making j/p sets

Texas Carom Club

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do you guys skim down the wood and let it sit for a bit like you do with cues?
or since it such a small piece can they just be turned tapped and coated without worry

or is it specific to which wood used

im thinking to get a harbor freight mini lathe and trying it out, might be fun
might start makin my own, ive got a 3axis desktop for anything extra fancy
 
also curious about how veneer works, would like to attempt that, on small pieces
how thick is it bought, how would you inlay it, cut a pocket, cut a piece that's a bit tall, add glue, and skim pass?

no idea but interested
 
If the wood is not wet it doesn't matter. If the wood is wet it might crack after removing a lot of material. If you hastily make a lot of rings from unseasoned wood and throw them all together into a JP you will likely have ring issues because that aspect of JP's is no different than in a cue.

Most of the slow turning schedules is to let the wood rest and move before the next cut so at final size it has a greater chance of remaining stable in the owners hands. I can't imagine anyone measuring movement of a 1 1/2" long joint protector.
 
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beneath_the_sur said:
also curious about how veneer works, would like to attempt that, on small pieces
how thick is it bought, how would you inlay it, cut a pocket, cut a piece that's a bit tall, add glue, and skim pass?

no idea but interested
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If the wood is still shrinking and you use metal rings , they will pop.
Most metal rings pop anyway.

Depends on the wood, and how you stabilize it.

( Stabilize ) cutting or turning the wood is a form of stabilizing wood.
And it also become new .


If your joint protectors are going to have more then one wood use in them and one wood is going to move and the other is not then over a year or two the wood that didn't shrink will pop.

Same as in metal rings don't shrink, wood does , most mental rings pop............

I had a custom cue maker horse a cue one time , by time the cue traveled one state away by priority mail the metal had popped.

Joint protectors is a great place to start learning how deal with exotic woods....
 
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