PracticeChampion
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Thanks.... I got a name for my cuesThis thread is making me want to build a staircase pointed Cue.
I'll call it
The AZ
Lmao

Thanks.... I got a name for my cuesThis thread is making me want to build a staircase pointed Cue.
I'll call it
The AZ
Lmao
I had this holder made. It's like Porpers router holder except I wanted to use a 1/2" shank bit in my Porter cable router instead of using a laminate trimmer. This Forearm is Elforyn.For me maintaining perfect points is really tuff being I cut on a lathe, no ideal how a CNC compares.
My mount is from Chris but essentially the same set-up.I had this holder made. It's like Porpers router holder except I wanted to use a 1/2" shank bit in my Porter cable router instead of using a laminate trimmer. This Forearm is Elforyn.
4 or 5 points or 4 or 5 Forearms?My mount is from Chris but essentially the same set-up.
When I'm cutting forearms I'll do 4-5 at a time and for the most part their spot on, my problem is once I've put the entire butt together and doing my final taper is when things get changed. I use a mid-america lathe with auto feed which does a pretty good job but I think vibration is the biggest problem
I had this holder made. It's like Porpers router holder except I wanted to use a 1/2" shank bit in my Porter cable router instead of using a laminate trimmer. This Forearm is Elforyn.
That's beautiful. Wish I had a feed screw for up and down on my set up.
That's beautiful. Wish I had a feed screw for up and down on my set up.
SWEET!
Nice. How long are your finished points?My setup using the same 1/2" shank cutter, and the finished product from the video.
https://fb.watch/lWpC4MUNWo/
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4-5 forearms.4 or 5 points or 4 or 5 Forearms?
If your points are even when you cut just the Forearm but not when you join it to the handle.
Then the point portion is not your problem.
Thanks Mike. I like long points, so they are usually right about 9-3/4, 9-7/8"Nice. How long are your finished points?
BeautifulThanks Mike. I like long points, so they are usually right about 9-3/4, 9-7/8"
hmmm, which parts did you actually design and machine yourself, because it all looks pretty commercial, common, and readily available to me. Sorry to call you out, and that is not my intent, it's just that cuemakers are usually a fat cry from toolmakers, and that looks more like toolmaker work to me. I like to know just what level an artisan is at in their skill. The equipment most toolmakers have would not manufacture that setup you have,,,,,,, which is very nice by the way.Thanks. I spent a bit of time designing, machining, and building my setup.
hmmm, which parts did you actually design and machine yourself, because it all looks pretty commercial, common, and readily available to me. Sorry to call you out, and that is not my intent, it's just that cuemakers are usually a fat cry from toolmakers, and that looks more like toolmaker work to me. I like to know just what level an artisan is at in their skill. The equipment most toolmakers have would not manufacture that setup you have,,,,,,, which is very nice by the way.
And now I know, nice work.I bought the spindle, ball screws, rails. All of the beds are machined for the rails, drilled and counterbored for the fasteners. Pockets machined for the screw mounts. I made the brackets that hold it on a lathe. I made rail clamps for the vertical axis because they are expensive and ballscrews will back-drive.
I worked as a mechanical engineer for over a dozen years for a world leader in aircraft assemble automation.
Yes, I bought what I could... That's just good engineering practice, but I designed and machined everything that puts it all together.
This is currently a tracer mill, so it has two y-axes, one on a pneumatic cylinder to follow the pattern, one on a ballscrew to adjust the depth of cut.
And now I know, nice work.
And now I know, nice work.
That's a sweet looking machine
That's a sweet looking machine
That's gorgeous, thanks for the link great entertainmentMy setup using the same 1/2" shank cutter, and the finished product from the video.
https://fb.watch/lWpC4MUNWo/
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