Recent content by JohnsonJ

Well, finally got around to it and hooked up a RPM controller to my router. Will be feeding it the failed house cue conversion pretty soon to see where the sweet spot for the parameters is, if it doesn't turn out to be an issue related to the router spindle runout, and the grind on the 4-wing...

Well...The update: I decided to not attempt the restoration, and since a few friends started to give me offers for it after borrowing it occasionally, I decided to let the mezz go and forced myself to make my first cue, since I'm without a breaker. I will see how my house cue conversion plays...

The top of the tooth on the centerline, with the workpiece rotating down into the tooth, or up away from it? I had it centered exactly, but I will also try your method. Still need to source some quality collets, I did manage to hook up a board with a pot so I can control RPM on the router now...

That's my setup, with the cutter I tried to taper with. I'll try hooking up a potentiometer to the router and see how that goes, I didn't even think about the router rpm being a factor, since it's a simple on/off 30k rpm type deal. But it does make perfect sense now that you mention it... I...

Hello all, I just attempted to taper my first sneaky conversion butt, and would kindly welcome a pointer in the right direction, as it didn't go too well. It was quite catastrophic 😆. I'm using a 4 wing carbide cutter in my router at 30k RPM, 800W, and while it cuts wood amazingly well, I...

I don't know how others do it, but I was thinking of doing it like this later this week: I will level my lathe table with a machinist level via 6 adjustable feet, then the lathe guides with a machinist level (using the bolt system mentioned in previous posts), followed by the lathe cross slide...

Interesting, I always thought this was a possible issue with a few setups I've seen, but I haven't heard of it happening yet.. Hopefully the lathe is still ok. I just finished welding my lathe table together last week, it's now fully bolted down, with the main reason being I made small...

Am wondering where did you get the nice polycarbonate joint protector?

Ok, just installed a bunch of elites today, tried out the SS on various shafts. PRO: The glue used in them is good, up to par with premium brands, no doubt about it. This was my main concern before ordering them. One tip out of 20 had a thicker glue line than the rest between one of the layers...

I will give my first impressions in about 2 weeks, ordered 20 and they are clearing customs right now. Have many shafts ready for them to be put on and tested. I have not tried ultraskins yet though, so I will be able to compare them just to the normal kamui/g2/milk dud stuff.

Thank you all for the help, I managed to reach Patrick, have it confirmed by Danny it is actually him, and we hopefully find a solution.

Yes, and you have the said fake account linked on the cuemaker's website, along with actual posts by him spanning the few years for which the account was active, right? Yeah no. Zero chances of it being fake. If it is, the website owner is to be held accountable. If the website has been stolen...

Hello, So I placed an order for my 1st custom cue 2 months ago. I wanted a Diveney. Wrote Diveney cues in google, tried to find a contact, found diveneyq.com. Interesting, no email posted, just a facebook link with a phone number. Seeing as I'm from Europe, and to keep things in writing, I'll...

Hello, I'm refinishing my cue, went great, the only thing I was unable to do was keep the Hoppe ring snow white. No matter what I did, the cocobolo kept getting stuck inside the pores of the cloth (it's some kind of linen based phenolic, not sure which, the cue is a Mezz, I don't think it's...

The reason for me opening the thread was to see what the chances are that I need to restain the cue, so that I can get mentally prepared for it, which you guys helped answer. Thank you all for that, you did an excellent job in explaining everything.