Inch and 3/8 through bore

ideologist

ideologist

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Is 1.375 enough for you guys to do buttsleeve work on a cue? Or do the butts hang out too far?

A guy that I know local to me has a really nice Southbend with a 1.375 bore in the headstock. I haven't gone to see it in person yet, but I'm going to bring some of my old blanks and see what the run-out is like on the lathe with some old Brunswick cues chucked up.
 
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If it's great grandpas southbend them probably not, the old machines have a really wide spindle... you know the size/model of lathe?

Remember.... the machines are cheap... it's the tooling that's gonna kill ya!





Rob.M
 
ideologist said:
Is 1.375 enough for you guys to do buttsleeve work on a cue? Or do the butts hang out too far?

A guy that I know local to me has a really nice Southbend with a 1.375 bore in the headstock. I haven't gone to see it in person yet, but I'm going to bring some of my old blanks and see what the run-out is like on the lathe with some old Brunswick cues chucked up.
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My old jet lathe has that size bore and it's not been a problem.

Any runout you find will likely be in the chuck, not the lathe. You can true up those old self centering 3 jaw chucks in pretty short order.

JC
 
ideologist said:
Is 1.375 enough for you guys to do buttsleeve work on a cue? Or do the butts hang out too far?

A guy that I know local to me has a really nice Southbend with a 1.375 bore in the headstock. I haven't gone to see it in person yet, but I'm going to bring some of my old blanks and see what the run-out is like on the lathe with some old Brunswick cues chucked up.
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You're going to indicate a cue ? Try a drill rod blank or Thompson rod.
I used a 30" 7/8 thompson rod to install the rear chuck.

A SB should be ok unless it's all beat-up.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
You're going to indicate a cue ? Try a drill rod blank or Thompson rod.
I used a 30" 7/8 thompson rod to install the rear chuck.

A SB should be ok unless it's all beat-up.
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I meant more, how much slop is there in a butt hanging out 6 inches? I've only done buttsleeve and cue drilling work on the backend on a Porper or Hightower, but it sounds like 1-3/8 is enough to chuck up pretty close to the headstock.

For run-out, I have the calibration tools already. My father has some old stainless truing stock he machined down to measure run-out and aligning headstock and tailstock.

This lathe was only used in a lab for making some test parts, it never ran production. It's a later model Heavy 10.
 
ideologist said:
I meant more, how much slop is there in a butt hanging out 6 inches? I've only done buttsleeve and cue drilling work on the backend on a Porper or Hightower, but it sounds like 1-3/8 is enough to chuck up pretty close to the headstock.

For run-out, I have the calibration tools already. My father has some old stainless truing stock he machined down to measure run-out and aligning headstock and tailstock.

This lathe was only used in a lab for making some test parts, it never ran production. It's a later model Heavy 10.
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I am lost.
Why would the butt be hanging 6 inches?
Inside the spindle or out of the chuck?
Inside, you need to sleeve it.
Outside, you would not let it hang that far out.
 
ideologist said:
Is 1.375 enough for you guys to do buttsleeve work on a cue? Or do the butts hang out too far?

A guy that I know local to me has a really nice Southbend with a 1.375 bore in the headstock. I haven't gone to see it in person yet, but I'm going to bring some of my old blanks and see what the run-out is like on the lathe with some old Brunswick cues chucked up.
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Are you considering buying the late or just using it?

I assume you are asking about putting the joint end thru the headstock. If so, 6 inches
out from the chuck should not be a problem for working on the butt.

If all else fails, you could use a steadyrest.

BTW - what is the distance-between-centers?

Dale
 
pdcue said:
Are you considering buying the late or just using it?

I assume you are asking about putting the joint end thru the headstock. If so, 6 inches
out from the chuck should not be a problem for working on the butt.

If all else fails, you could use a steadyrest.

BTW - what is the distance-between-centers?

Dale
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My concern was trying to do work on larger than 1.375 tapered pieces through the headstock. However, only a couple of inches on some of those old cues are at or above that diameter, so it should be fine.

It's a 54" bed, so realistically, you're getting 44" between centers. I'm hoping to buy it and set it up at home in an indoor/outdoor shop.
 
ideologist said:
My concern was trying to do work on larger than 1.375 tapered pieces through the headstock. However, only a couple of inches on some of those old cues are at or above that diameter, so it should be fine.

It's a 54" bed, so realistically, you're getting 44" between centers. I'm hoping to buy it and set it up at home in an indoor/outdoor shop.
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I have that same lathe. It works great for cues that are standard lenght.

Larry
 
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