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*not sure if I posted in the 'best' category so I just re-posted in machinery and supplies. sorry* Can somebody please explain the preferred grades of maple for american pool cues? I have used lots of maple myself, buying in boards and just picking the bits I like. But i keep reading about...

The one that screws straight into wood? As above, the one that screws into wood? I can only see issues with this. Wood expands and contracts. I would guess it must surely cause problems like these for many people?

Thank you very much for the info and link. The start of my u.s.a. joint education (I'm sure there's a joke there) :grin: I assume the 10 and 14 refer to threads per inch? May I ask, if your preference is uni-loc why would you not use in your own cues?

lol, maybe I should have made myself clearer. I've been making cues for 25+ years. However, I do not make American pool cues, nor am I familiar with your particular joints, methods, and preferences. Furthermore, I have made and designed many of my own joints over the years. In fact, I would...

I beg to differ. I've never found a forum where you can find a straight simple answer from search function. Try it yourself now. Hex ends. See what you get. Also I searched glue relief but saw no pics or further explanation other than what I read here. I'm just after a quick heads up, if...

Would someone mind posting pics of the joints that are most popular? I am not familiar with any of the terms you are using and would appreciate knowing exactly what you are talking about when you mention hex ends, cut for glue relief etc.. Also, I would be interested to know the most common...

I don't know much about these machines or their history. Please tell me what the best one no longer made is/was?

i can see a slot in the bed with a bolt. guess it slides to wherever you want it.

is there a hole through that headstock?

doesn't it say $800 the lot?

How quiet are these? I've never had chance to see one in the flesh. Any chance of a youtube video to hear it running?

Classy bit of kit you've made there :)

Looking forward to trying it. :) pm sent. Thanks

I was wondering the same thing. I also sent you a pm a few days ago but that has disappeared at my end. Did you receive it?

My Hightower needs a makeover, would your carriage/headstock etc. fit my bed? I assume when you talk about H-channel, you mean the bit underneath that the bed mounts on? When do you think you will get the new H-channel with gear rack inverted?

Of course, with all due respect, I am not a novice with regards cue making and lathes in general. Just that this particular machine is new to me, and I'm looking for the things that i know can happen/go wrong. If the torque of the motor 'gives up' before the the gears shred then that's a good...

I do not plan running the carriage into the headstock but I prefer this scenario than the one where the brass gear shreds :grin: But is that 100% correct? Would have been nice to have some documentation with machine that explains this. Your design? Did you have any more involvement or just...

Lol. That's true. But buy cheap, buy twice eh? :( I don't class myself as an idiot but I managed too run a carriage into the headstock once, destroying all the gears. :embarrassed2: It's something I've worried about ever since... :D

Personally I think $400 for ball screw system is very cheap. I have a other lathes and cnc with ball screw and would choose that over cheaper system every time. Just my preference. Another safety feature would be turn off the thread at either end of the feed screw so that there's no danger of...

Yeah! That's what I was thinking. Good job :)