I've got a junker cue I'm using to learn my way around on the Mid Size Cue Lathe from Chris Hightower. I sanded the finish off (splotchy brown stain, looks like they used a sponge to make it look exotic) and found some OK birdseye maple underneath. It's a wrapless cue and I'd like to put an Irish linen wrap on:
That means cutting 0.025 off along the taper over a foot or so (is that length right, or should it be shorter or longer on a standard size cue?) to allow room for the thread. I don't have any tapering tools, unless there's something I don't realize about what I do have.
I measure about 1/8 inch difference between the start and the end of the wrap area. I recognize I need to actually taper by 0.0625 instead of 0.125 because I'm cutting both sides at once. Can I do marks on the surface every (12 / 62.5 = 0.192) ~2/10 inch and cut in to the 0.025 depth between marks, then move 0.001 in or out depending on my direction, then cut another 2/10 inch across?
I believe that gives me a stair step that sort of matches the taper, and some cleanup with sandpaper (maybe I should cut less than 0.025 to allow for sanding?) should help smooth it enough that you wouldn't feel it on the final product. I've got the linen and the foot speed controller so I think I can do the wrap OK. I'm building myself a linen press using three skateboard wheels and some scrap. I've got an iron and can pick up starch easily enough. What am I forgetting?
Bill
That means cutting 0.025 off along the taper over a foot or so (is that length right, or should it be shorter or longer on a standard size cue?) to allow room for the thread. I don't have any tapering tools, unless there's something I don't realize about what I do have.
I measure about 1/8 inch difference between the start and the end of the wrap area. I recognize I need to actually taper by 0.0625 instead of 0.125 because I'm cutting both sides at once. Can I do marks on the surface every (12 / 62.5 = 0.192) ~2/10 inch and cut in to the 0.025 depth between marks, then move 0.001 in or out depending on my direction, then cut another 2/10 inch across?I believe that gives me a stair step that sort of matches the taper, and some cleanup with sandpaper (maybe I should cut less than 0.025 to allow for sanding?) should help smooth it enough that you wouldn't feel it on the final product. I've got the linen and the foot speed controller so I think I can do the wrap OK. I'm building myself a linen press using three skateboard wheels and some scrap. I've got an iron and can pick up starch easily enough. What am I forgetting?
Bill
