Looking for tools and materials to use with my new lathe

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takeitdown

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I would like to buy the following items that I need. Would rather buy them from a member and get them some cash than pay full retail. If anybody is thinking of selling out, I might buy all they have.
Here's what I need:

Boring bar large for buttsleeves 6" long
Weight bot tap 3/8-16 7-8" long (Thanks GB cues.. for the correction, I made a typo)
V groove cutter 1", that cuts from side of cue with router vertical, looks like a top.
Indicator and magnet mount
Linen press

I would also buy these items in a package deal since I will be needing them:
Other taps and dies ( I have several, but need a couple others).
maintenance pins other than Uniloc QR, 5/16-14. 5/16-18 and 3/8-10 which I have
Shaft wood, partially preturned and straight
Adhesives
Finish
Material for collars, buttcaps, joints
3/8-10 connecting pins, Aluminum
trim rings
Turning squares

I would look at anything else as well , just PM me. Hopefully I can get a nice package and get most of what I need in one mailing or two. Thanks.
 
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Weight bolts are more commonly 3/8-16, not 3/8-10.

Otherwise, Good Luck

Gary
 
Still looking to buy items in my first post. If you have duplicates, things you arent using or are getting out of cuebuilding, I want to buy. PM me with what you have, thanks.

Thongs Bahhhaah, dam autocorrect
 
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I am still looking to buy tools and supplies from anyone who has them just collecting dust. I understand that hobbiest cuebuilders tend too buy alot at full retail. Then they struggle to sell iit all when they stop.

Regarding the replies below:
I try not to break my #1 rule - Never overpay ...still I am happy to pay a fair price. I'm not out to offend anyone. Really nobody needs to take offense at all.
 
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takeitdown said:
Still looking...giving away money should never be this hard.
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Getting a craftsman to part with his tools is not always easy. That is why there are places that sell these items new. The craftsmen bought the tools for full price new themselves and they have found the tools useful and are not willing to part with them. Good tools are worth the price.
Here is what the parts will cost you new:
Tenon Threader $40
Boring bar large for buttsleeves 6" long $30 to $35
Mini Boring bar small 0.23" minimum cut, 1.5" deep cutting $35
Weight bolt tap 3/8-16 8" long $55
V groove cutter 1" $55
Cuetec and Radial style lathe pins $12 each
In my shop I use everyone of those items and would not part with them either used.
 
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cueman said:
Getting a craftsman to part with his tools is not always easy. That is why there are places that sell these items new. The craftsmen bought the tools for full price new themselves and they have found the tools useful and are not willing to part with them. Good tools are worth the price.
Here is what the parts will cost you new:
Tenon Threader $40
Boring bar large for buttsleeves 6" long $30 to $35
Mini Boring bar small 0.23" minimum cut, 1.5" deep cutting $35
Weight bolt tap 3/8-16 8" long $55
V groove cutter 1" $55
Cuetec and Radial style lathe pins $12 each
In my shop I use everyone of those items and would not part with them either used.
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Chris took the words right out of my mouth/hand. Just because one wants to buy an item at a particular price, doesn't mean it is available. We have a few members on here that are constantly looking for cheap or free, so you are not alone in your search. For example: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=345555
The other thing I guess I have noticed is that based on the things you are asking for, you are new to cuemaking. You don't have to have every imaginable tool in advance in order to start learning the basic skills of turning a square into a dowel and then turning a dowel into a tapered dowel, gluing, threading, resting the wood, etc, etc, etc.
Happy Holidays
Gary
 
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Parting with tools

Hey I started off with nothing and within 3 years I got 25-30k invested in a small 8x10 foot room. I know it's hard to find stuff and 1/2 the time you have to buy it in a big bulk sale like I did. But everyone likes a little help when I got my sanding mandrels that some people sell for 270-400 $ each I got mine for 50$ so because of that my new building person I'll see what I have around my shop and ill PM you. A lot of people just want to make a buck and that's great it's America I don't mind helping out people. This is one expensive hobby so be ready to empty your pockets.
I'll send you what I got on your list to help you out.
But remember new is nice:-)
Good luck with your builds
 
takeitdown said:
Still looking...

Despite the unwarranted criticisms below, I am still looking to buy tools and supplies from anyone who has them just collecting dust. I understand that hobbiest cuebuilders tend too buy alot at full retail. Then they struggle to sell iit all when they stop.

I try not to break my #1 rule - Never overpay ...still I am happy to pay a fair price. Im not out to offend anyone. Really nobody neefs take offense at all.
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Takeitdown,

I'll be cleaning up my shop in the next few days (probably Friday) and will have a few odds and ends that I'm gonna put up for sale. There's not a LOT on your list but still a few tools and cleaning supplies you could use. Just waiting for Christmas to get over and the house to calm down some before I can take pics and get on a real computer. Keep ya eyes out Friday, I'll post a thread with all I got to get rid of.

Lee

Lee Casto
 
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Still lioking for cuebuilding tools and supplies as above. I have cash and several nice custom cues to look at for trades +/- cash.
 
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