Great Job Kevin, Let us know how it hits, nice clean cue
Finished my first cue, thanks AZB!
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At the encouragement of another forum member, I'm not giving up on live tooling for the joint and A-joint pins. In the spirit of my frugalness (Firefox spell checker says that isn't a word) of course I made my own thread mill. Which is a shame, since I already owned two.
Here's the long skinny one attached to my Proxxon rotary tool. It wobbles around too much, and has a tendency to slip in the chuck, no matter how hard I tighten it. I'm giving up on this one. I'm not saying the problem is with the bit. It could be my rotary tool.
Here's the one I just made today. Cost me about $3 for a piece of 1/4" round HSS tool steel, and a fair amount of time on the grinder. It spun pretty straight in the drill, but I was afraid what would happen when I spun it up to full speed in the router. I stood back with safety goggles on when I flipped the switch. No vibration, no wobble, perfect!
Here are my three thread mills. Top to bottom, the one I just made, the one that I'm giving up on, and a Micro100 carbide one. The Micro100 works great, it's just too short!
Haven't tested it on wood yet. I'll probably do that tonight or tomorrow sometime. But I expect it to work pretty well. I'll probably have to clean up the profile of the cutting teeth a bit. I burned out my rotary tool trying to use it as a tool post grinder to grind this HSS bit (doh! I guess I should add that to the cost mentioned above), so I had to shape the teeth on the bench grinder, which isn't very precise. But we'll see.
Thanks for watching!
-- Kevin
Here's the long skinny one attached to my Proxxon rotary tool. It wobbles around too much, and has a tendency to slip in the chuck, no matter how hard I tighten it. I'm giving up on this one. I'm not saying the problem is with the bit. It could be my rotary tool.
Here's the one I just made today. Cost me about $3 for a piece of 1/4" round HSS tool steel, and a fair amount of time on the grinder. It spun pretty straight in the drill, but I was afraid what would happen when I spun it up to full speed in the router. I stood back with safety goggles on when I flipped the switch. No vibration, no wobble, perfect!
Here are my three thread mills. Top to bottom, the one I just made, the one that I'm giving up on, and a Micro100 carbide one. The Micro100 works great, it's just too short!
Haven't tested it on wood yet. I'll probably do that tonight or tomorrow sometime. But I expect it to work pretty well. I'll probably have to clean up the profile of the cutting teeth a bit. I burned out my rotary tool trying to use it as a tool post grinder to grind this HSS bit (doh! I guess I should add that to the cost mentioned above), so I had to shape the teeth on the bench grinder, which isn't very precise. But we'll see.
Thanks for watching!
-- Kevin
I love simple , and that simple . Very clean cue . GL JIm
Great job. I too am getting ready to enter the world of cue-making for a hobby. I hope my first cue will be half that nice.
Very nice for a first cue Kross!!
I wish my first had came out that niceI gave it to my sister years ago and hopefully she has lost it by now....
I lauged out loud when I read your post. As a matter of fact, I'm still lauging.
Very Nice
Looks very nice.
Joe's DVDs are a great starter and Hightowers book is great as well. 2 great guys! I started just making cues and the only way to learn is to make mistakes and take what you learn from it and keep moving on.
Get some ring work in the next one can't wait to see something new and fresh cues from builders.
Looks very nice.
Joe's DVDs are a great starter and Hightowers book is great as well. 2 great guys! I started just making cues and the only way to learn is to make mistakes and take what you learn from it and keep moving on.
Get some ring work in the next one can't wait to see something new and fresh cues from builders.
Congrats! Great looking cue! The folks here on AZ have really helped me as well. Great of you giving credit where credit is due. Look forward to your future posts... Mikey :thumbup:
Thats a great looking cue Buddy. Keep up the good work.
Making your own coring drill and the thread mills from the other poster, very cool as well.
Thats taking it to the next level.
Making your own coring drill and the thread mills from the other poster, very cool as well.
Thats taking it to the next level.
nice looking cue . especially for the first go.