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Is this what you are talking about?
Sounds good in theory but 2 concerns come to mind.
1: Weight
2: How would you cut/mill to square and then turn round?
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Interesting but doable... I don't know. I am assuming some type of diamond abrasive would be needed to cut/ polish.
Is this what you are talking about?
Sounds good in theory but 2 concerns come to mind.
1: Weight
2: How would you cut/mill to square and then turn round?
Edit:
Interesting but doable... I don't know. I am assuming some type of diamond abrasive would be needed to cut/ polish.
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I facet gems and do some cabbing.I dont think you will be able to get points because it would be a nightmare to turn round.You would probably have to grind it somehow.What you could do is have some smaller inlays made and cabbed with a radius and then have them set in a pocket milled in the cue and finished over. About a 2 inch by 3/4 inch square is about the max size for a cue.
I would just use if for inlays. Maybe you can inlay something that symbolizes or reminds you of him and use that stone.
Honor him by putting his name on it. The stone is a bad idea...JER
Not that It would be easy to do either way, but points would be really hard. Maybe inlays without sharp corners as mentioned, but even that would test most guys. Like Jerry said, maybe honor him using his name, a coin that belonged to him, some other reminder of him, or something the color of his birth stone. Reconstituted stone will work though, and maybe you could find something close to the stuff in looks.
I have thought about using It before Myself, because I've seen some really beautiful pieces for sale cheap, but have yet to try, so who knows, My thought was always that It may not cut well with the tools we use, therefore, may need to be grinded & polished differently. Seems as others feel the same but My thinking is purely based on speculation, as I have not tried yet.
I have thought about using It before Myself, because I've seen some really beautiful pieces for sale cheap, but have yet to try, so who knows, My thought was always that It may not cut well with the tools we use, therefore, may need to be grinded & polished differently. Seems as others feel the same but My thinking is purely based on speculation, as I have not tried yet.
That stuff, or any stone or mineral for that matter is just to hard to be used with carbide end mills. Carbide is very brittle and just break way to easily and the stone breaks when you start getting near a the point. We bought a block of real turquoise one time, had it sawed into slabs by a rock hound who had the proper saw and then attempted to inlay it into a cue. I was going to put in 8 small spear heads. I cut over 30 before I got the 8 good ones as the ends of the spears would break off. I had to change from a 1/32 end mill to a 1/16 as they kept breaking. Once I had them inlaid, at the time I was using a saw shaft machine for doing the tapers on the butt. When the butt was completed I went to cut another cue and it was coming out very rough and upon looking at my specially made blade I found the carbide teeth all chipped and broken.
That was my last attempt at using real stone.
What the rock hounds and jewelers use are grinders and diamonds or diamond compounds but that doesn't work on wood. Needless to say, anything can be done with enough effort and expense but I don't believe it would be cost effective making points out of it unless you happen to have an oil well in your back yard.
Dick
The only viable option is to have the stone cut into a shape and it inserted into the cue below the surface and have clear built up over it to the diameter of the cue. Like they do when diamonds are in a cue.
I can not see points being made that would blend in as Dick has mentioned.
You could however have a but cap made and fitted when it is all completed. Just alittle tricky getting the balance right.
Neil
I can not see points being made that would blend in as Dick has mentioned.
You could however have a but cap made and fitted when it is all completed. Just alittle tricky getting the balance right.
Neil
If you know a jeweler or a lapidariest (or whatever the hobby is called)
and you can get him to cut a round piece of agate, then I would inlay that into the butt sleeve and clear over it as one poster suggested. Probably the easiest and nicest way to remember grandpa.
and you can get him to cut a round piece of agate, then I would inlay that into the butt sleeve and clear over it as one poster suggested. Probably the easiest and nicest way to remember grandpa.