my shaft spinner

[woody_968]

Sorry Woody

I don't own a digital camera.

If you look where D Rock has the 3 bearing on his tail stock, Replace them with one 5/8 ID Flange bearing. I had a friend with a real Metal Lathe make an insert that slides in the flange bearing and has a concave end on it where the cue tip presses against. I saw this design on a Professional Cue Makers wood lathe that was modified for doing Cues. When I take the insert out and put a Cue through the Flange bearing for shaping the tip, I use Felt from a pool table as a protector. If you look at a Tim Hightower Lathe, He uses the same thing as joint end supports when Chucking a Cue tip.

Thanks, thats the info I was looking for. I had a wood lathe with a similar set up (sold it when I quit playing pool) but I like your way of being able to remove the insert so you could slide the shaft through.

I have a motor to make a spinner, but would like to look into setting it up like yours.

Woody

 

[woody_968]

Do a search. There have been several threads.

I have read several of those threads over the years, but never seen one with a set up like Ball Banger described. Thats why I asked for the pic :wink:

 

[D-Rock]

Nice job. Where did you get the rods from?
Ron

any hardware store will have them. I got mine from menards.

I like the one bearing idea also. I can slide my shaft into my set up the same though because the top bearing can slide up and down so it just rests onto the cue with its own weight. I just made it this way because I already had these bearings here.

The spinner works good. but I've since ditched the foot pedal in favor of a rheostat. I couldn't turn the shaft as slow as I would like sometimes with the pedal but other then that it works great!

 

[woody_968]

but I've since ditched the foot pedal in favor of a rheostat.

What is that? And where did you get it?

 

[Ball Banger]

Thanks, thats the info I was looking for. I had a wood lathe with a similar set up (sold it when I quit playing pool) but I like your way of being able to remove the insert so you could slide the shaft through.

I have a motor to make a spinner, but would like to look into setting it up like yours.

Woody

Woody

IMHO the bed or rail the spinner and end stock sits on is the key. I was lucky and had a Straight edge with grooves. While that straight edge is not real heavy duty it is strong enough to hold the cue. But I had more help than just insert for the flange bearing. My buddy also made the fitting for the tail stock to slide into the straight edge on his milling machine. One thing I would like to add is the adjustable tail stock screw like on chuckpilegis lathe. I have push my tail stock tight and then thumb screw it down.

 

[D-Rock]

What is that? And where did you get it?

A rheostat lets you adjust voltage. A volume control or light dimmer switch (which is what I used) are some examples
.

 

[woody_968]

My old set up was like his. It worked well, but I would have liked to be able to have the shaft stick out to trim tips. I could do it on the setup that I had, but ya had to be careful LOL

 

[woody_968]

A rheostat lets you adjust voltage. A volume control or light dimmer switch (which is what I used) are some examples
.

Sounds like its similar to the foot pedal that I have. If I remember right (I got the parts a long time ago and never finished the project) my motor just plugs into the foot pedal that would control the voltage and speed. Maybe just not in as small of increments as what your using. If I ever get mine set up Ill keep this in mind.

Woody

 

[D-Rock]

My old set up was like his. It worked well, but I would have liked to be able to have the shaft stick out to trim tips. I could do it on the setup that I had, but ya had to be careful LOL

I have no problem with mine because the top bearing slides up and down. I can stick the shaft as far in as I want :wink::wink:

 

[Ball Banger]

My old set up was like his. It worked well, but I would have liked to be able to have the shaft stick out to trim tips. I could do it on the setup that I had, but ya had to be careful LOL

Woody

The 5/8 ID Flange Bearing allows me to have just about any length sticking out for trimming tips. With a larger Flange Bearing ID you can slip a piece of plastic hose over the shaft to protect it. The 5/8 ID is too small and I just use Felt cloth as a protector on the shaft and it works. I always Burnish the Shaft after the Tip is done. I am always careful not to put downward pressure on the shaft went trimming Tips with a Razor knife. I shape the tip with a scuffer.

 

[D-Rock]

Sounds like its similar to the foot pedal that I have. If I remember right (I got the parts a long time ago and never finished the project) my motor just plugs into the foot pedal that would control the voltage and speed. Maybe just not in as small of increments as what your using. If I ever get mine set up Ill keep this in mind.

Woody

remember this needs to be wired in series. if your not sure on wiring PLEASE find someone that knows a little about it. Its very basic wiring, but if your not sure DONT do it.

As far as my "tailstock". I believe my 3 bearing setup is better because it will adjust to any part of the shaft. the bottom bearings are fixed and the top bearing rides up and and down with the diameter of the shaft. I was originally going to put a spring on the top bearing, but found just the weight alone was efficient enough to keep the shaft spinning true.

I have run 6 shafts through this without any damage to them. I've also measured very careful to make sure the shafts rotated perfect. just for fun I took an old bar cue, cut a "shaft" off it and ran it through to see how far I could go. The tailstock ended up 8" from the headstock before I saw any problem.

Im not knocking the other setup shown, but that was built using a wood lathe. I built my spinner from scratch for a whopping 30 bucks.