Best Shaft Cleaning Method
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Atlas Billiards
I've been using uniques cleaner and wax since forever, I think it's the best cleaner out there.
I also like the speed seal from cue components as well
www.uniqueinc.com
www.cuecomponents.com
I also like the speed seal from cue components as well
www.uniqueinc.com
www.cuecomponents.com
If you want a pin to use to turn all your shafts,,just go to a hardware store and get a rubber gromlet or a rubber piece that would go on the bottom of a cane, or crutches. Get one thats big enough that you can stick the joint end of your shaft in it and it fits snug enough it wont just fall off. You need it to fit tight enough so when the drill turns it it wont slip and spin around your joint collar. After you get the right size rubber piece , get a small bolt like a 5/16 or so and get it about 2 inches long and 2 washers and a nut for the bolt. Drill a hole in the rubber piece then slip the bolt with a washer in ,so the threads slip thru the hole and on the outer side of the rubber gromlet put the other washer and the nut on it , snug it together and put it on your drill and turn any shaft. Put your washers on each end just so you dont tare the rubber up so the bolt stays put. Its a quick and cheap way to make one for cleaning your shafts...Just trying to help...<< ED
Where can I get a 3/8-10 lathe pin that will fit in a drill so I can turn my shaft... I went to lowes and they just stared at me and shrugged... Also could not find and sand paper...
Also I'm looking at atlas Billiards as was suggested earlier and not quite sure what to buy... And or how one of those lathe pins fits a drill...
Also I'm looking at atlas Billiards as was suggested earlier and not quite sure what to buy... And or how one of those lathe pins fits a drill...
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you couldn't find sand paper at lowes? How's that possible? did you ask?
Try a hardware store like pepboys or autozone, they always have light grit sandpaper. Don't recommend sanding your shafts though unless you really know what you're doing. Cleaners work fine.
Try a hardware store like pepboys or autozone, they always have light grit sandpaper. Don't recommend sanding your shafts though unless you really know what you're doing. Cleaners work fine.
hope this helps you out abit.
There is a guy on ebay who sells 3 piece arbor kit with the right size pin to fit standard 3/8 drill. He has 3/8/10 5/16/14 5/16/18 as for unilock i'm not sure but you can check. just type cue parts in the search window.
That's where i got mine pins from to start with befor getting i cueman midsize lathe.
There is a guy on ebay who sells 3 piece arbor kit with the right size pin to fit standard 3/8 drill. He has 3/8/10 5/16/14 5/16/18 as for unilock i'm not sure but you can check. just type cue parts in the search window.
That's where i got mine pins from to start with befor getting i cueman midsize lathe.
Yes, alcohol and a Magic Eraser do a pretty good job. Now, your common alcohol is 70% isopropyl, the other 30% is water. Even this amount of water will tend to raise the grain a little bit (or more, depending on the shaft). If so, be prepared to sand it down VERY lightly or at least burnish it with a piece of soft, raw leather (or brown paper towel, or a dollar bill).
I "think" isopropyl alcohol is also available in 90% (or higher) but I've not been able to find any (haven't looked outside the grocery store or drug store, either).
You can also use Methyl (Denatured) alcohol. Again it is available in both concentrations. I think it cleans a little better than isopropyl.
My 2 cents,
Gary
Household cleaning ammonia will give alcohol the 5 and out in cleaning a shaft with the Magic Erasure.
Dick