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jayman

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Is there a good websight or company that sells the kind of things i could use to try my hand at building an inexpensive little repair lathe?

-Thanks, Jay-
 
Elaborate on inexpensive and little. What repairs would you like to attempt, and what is your budget?
 
shakes said:
Elaborate on inexpensive and little. What repairs would you like to attempt, and what is your budget?
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Beyond tips and cleaning, (which I do with a drill now),I would like to :replace ferulls, machine the radius of a tip so that the arc is true and centered.

-Thanks, Jay.-
 
Taig Parts

jayman said:
Is there a good websight or company that sells the kind of things i could use to try my hand at building an inexpensive little repair lathe?

-Thanks, Jay-
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You can get Taig parts plus motors, controllers etc here.

www.super-tech.com

Tom
 
shakes said:
Cool site! For taig parts they seem to have standard prices, you can get that directly from www.taigtools.com. However, I would have suggested www.cartertools.com to get a 10% discount on everything except the motors. Not to mention you can get a lot of ideas of how to modify your taig to help with the cuemaking.
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Thanks for the link. I saw this article, it is cool and it inspires other possibilities, using the same principles.

Tracy
 
Those are some very helpfull sights, I have learned that none of the small lathes are adequte for doing cue repairs in a user friendly way, or at all, But......
It seems that from Ive heard since I started considering buying or biulding one, That there will be some small decent cue lathes coming out of china in a couple years, and that some of them are supposed to be pretty cool machines.

I like the taig mini lathe but with a tiny little bore of 5/16" through the head stock I would have to start doing pencil repairs instead of cues....Thus the hightower modification..... Plus they dont offer a bed extensoin......Thus the hightower modification.....

And since I dont want to spend a lot, I will probably wait for an inexpensive lathe that can already handle these minor differences to hit the market.

A lot of folks have jurry rigged there way around the intaquite abilitys of the mini lathes, But by the time theyr through, they may have been better off buying a hightower or something simmilar to begin with.

Thanks evryone, I think I'll wait till the market cathches up with demand. I can still do almost anything i want to with my simple equipment, when i take the next step up I want it to made for the cue repair application so i dont have to rigg it to to what it needs to.

-Jay-
 
jayman said:
Those are some very helpfull sights, I have learned that none of the small lathes are adequte for doing cue repairs in a user friendly way, or at all, But......
It seems that from Ive heard since I started considering buying or biulding one, That there will be some small decent cue lathes coming out of china in a couple years, and that some of them are supposed to be pretty cool machines.

I like the taig mini lathe but with a tiny little bore of 5/16" through the head stock I would have to start doing pencil repairs instead of cues....Thus the hightower modification..... Plus they dont offer a bed extensoin......Thus the hightower modification.....

And since I dont want to spend a lot, I will probably wait for an inexpensive lathe that can already handle these minor differences to hit the market.

A lot of folks have jurry rigged there way around the intaquite abilitys of the mini lathes, But by the time theyr through, they may have been better off buying a hightower or something simmilar to begin with.

Thanks evryone, I think I'll wait till the market cathches up with demand. I can still do almost anything i want to with my simple equipment, when i take the next step up I want it to made for the cue repair application so i dont have to rigg it to to what it needs to.

-Jay-
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Check these lathes out. With one like this and a 12x36 wood lathe, you will have all the capabilities you want. I have a Speedway Series 7x12, sold by Homier (discontinued :( ). All of these lathes come from the same factory, so shop around for best pricing. Look at the spec sheets, some importers do have some upgrades.

Tracy
 
RSB-Refugee said:
Check these lathes out. With one like this and a 12x36 wood lathe, you will have all the capabilities you want. I have a Speedway Series 7x12, sold by Homier (discontinued :( ). All of these lathes come from the same factory, so shop around for best pricing. Look at the spec sheets, some importers do have some upgrades.

Tracy
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Now that one is a lot better than some of the others, it has a 3/4'' bore which eliminates the toughest hurdle so far. Now you got me thinking again.
Good tip!

-Thanks, Jay.-
 
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