Off centered ferrule install
- Thread starter CavinTan
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It doesn't look like a center hole. Some guys do that with the point of the blade before installing the tip. Usually it's more centered but it happens.
Huh. How come? I don't recall ever seeing that. I assumed it was a dimple (basically an impression) left at the very very bottom of a center hole.
Edit: Because they can't get their tool on center so they are manually removing a nub?
Exactly,,,,
I do it for the purpose of facing. For whatever reason I never trust the lathe cross slide to give perfect flat movement for the face cut, hence the noticeable grooves/lines across a faced part. I always take a fresh utility blade and hold it flat across the face while spinning, which shaves to a truly flat face. In order to prevent it from tilting off and beveling the face, I cut tough the tip of the blade into the middle of the spinning face to create the divet Mike described. Usually it's pretty close to center but sometimes I miss. Regardless, it gives a relief in the center so the face is being shaved on the sides. Very easy to show, not so easy to describe.
how could it possibly be eccentric, unless the shaft is running out miserably,,,,,, chris explained it perfectly.
Definitely a threaded ferrule. I used to do mine the same way until I figured out the correct way to thread them.
I believe doing the way that is shown in the photo leaves a weak spot in the ferrule.
I believe doing the way that is shown in the photo leaves a weak spot in the ferrule.
I can't see the photo so I can't comment. All I see is that dang photobucket thing. But why would you assume there's a weak spot? The ferrule sidewall is same thickness 360*.
Why anyone would use photohacket is beyond me?
Imgur.com is probably the easiest one out there that I've come across. And it's still FREE!
Eric, we've had this discussion in the past but I like you so I'll show you this one more time.
Proper ferrule installation is important to longevity.
Imgur.com is probably the easiest one out there that I've come across. And it's still FREE!
Eric, we've had this discussion in the past but I like you so I'll show you this one more time.
Proper ferrule installation is important to longevity.
Why anyone would use photohacket is beyond me?
Imgur.com is probably the easiest one out there that I've come across. And it's still FREE!
Eric, we've had this discussion in the past but I like you so I'll show you this one more time.
Proper ferrule installation is important to longevity.
Thanks for liking me, Dave:thumbup: Yes I recall the discussions.
Why anyone would use photohacket is beyond me?
Imgur.com is probably the easiest one out there that I've come across. And it's still FREE!
Eric, we've had this discussion in the past but I like you so I'll show you this one more time.
Proper ferrule installation is important to longevity.
That is some excellent work and the design is excellent as well.
One thing remains constant in most things built, whether it's a skyscraper, a missile, a house or a Pool Cue.
The ability to carry the load and transfer the load.
Looking at it with such a great photo gives me an opportunity to explain why many customers desire a non threaded ferrule.
While transferring the load from the tip thru the ferrule, the area that is threaded will lose some of the load because it has to transfer from the tip to the contact point below the tip, then it goes thru the threaded part of the ferrule, then the glue, then the threaded part of the shaft, back to the glue, back to the ferrule, back to the wood, back to the glue, back to the ferrule for every thread.
The load carried thru the solid wood portion in the center will carry more without loss than the treaded part can.
3500 pound Epoxy is 1000 pounds per square inch stronger than standard concrete required for home building.
I do admit to adding extra sacks of mix to every concrete truck I ever ordered, 2500 PSI was required and I paid extra for 3000 or 3500 PSI mix.
Going the extra mile is pride for me and I know it is for you as well Dave, no question on that part but I can't deny my customers when they ask for a ferrule the same way time and time again. They all said it was the hit that made their decision.
The only Ferrule I have ever lost was a Cocobolo ferrule with threads that I played with for a few years. I have made Cocobolo ferrules for customers that had no threads and they have yet to tell me there was a problem.
Please note my compliments on your fine work and Happy New Year to all.
Thanks, David Brainard.
I noticed your header says slower than snails.
So here is a new years joke.
A snail needs a new tip installed so he knocks on a cuemakers door and the cuemaker opens his door and sees the snail at his door stoop and kicks him about twenty feet out in the yard. A few days later he hears a knock at his door and he opens the door and the snail says, "Hey what did you do that for?"
Why anyone would use photohacket is beyond me?
Imgur.com is probably the easiest one out there that I've come across. And it's still FREE!
Eric, we've had this discussion in the past but I like you so I'll show you this one more time.
Proper ferrule installation is important to longevity.
Very good picture of what it should look like :smile:
I think Bob Dzuricky has a page or two on his site on ferrules, TPI and tennon diameter.
That was very valuable information to me when I started out.
Good thing I wore my kicking shoes :grin: