If you don't have a local cue maker in your country. How would I go about keeping an Irish linen warp clean and how would I press it. Also how would I go about changing the diameter of my shaft if I don't have a wood Lathe. I live in Barbados and there are not cue makers here.
Pressing cue Wraps
- Thread starter pool1027
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Honestly...as for the shaft, send it out to a country with a cuemaker. The wrap...wash your hands often and occasionally rub it firmly with a piece of folded up wax paper. As the linen heats up the wax will transfer and smooth & seal the wrap.
Varney Cues said:
Sorry Varney, but I have to disagree about the wax paper. The wax will attract & hold dirt, even more quickly that without it...JER
Possibly on a light colored linen. Seems to work well if you have no lathe at least on a black wrap. Learned it from a fellow NC cuemaker Dennis Kepley...watched him use on his lathe the waxpaper between a wooden press he made. Back when, before I had a lathe...I used wax paper on my blk linen cue with good results. Kept it pressed/sealed feeling...hated the linen fibers sticking up.
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pool1027 said:
One of your other post indicates that you have access to a metal lathe. You can press your wrap between two hardwood boards but be very careful that you don't hit the finish or press too hard and dent the cue.
Don't ever put wax on your wrap because it attracts and retains dirt from the table and your hands. Once it is waxed it is there until the cue is re-wrapped.
You can indeed re-taper a shaft by sanding on a lathe - I recommend you go slow to keep the heat down and use a sanding block to keep from making shallow places.
Good luck,
If you can find a sanding block with a thin layer of foam those work the best for me and help to conform to the nuances of the contours....
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