So very interesting spread of finish thicknesses and techniques used to reach them. It seems certain that one thing any aspiring cuemaker should do is find a finish technique and size he likes, then work at making his skills and machine setup accurate enough to hold tolerance.
I would like to quickly run down what has been posted so far:
maker Sand dia. Finish Dia. finish used thickness
Josie 0.830 in 0.840in Epoxy-3coats 0.005
QBilder 0.848in 0.855in 0.0035in
(no mandrel to sand)
JoeyInCali 0.855in no mandrel
scdiveteam 0.837in 0.850 Epoxy+autoclr 0.0035
(no sand mandrel)
ChrisByrne base dia mand base+ 0.007mand 0.0035
Olsonsview 0.837 0.840 superglue 0.0015
Some interesting stuff. And guys, please correct me if I made an error, or left out something.
I no longer use the Superglue, have not for the past 18 months. All this discussion has made me think I should sell one set. SO I find myself with a set of mandrels I may sell: 3/8 X 10 thread with carbide sleeves of 5/8 id and 0.840 od 1 butt mandrel, two shaft mandrels. I had them machined for me. PM me if interested. And no lowballs please, they are hardly used! Sold only as a set of three. The reason I had them made that size is so I can use the unique aluminum arbors (5/8 od) easily when I needed to do an odd sized thread. The carbide is a light press fit to the arbor.
