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Scott44

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I just received my new Mid-American pool cue lathe. I set it up and was cutting the tip off of an old house cue to practice. Two issues. First the cutting tool is wanting to back off a little from the tip unless I hold the wheel that moves it forwards and backwards. Second it is leaving a small tit in the center of the tip instead of cutting clean. I watched a bunch of videos before receiving this and I seem to remember one of them mentioning something about this tit but I can't find it now.

I appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.
 
Scott44 said:
I just received my new Mid-American pool cue lathe. I set it up and was cutting the tip off of an old house cue to practice. Two issues. First the cutting tool is wanting to back off a little from the tip unless I hold the wheel that moves it forwards and backwards. Second it is leaving a small tit in the center of the tip instead of cutting clean. I watched a bunch of videos before receiving this and I seem to remember one of them mentioning something about this tit but I can't find it now.

I appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.
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You should ask the mods to move this to the Ask the cuemaker section. You're going to have experienced cuemakers there. Asking us railbirds is probably not the best option.
 
Scott44 said:
I just received my new Mid-American pool cue lathe. I set it up and was cutting the tip off of an old house cue to practice. Two issues. First the cutting tool is wanting to back off a little from the tip unless I hold the wheel that moves it forwards and backwards. Second it is leaving a small tit in the center of the tip instead of cutting clean. I watched a bunch of videos before receiving this and I seem to remember one of them mentioning something about this tit but I can't find it now.

I appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.
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Your cutter tip is not at the center of the piece, that's why it is leaving the small piece in the center. You will need to raise your cutter up. To keep it from moving away without holding the wheel, there is a thumb screw directly behind the cross slide this will lock it in place
 
epoxypop said:
Your cutter tip is not at the center of the piece, that's why it is leaving the small piece in the center. You will need to raise your cutter up. To keep it from moving away without holding the wheel, there is a thumb screw directly behind the cross slide this will lock it in place
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Saved me some typing
 
epoxypop said:
Your cutter tip is not at the center of the piece, that's why it is leaving the small piece in the center. You will need to raise your cutter up. To keep it from moving away without holding the wheel, there is a thumb screw directly behind the cross slide this will lock it in place
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Thanks for the help. That took care of the problem.
 
Scott44 said:
I just received my new Mid-American pool cue lathe. I set it up and was cutting the tip off of an old house cue to practice. Two issues. First the cutting tool is wanting to back off a little from the tip unless I hold the wheel that moves it forwards and backwards. Second it is leaving a small tit in the center of the tip instead of cutting clean. I watched a bunch of videos before receiving this and I seem to remember one of them mentioning something about this tit but I can't find it now.

I appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.
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The tit means you need to adjust the height. There also is a set screw on the back of the carriage. You tighten it down while taking facing cuts. There's several videos on youtube that show it in operation.

Honestly I would contact Mid-American, they should be able to help/point you in the right direction.

Cuemakersguild on youtube has some videos that shows most processes. That said there are many different methods that cuemakers use so don't hold any of it as gospel. Look around and research.
 
I wasn't aware of the Cuemakersguild videos. Thanks for the heads up.

I put another tip on last night and everything is working great now. Thanks to all who gave me advise.
 
Yes I am new to this and I have watched a lot of videos which have been very helpful. I'm sure I will have many more questions as I keep learning on the lathe. There is a ton of knowledge on this site!
 
Scott44 said:
Yes I am new to this and I have watched a lot of videos which have been very helpful. I'm sure I will have many more questions as I keep learning on the lathe. There is a ton of knowledge on this site!
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Since you are new to cue lathes, one thing you need to keep in mind; keep your tooling SHARP. Cutting off leather tips or cutting down a tenon, sharp tooling makes this easier and more accurate.
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
Do you own a lathe?
Stay out of this section with your dribble of advice.
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Never Own One, but spent Two Years in Apprenticeship to be Prototype Machinist, did notably short runs. Running Lathes, Mills, Grinding Tool, Sharpening Drills, etc. Decide I liked being outdoors more than in side a building stand confront of a machine 8 hours or more a day.

Running a Lathe is not NURO SURGERY, or Rocket Science.
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Never Own One, but spent Two Years in Apprenticeship to be Prototype Machinist, did notably short runs. Running Lathes, Mills, Grinding Tool, Sharpening Drills, etc. Decide I liked being outdoors more than in side a building stand confront of a machine 8 hours or more a day.

Running a Lathe is not NURO SURGERY, or Rocket Science.
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Zero...
Running a lathe and piddling around on one has Zero to do with building and/or constructing a quality playing instrument to be used in any billiard games.
Give it up Bruce
You're a minus zero when it comes to this craft.
Quit acting like you know something that you know zero about.
 
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