How to make a ferrule-less shaft?

deraltefritz

deraltefritz

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Hi there,

I bought a cheap house cue, which I want to turn into a ferrule-less cue (pad + tip only), and potentially coring out the front section sometime later. Mainly for educational purposes, to get a feeling for how those changes affect hit sensation and squirt of the cue.

Problem is I don't have any cue making specific tools or knowledge, so:

How should a non-craftsman like myself go about cutting away the ferrule so that the cut is orthogonal to the cue's z-axis?

If I cut it down with a machine saw, it'll probably end up like this due to the cue's conical taper (exaggerated):
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Are there any (standard) tools or techniques that allow me to get a cut like so (hint: lathe is not an option):
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Thanks,
Fritz
 
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Well it's usually better to let cue repaimen do cue repair, but if you must, you can actually just hack saw off the end at about the shoulder where the ferrule ends, and that contraption I suppose would resurface the end square enough to adhere a pad and tip to. I'd definitely use a gel adhesive in this application.
 
I am not a cuemaker, but here is an idea.

Measure the diameter at the end of the butt. 1/2 of that would be the center of the butt. If you laid the cue on a flat surface and slid shims under the shaft until the center of the tip was the same distance off the bed as the mid point of the butt. This should get the center axis of the cue parallel to your saw bed. Then just cut with your saw.
 
That tool I'm the previous link might work. A lathe would be better if you can find a cue repair person
 
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