Thought about that, but existing motor is too small. Reality is my lathe is a fantastic, accurate lathe, for what it is designed for, and what I originally envisioned it for, but my wants are slowly changing. If a new lathe was available now, I would have ordered it a couple days back, but now that I have to wait 3 months, I'm going to sit back and think about this for a few days.
Truth be told, I've been thinking about building my own cues for about a year now, and the challenge really interests me. I'm a long time woodworker, have a beautiful new 26x40 shop and full array of woodworking professional equipment. If I were to do this I would sell off all of my woodturning equipment and invest in equipment needed for cue building. I am loosing interest in my woodturning lately, but have works in galleries still, and have had works in national exhibits. Also have taught woodturning, but looking for a new challenge.
What concerns me is my age, and with the time required for acquiring equipment, and learning curve, I probably would only be doing something like this for ten yrs or so. I'm not worried about justifying the cost, as for me it would be more about the self satisfaction of it. Also if I were to sell cues, it would only be cues already finished as I retired years back, and don't really want another job.
I did mention to my wife last fall I was thinking about this, and the fact that I was thinking about shifting direction in my shop. Naturally her first question was how much. Truthfully, I had no idea but told her maybe 30k or so in addition to what I had already. Problem is I have no idea what a nice cnc setup would cost. Her only comeback to this was if I were to do this, it would lock us into the house we have now for 10 yrs or so. A good metal lathe, and other equipment I can somewhat estimate, but as to the cnc costs I am lost. Maybe 15k?
If anyone has any suggestions on a cnc setup and costs, I would appreciate your help in a private message.
There is cue makers out there that I really like in their style of cues, Ott is one example of a new cue maker whose cues I really like, also I really like some of Coos cues. There are many others, but these are just a couple.
Truth be told, I've been thinking about building my own cues for about a year now, and the challenge really interests me. I'm a long time woodworker, have a beautiful new 26x40 shop and full array of woodworking professional equipment. If I were to do this I would sell off all of my woodturning equipment and invest in equipment needed for cue building. I am loosing interest in my woodturning lately, but have works in galleries still, and have had works in national exhibits. Also have taught woodturning, but looking for a new challenge.
What concerns me is my age, and with the time required for acquiring equipment, and learning curve, I probably would only be doing something like this for ten yrs or so. I'm not worried about justifying the cost, as for me it would be more about the self satisfaction of it. Also if I were to sell cues, it would only be cues already finished as I retired years back, and don't really want another job.
I did mention to my wife last fall I was thinking about this, and the fact that I was thinking about shifting direction in my shop. Naturally her first question was how much. Truthfully, I had no idea but told her maybe 30k or so in addition to what I had already. Problem is I have no idea what a nice cnc setup would cost. Her only comeback to this was if I were to do this, it would lock us into the house we have now for 10 yrs or so. A good metal lathe, and other equipment I can somewhat estimate, but as to the cnc costs I am lost. Maybe 15k?
If anyone has any suggestions on a cnc setup and costs, I would appreciate your help in a private message.
There is cue makers out there that I really like in their style of cues, Ott is one example of a new cue maker whose cues I really like, also I really like some of Coos cues. There are many others, but these are just a couple.
