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Ahh.. understood. I would need a fixture to hold work at 90 degrees to accomplish this but can see how this would work. If so, an A-axis would not even be required.. External threads could be accomplished the same way I assume but if you are working at the end of a 29" shaft, I'm not sure I'm...

okay, I'll admit my ignorance. Please educate me. How can you live thread something externally if it is not rotating??

I prefer to live thread on my lathe using bits from Joey B.

The challenge for me, at least on my CNC, is the G-Code for continuous rotation of the A-axis while the Y is moving. My Mach-3 won't apparently do that.

You got that right! I learned that the hard way..

I do very much the same as the post above. Wet paper towels for 30-60 minutes, then I use a flat blade on my soldering iron on top of the paper towels to get some steam and heat moving. Works pretty darn well. Maple is easier to repair for sure but KW does respond, it just takes more effort...

I have a Diamond Ebony with 12.25mm CF shaft, matching extension and matching joint protectors. Like new condition, but I have played with it a few times. PM me if interested. You can check it out on the Meucci website for details.

I don't recall that the Diamond Ebony was ever numbered, although I could certainly be wrong about that. The Anniversary editions are all numbered. My Diamond has no number and I was a fairly early purchaser.

Tips seem to be very "trendy". For a while, I couldn't keep enough Caiden Fighters in stock, then the Kamui Black Clears became all the rage. Nowadays, I install Zan Hybrid Max on 90%+ of the 50-60 tips I do a month and have a whole inventory of Kamui, Caiden, Ultraskin, and others that I...

I've done a few of these. On the ones that I worked on, the weight bolt had a small tapped hole in the center for holding on the bumper/extension. In my limited experience, these bent easily and became the issue that brought them to me fix. I changed out the weight bolt to give me some room...

For sale is a near-brand-new Predator BK Rush Break cue, wrapless. I bought this directly from Predator in late October of 2025, and it has seen less than 10 nights of play at league. I decided to move to a combination jump/break cue instead to make my life a bit easier. Not a nick on it...

No, it sold pretty fast. I do have a Meucci 3x5 and 4x8, both new. You can see them on the Meucci website if interested.

When I was in college, we had a local place called "Suds and Duds". It was a laundrymat with a full bar attached. You put your laundry in the machines, and then had a full sports bar with tv's, pool tables, darts, etc. attached. The place was busy all the time, even if the laundrymat wasn't ...

I just use the one closest in diameter to the dead or live centter I'm, going to chuck it up in.

I have some. PM me if you want details/pics, etc.