the tailstock move or are you mounting it at an angle ?
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i can see a slot in the bed with a bolt. guess it slides to wherever you want it.
 
This type of jig is the absolute nut for cutting points repeatablity. It could have a couple of changes from what is shown so that points could be cut deeper (making them wider at the "A" joint) so that they can even touch at the bottom and also a way so that the material can be removed and replaced with complete repeatablity so that work can be done on the fore arm between cuts.

I don't know when you constructed your jig but I posted pictures and explained how to build this almost exact same jig a few years ago and where to get most of the parts. I used a much less expensive 360 deg indexer however.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
This type of jig is the absolute nut for cutting points repeatablity. It could have a couple of changes from what is shown so that points could be cut deeper (making them wider at the "A" joint) so that they can even touch at the bottom and also a way so that the material can be removed and replaced with complete repeatablity so that work can be done on the fore arm between cuts.

I don't know when you constructed your jig but I posted pictures and explained how to build this almost exact same jig a few years ago and where to get most of the parts. I used a much less expensive 360 deg indexer however.

Dick
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How do you get 7 points with it?
 
rhncue said:
This type of jig is the absolute nut for cutting points repeatablity. It could have a couple of changes from what is shown so that points could be cut deeper (making them wider at the "A" joint) so that they can even touch at the bottom and also a way so that the material can be removed and replaced with complete repeatablity so that work can be done on the fore arm between cuts.

I don't know when you constructed your jig but I posted pictures and explained how to build this almost exact same jig a few years ago and where to get most of the parts. I used a much less expensive 360 deg indexer however.

Dick
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I built this about seven years ago. It works awesome. No chatter, it is very precise
 
Agent17 said:
i can see a slot in the bed with a bolt. guess it slides to wherever you want it.
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You are correct. It has a slot and you move the table. The other nut that you see in the picture is where it piviots.

It really does work good. Excellent for someone that does not have the money for a cnc machine

I am not a name dropper. But, one of the best cue builders in the country is using one just like this. He sells his cues in the range from $2000-$15000. He does not use any CNC machines. Does all of his inlay work with a Gorton pantograph. His cues are a true custom built cue.
 
camargored said:
Nice set up ive been looking at building something like this .

But how are you getttinhg your offset ? Does the tailstock move or are you mounting it at an angle ?
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If you look real close at the pictures. There is a slot in the bed, right behind the tailstock. You adjust your off set with the slot. It works awesome. There is no chatter, and is very precise. The cutter in the picture is brand new. That goes with it.
 
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