Point Recut Fixture

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Pete Tonkin

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Atlas Billiard Supply has a new fixture for doing recut points.With this fixture you do all your recuts or solid veneers first and glue them in to the fourarm in one shot. The fixture will work in a lathe or milling machine.


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I couldn't understand what this really does by looking at it. So I am confused a little. Have you used one to know exactly what it does?
 
Recut/Remill Fixture

Hi Chris
As you already now to do a normal recut you mill the fourarm glue in the point stock put back in the lathe and turn fourarm and then mill in a more points up the center of the points. The recut fixture is for milling point stock in to a 90 deg. L that way you can mill all of your recuts or they can be called solid veneers and glue all of them in to the fourarm at one time that way they all line up perfect.The fixture also has a pocket on the back side for squareing up the point stock before it is recut.

Thanks Pete
 
Pete Tonkin said:
Hi Chris
As you already now to do a normal recut you mill the fourarm glue in the point stock put back in the lathe and turn fourarm and then mill in a more points up the center of the points. The recut fixture is for milling point stock in to a 90 deg. L that way you can mill all of your recuts or they can be called solid veneers and glue all of them in to the fourarm at one time that way they all line up perfect.The fixture also has a pocket on the back side for squareing up the point stock before it is recut.

Thanks Pete
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So you're saying this fixture is for milling the point material only and before it is glued into the forearm. Correct?
 
Pete Tonkin said:
Atlas Billiard Supply has a new fixture for doing recut points.With this fixture you do all your recuts or solid veneers first and glue them in to the fourarm in one shot. The fixture will work in a lathe or milling machine.


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[URL="http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=192&ITEM_ID=5979"]http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=192&ITEM_ID=5979[/URL]
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Pete, Did you design this? I did see it at the BCA Expo, and it was very interesting. If it was your idea, it is a very good one. Jim
 
Pete Tonkin said:
Atlas Billiard Supply has a new fixture for doing recut points.With this fixture you do all your recuts or solid veneers first and glue them in to the fourarm in one shot. The fixture will work in a lathe or milling machine.


Code: 
[URL="http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=192&ITEM_ID=5979"]http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=192&ITEM_ID=5979[/URL]
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that may be the silliest jig yet...... there are many more efficient ways to

cut them.

ps. anyone know where i can get one thet also does boxes?
 
You put the jig in your mill and with the red wings holding a square piece (or split square half) you mill out the wood leaving a v shaped veneer. You remove the piece and put a new one in and repeat. Then you stack all of the v's together and glue them up to make the veneer stack for a point. I assume you are to use the jig for support when gluing them but I use a piece made from delrin so the glue doesn't stick. Chris.
 
Fixture

Here are some pictures of the prototype fixture in use the new fixture with full length clamps works much better.
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Will definitely make life easier for the re indexing challenged crowd. Personnally I want the Haas indexer in the picture. Great idea Pete.
Heard you were making a full splice jig, any truth to that.
 
cutter said:
Will definitely make life easier for the re indexing challenged crowd. Personnally I want the Haas indexer in the picture. Great idea Pete.
Heard you were making a full splice jig, any truth to that.
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Yes we are working on full splice jigs but it is only at the drawing stage now.
 
Veneer Thickness

Craig Fales said:
I'm curious as to what's the thinnest veneer you can cut with that???
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The thinnest you can cut with out cutting the clamp plates is .040 the fixture has to vees in it one to take .500 stock and one to take .562 stock
 
Part Fit

dave sutton said:
seems like a nice idea. it works how i figured

pete is there alot of hand sanding to get everything to fit perfect?
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The parts come out very nice just a light sanding to take off the fuzz.
 
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