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What kind of lathe? If you are using a metal lathe, then by all means the Aloris style quick release boring bar holder is the way to fly, that way you use the Carriage to bore, way faster, easy to align, and rock solid. If you have a lathe like the Cuesmith Deluxe then make a saddle to mount...

Lathe The Jet is well made. I have a belt type Taiwan Jet and parts are not available. I had to make two gears for it, one was the bull nose gear, not a small task. A lot of Chinese lathes parts interchange. Grizzly parts often fit other brands. I have a Harbor freight and I bought Grizzly...

radius Randy is correct. To elaborate: even when working with metal, a radius is preferable to a sharp inside corner. A sharp corner is provides a stress point. In reference to a cue shaft: Stress points are where a crack will more likely originate, if a tenon is stressed to that extreme. A...

insert part number I have been away from cue making for a good year now, so sorry for this late post. I believe I was the guy that first introduced these inserts for cuemaking, several years ago. I first gave one to Wiley Cue out of Corpus Christi to see if he liked them as much as I did...

tool size the 1/4 inch size fits the supplied tool holders for the Hightower lathe. One is able to use the 3/8 inch tools by milling the slot a little larger, paying attention to which edge gets milled and how much so that the tool aligns at the proper cut height. But others have pointed you...

Thanks Tank and Gary It is good to be back. Not fun having health issues. Hope to get back into this hobby now that I am feeling better.

Been away from making cues for over a year SO, I do not know enough about your tips to know which ones I would like to stock. Maybe someone can point me to the answer to this question? How do the Ultraskins hardness and playability relate to the old benchmark tips like Moori, or Snipers, etc...

Die may work For threading the OD of the insert. But glue it into the shaft before boring the internal hole. Just bore and thread the shaft with the phenolic insert. SO even if the insert threads are not perfect and the insert is slightly off center in the shaft, you bring it all into the...

I use an electric soldering gun ... with a flat blade tip installed. It is one of those two heat position WEN guns that were common a few years ago. It heats almost instantly. Just use a folded piece of paper towel, maybe start with a 1 inch by 4 inch piece and fold it in half twice to make a...

This billet is made with a PurpleHeart base wood and the 12 slots are filled with 1/8 inch wide Holly inlay strips. The inlay length is 3.5 inch with the overall length of 4.75 inch The diameter is 0.854 so only useable if you use a joint size that can handle that ring diameter. I would guess...

I think you want to re use the label? Wow , that is a challenge with the age and possibility if finish and/or waxes on top. I am very curious how that will go, and if you can reuse it !

pictures Sorry they were too big the first time I posted them. SOLD !

The base wood is well aged, kiln dried PurpleHeart, and the inlayed strips are ivory in color, paper phenolic. The ODs are just over 1.3, 1.1, and .89 inches. The inlays are about 4 3/4 inch long with extra PH material at the end of the billet to grab in a chuck so as to not waste any ring...

I use a touch up spray gun It holds 4 oz of finish, to that I add 3.5 ml of the crosslinker. Measuring that small amount needs a small graduated cylinder, which can be had at a chem/med supply house, maybe ebay? Hope that helps?

I also use a paper cutter A guillotine style, made for commercial use to cut multiple sheets in a stack. I am not sure I would want to use an office paper cutter. Those commercial paper cutters can be had at used photography supply houses online. That makes short work out of cutting wood veneer...