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aNYone got a pic of a machine used to taper house cues full length?
IIR there was one posted here before but can't find the link to it.

Thanks!
 
hadjcues said:
aNYone got a pic of a machine used to taper house cues full length?
IIR there was one posted here before but can't find the link to it.

Thanks!
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Here you go Hadj.
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Jon
 
Jon yo da man!!!!

That thing must be turning real slow to avoid floppin up am I right?
Oh question - like I acnt see where the cutter or router is... and what's that thing that's got those roller bearing in it... is it suppose to act as a stabilizer/steady rest? but it aint lined up with the cue...:confused:
 
I am sure Jon can answer better than I, but the vertical round rods with the belts around them I believe are the cutters. Some sort of planer blade I think.

Yes, I think the two contraptions are followers, one for each cutter, currently in a "relaxed position" perhaps?

I would guess they spin around 100-200.

Kelly
 
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Come on you mechanical genius's look closely. The top black object is a commercial spindle motor. The belt is really a bearing and rest for support(look at the left set of cutters. The tube going down is for ease of spacing. The cutters are simple wing cutters. Schmelke turns lots of blanks and cues so they have to be efficient. Bet that thing can make some noise when its running. Think about it, two sets of cutters that only have to travel half as far as one would.
 
cutter said:
Come on you mechanical genius's look closely. The top black object is a commercial spindle motor. The belt is really a bearing and rest for support(look at the left set of cutters. The tube going down is for ease of spacing. The cutters are simple wing cutters. Schmelke turns lots of blanks and cues so they have to be efficient. Bet that thing can make some noise when its running. Think about it, two sets of cutters that only have to travel half as far as one would.
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You can't see the cutters as they are behind the cues. If you look at the vertical tubes, on the bottom two cues you can see a cutter.

Dick
 
Well you guys definitely demonstrated my observational skills (or the lack thereof). :D Thanks.

Kelly
 
rhncue said:
You can't see the cutters as they are behind the cues. If you look at the vertical tubes, on the bottom two cues you can see a cutter.

Dick
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Dick, are those shaper cutters of the multi-wing type? Seems like the cuttung bits are quite short. and those tubes that they're attached to, would prolly be running under low speed say under 3,000rpm as opposed to a hi speed router at 30K rpm?
 
Hadj, those cutters are just like the cutters you use in a router, and they indeed do run high speed like a router. I have visited that shop several times & that machine is in the same room as the wood storage. If you are looking through wood while that machine is going, you'd be smart to have some hearing protection!!! It's a very cool machine. I'm not sure what brand cutters are used but the machine cuts both directions. I only cut in one direction, from right to left, because the cuts from left to right are not near as clean. But this machine cuts well both directions. Instead of making several passes in one direction, it cuts back & forth in a zig-zag fashion. Very efficient in my opinion.

I also have seen a tapering machine that was used by an old house cue manufacturer that was basically a fabricated dowelling machine with pneumatic actuators that spread & contractd the donut cutters to give the pre-determined taper. It was stupid simple but incredibly easy.
 
qbilder said:
Hadj, those cutters are just like the cutters you use in a router, and they indeed do run high speed like a router. I have visited that shop several times & that machine is in the same room as the wood storage. If you are looking through wood while that machine is going, you'd be smart to have some hearing protection!!! It's a very cool machine. I'm not sure what brand cutters are used but the machine cuts both directions. I only cut in one direction, from right to left, because the cuts from left to right are not near as clean. But this machine cuts well both directions. Instead of making several passes in one direction, it cuts back & forth in a zig-zag fashion. Very efficient in my opinion.

I also have seen a tapering machine that was used by an old house cue manufacturer that was basically a fabricated dowelling machine with pneumatic actuators that spread & contractd the donut cutters to give the pre-determined taper. It was stupid simple but incredibly easy.
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Thanks QB.... I think is pretty cool having something like that.
At hi -speed you say? With that thick a shafting for those cutters that must be one hell of a motor running that.

I assume those cutters overlap their cuts where the meet to blend it in.
Is it CNC or just plain mechanical? And what's the RPM for spinning the cues?

I could see it has some sort of steady rest attachment to avoid the wood slapping back specially on the shaft/joint area where it's critical... but with the length of the cues I don't imagine it turning at above 200rpm... with a corresponding cut-feed rate to go with that... :confused:
 
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