Rings

[Glenn Deneweth]

I have a cue I am making, it's the first time I've made a cue with rings. After I turned it down, there are small scratches in the rings from the router. How do you get rid of these? I tried sandpaper and it didn't seem to work. Here's some pictures, not sure if the quality is high enough to see them.

Glenn

 

[TellsItLikeItIs]

I have a cue I am making, it's the first time I've made a cue with rings. After I turned it down, there are small scratches in the rings from the router. How do you get rid of these? I tried sandpaper and it didn't seem to work. Here's some pictures, not sure if the quality is high enough to see them.

Glenn

With the cue rotating on your lathe, touch the rings with a small file. They should clean right up. On the rare occasion I might use metal rings, I trim them just a hair below the adjacent phenolic or fiber washer.

 

[Varney Cues]

I use a courser grit like 100 aluminum oxide, then work my way up, 220, 320, 400. No problems.

 

[Cue Crazy]

The cue I play with came out with a cool looking diamond cut pattern on the metal that looked like a piece of jewelry, and I actually kept It like that, because I liked the look of it, and it was different. When I clean them up though I usually slightly under cut also, using a manual tool in My post. It takes a really sharp tool to do a good job, and best to indicate the cue/ring before doing it. I usually don't have serious issues with scratches in the plastics from My router, but when I do I usually do something simular to what has already been mentioned, file or sanding. I usually try to seal anything around it that I can to minimize the sanding dust from staining other parts of the cue. Good Luck with it

Greg C

 

[billiardbum]

Small file, and steel wool 0000...

 

[John Que]

All the info you have gotten will work. To be a little more specfic. If you decide to sand it use norton paper 180,220. Use long sheets and go accross and up or down the cue will keep the trash out. If you use a file or steel wool make sure you blow it with are to keep the trash out of the maple. Good luck.

 

[CAMCUES]

OK some proper step sanding will work great much better than file.
Sanding cues or wood for that much is all about useing good paper.
Gator grit,3M or any 3M brand or style that is wet\dry sand paper med. grit.start with 220,320,400,600,800,1200,1500,2000 this is for the whole cue you should have the marks out by 400 or 600 otherwise go back to 320 or . I assume you know how to keep paper clean from clogging this is very important but if you use poor qaulity paper you will get piss poor results .It should be very easy to sand out the router marks also when you taper the next cue rest you r hand on the cue as the router goes over the rings you should be turning the cue slow on lathe and useing at least a laminate trimmer router of some kind (high RPM)

 

[Glenn Deneweth]

OK some proper step sanding will work great much better than file.
Sanding cues or wood for that much is all about useing good paper.
Gator grit,3M or any 3M brand or style that is wet\dry sand paper med. grit.start with 220,320,400,600,800,1200,1500,2000 this is for the whole cue you should have the marks out by 400 or 600 otherwise go back to 320 or . I assume you know how to keep paper clean from clogging this is very important but if you use poor qaulity paper you will get piss poor results .It should be very easy to sand out the router marks also when you taper the next cue rest you r hand on the cue as the router goes over the rings you should be turning the cue slow on lathe and useing at least a laminate trimmer router of some kind (high RPM)

I am turing the cue at 90RPM and using a Laminte router.

Glenn