HomeMade Wrap press
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You have dodged the bullet on this one; however, I can promise
you that if you stay in cuemaking you will catch the bullet
more than once. :grin-square:
you that if you stay in cuemaking you will catch the bullet
more than once. :grin-square:
Necessity is the mother of invention.
You did a great job.
What type of material did you make the rollers out of or were they store bought?
You did a great job.
What type of material did you make the rollers out of or were they store bought?
Two scalloped out wooden blocks & a hinge work fairly sporty too. $1.98 at Home Depot.:thumbup:
Not sure what you mean with this comment
Dave
I think he is simply saying he dodged having to shell out a significant amount of bucks for a tool/equipment he needed this time, but it is tough to always avoid doing that.
Kelly
I did what varney is talking about but with derlin rollers.....but I belive I am going to copy this for myself.....this is a great cheap fixture...I mean just great
The wooden block Varney special works great with hockey stick wood, in which we have lots of in Canuckville.
Pretty cool man, way to go!:thumbup: I've thought about making one with rollers, but that setup never cross My mind, I've had a totally different Idea in mind. I agree with the others you should make an oak one too. It's cheap only takes a few minutes to make, and polishes linen very well. I have pretty much always used the one I made. I wanted to make one with rollers too, so that I'd have both types, just never got around to It, and the oak set on It's own was enough to get me by.
25 Cent Wrap Press
You guys are missing the boat, I got mine for a quarter at a garage sale.
She's been in use for 4 years and running.
I did have to bore the female parts a little. She has a tight body, and the she is just homely enough in the face, that your wife won't get jealous.
Rudie
You guys are missing the boat, I got mine for a quarter at a garage sale.
She's been in use for 4 years and running.
I did have to bore the female parts a little. She has a tight body, and the she is just homely enough in the face, that your wife won't get jealous.
Rudie
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I was trying to say that if you are worried about the few dollars a good linen press cost then you need to stay out of cuemaking. The one I purchased from Porp** 18 years ago is still in perfect condition and I have wrapped a couple of thousand cues with it. For some real fun purchase some carbide sanding mandrels or a DRO for your lathe. How about $14,000.00 for a shaft machine. Don't even think about a good CNC machine.
Thanks for correcting my assumption. You know what they say about assumptions...
I personally feel like if one can make his own jig or tool (regardless of the motive), and it works as well as a bought one, it is a good sign for his cuemaking.
Kelly
Yeah but you're wife didn't catch you in the act of boring those female parts
Or she would have been jealous. Great jig 
Looks like it belongs in my shop.
Just couldn't bite the bullet on the price of wrap press. Decided to try to make one myself. This is what I came up. Work's great. Made out of materials on hand accept for the bearings which were skateboard bearings. Bought on Ebay.
Hi,
The good feature of you gadget is the fact that the rollers are wider than the normal ones you see. The secrete to the roller jig is not to put too much pressure on the linen or the patterns turn into a photoshop type looking swirl function. The wider rollers will reduce the foot print while pressing. Light pressure to level the strands and squeeze any excess glue out. Less is more with the rollers. The more you do it the more problems can develop.
After roller pressing all of the magic that makes for a perfect wrap comes from using with wide oak flats pressing for the burnishing.
Rick
I suppose it's the old build-a-shop versus buy-a-shop thing. Neither way is wrong but I do tend to fall on the build side of that fence. Thanks for the answer, and to the OP nice work on the press.
Dave <--- has used a $10 used dial caliper and a few clamps as a "DRO" (dial-read-out) :embarrassed2: and will soon build a press for personal use saving about $100 :thumbup: