Hand planing shaft?

[DaveK]

Deferring once again to your vaster and more better knowledge of things
machine tool-ish, back when this was still America<North in your case>
men were men and ways were hand scraped as the norm... weren't they?

Dale(more scrapper than scraper)

:lol: me too ... I hand scraped the aluminum bed and then cold roll steel for the ways on my Gingery lathe (another guy making one : http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/lathe1.html). That lathe is now pretty scrap (compared to my Taiwanese and Atlas lathes).

Many serious modern machine tools still rely on hand scraping, although ground ways are also very common.

Dave

 

[scdiveteam]

Well stated.

I started making cues when I was 19. I didn't have any resources whatsoever. I had no books, no videos, no other cuemakers (I literally never talked to another cuemaker about how to build cues). I never had CNC anything.

I taught myself how to build short-splice cues. I built my own sleds to cut the pockets.

Unfortunately I moved to where I haven't had enough space to build. All for the best.

I believe that a person should do something at least once in his life without having a map or step-by-step instructions.

Figure it y'own self.

Very cool.

Did you have a lathe or did you turn and taper your butts and shafts by hand?

 

[ElCorazonFrio]

Very cool.

Did you have a lathe or did you turn and taper your butts and shafts by hand?

Thank-you.

Wood lathe that I modified. My turning was done using traditional wood turning tools. It was a lot of measuring.

Actually, when I was 17 I made my first cue with a Craftsman 'Router Crafter' and a drill press. It had Corian countertop material for joint collars and a braided leather wrap...it was not nice.