Russian Lathe for tip repair?
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Looks nice.
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if you got a better lathe you would enjoy having the freedom to make your own shafts..
If you made 10 shafts and sold them the lathe would be free.
My first cue repair lathe paid for its self in the first 30 days of owning it..
if you got a better lathe you would enjoy having the freedom to make your own shafts..
If you made 10 shafts and sold them the lathe would be free.
My first cue repair lathe paid for its self in the first 30 days of owning it..
Thats pretty awesome
That's pretty awesome, shame you cant buy one.
A friend of mine told me about a guy who used to do tips on a machine he made out of a board, a small electric motor and some parts, mostly stuff he got that was going out to junk and how he did tips and shafts in the poolroom for years using some getup that had a collar on it that would tighten down on back of the shaft allowing him to work on anything with the tip being supported on the front end by a strap of leather and leather tie down.
This machine is well thought out that you posted. Im sure someone probably has some marketable version for the person who wants to do this sort of thing but this machine is in a class by itself no lie.
Nice post.
That's pretty awesome, shame you cant buy one.
A friend of mine told me about a guy who used to do tips on a machine he made out of a board, a small electric motor and some parts, mostly stuff he got that was going out to junk and how he did tips and shafts in the poolroom for years using some getup that had a collar on it that would tighten down on back of the shaft allowing him to work on anything with the tip being supported on the front end by a strap of leather and leather tie down.
This machine is well thought out that you posted. Im sure someone probably has some marketable version for the person who wants to do this sort of thing but this machine is in a class by itself no lie.
Nice post.
Excellent! I do use translate page from time to time, just didn't do it this time. The price is right. Lol
I also saw that the chuck which doesn't look like it has cutting wheels to chop your finger off appears to be sold online here in the u.s., I THINK. Lol
JoeyA
That's beautiful Mike but I just like experimenting with different tips and saw how simple that lathe looked and how easy it was to replace a tip.
I already have a job and now I have a new hobby so I can't afford to spread myself much thinner.
JoeyA
I already have a job and now I have a new hobby so I can't afford to spread myself much thinner.
JoeyA
if you got a better lathe you would enjoy having the freedom to make your own shafts..
If you made 10 shafts and sold them the lathe would be free.
My first cue repair lathe paid for its self in the first 30 days of owning it..
working off a rest
I skipped around the video a little bit due to bandwidth issues. However shaping the tip with a blade across a steady rest is old hat, a handle would just get in the way. He is using the steel bar as a steady. More overhang than I would like though. I would want that bar to move in and out if needed and tighten down.
When I was doing tips I put a metal cutting tool in my lathe's tool holder. The nine degrees or so of relief angle on the top of the tool makes up for some of the bevel on the cutting edge of a razor knife blade and gets my scraper edge very close to ninety degrees angle from the tip. Using the better quality blades, doesn't seem to matter if they are bi-metal or cobalt, shaping a tip is dead easy and zero control issues. After putting three tips on I use the blade for other work around the shop. Adopted this practice when I was using lower quality blades, the better quality blades could be used a few more times.
There are some hand drill powered lathes around, think I saw one for seventy dollars new, I forget where. These would be fine for tips and cleaning shafts and such. My new toy would probably do tips too, if I finish loading the tray on the legs with concrete ballast. Things got to bouncing around trying to turn an ink pen and I broke one of my concrete blocks!
Hu
I skipped around the video a little bit due to bandwidth issues. However shaping the tip with a blade across a steady rest is old hat, a handle would just get in the way. He is using the steel bar as a steady. More overhang than I would like though. I would want that bar to move in and out if needed and tighten down.
When I was doing tips I put a metal cutting tool in my lathe's tool holder. The nine degrees or so of relief angle on the top of the tool makes up for some of the bevel on the cutting edge of a razor knife blade and gets my scraper edge very close to ninety degrees angle from the tip. Using the better quality blades, doesn't seem to matter if they are bi-metal or cobalt, shaping a tip is dead easy and zero control issues. After putting three tips on I use the blade for other work around the shop. Adopted this practice when I was using lower quality blades, the better quality blades could be used a few more times.
There are some hand drill powered lathes around, think I saw one for seventy dollars new, I forget where. These would be fine for tips and cleaning shafts and such. My new toy would probably do tips too, if I finish loading the tray on the legs with concrete ballast. Things got to bouncing around trying to turn an ink pen and I broke one of my concrete blocks!
Hu
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If you buy that lathe, then you have a job, because that's the hard way of working on a cue.
Hobbies are fun, that's track lighting.
Personally I think the drills rpm is too slow............
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If you buy that lathe, then you have a job, because that's the hard way of working on a cue.
Hobbies are fun, that's track lighting.
Personally I think the drills rpm is too slow............
if you got a better lathe you would enjoy having the freedom to make your own shafts..
If you made 10 shafts and sold them the lathe would be free.
My first cue repair lathe paid for its self in the first 30 days of owning it..
Nice set up.
Would one of theses work?
If so, what other parts would you need to buy?
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-speed-bench-top-wood-lathe-65345.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-inch-x-33-3-8-eighth-inch-wood-lathe-with-reversible-head-34706.html
If so, what other parts would you need to buy?
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-speed-bench-top-wood-lathe-65345.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-inch-x-33-3-8-eighth-inch-wood-lathe-with-reversible-head-34706.html