silver veneers

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i have seen many cues with silver veneers all of them i believed have been inlayed not spliced. is there any reason for this?

if i was going to splice points with silver veneers what glue would you recommend using?
 
Oddly, a friend of mine and I were talking about that just last night. West epoxy should work. I have yet to price silver sheets. I'm kinda thinking aluminum foil would work also.
 
aluminum foil might get a wrinkle or something easily during the process and make a goofy looking venneer....... neat idea tho.
 
Aluminum foil is too thin and doesn't cut well. I've tried it.

Splicing the cue with actual silver for veneers is going to take a lot of work because just sanding the cue will get the silver hot enough for the epoxy to lose it's bond. Especially at the tips of the points. I know this from experience.

Gorilla glue doesn't break down with heat like epoxy does, but it also doesn't hold the metal to the wood well enough either. I've tried this too.
 
Jess June and Tommy Clements

call the Guys from World Class Cues as my Cues and older McDaniel have silver Veneers.
Ralf
 
Tony Zinzola said:
Aluminum foil is too thin and doesn't cut well. I've tried it.

Splicing the cue with actual silver for veneers is going to take a lot of work because just sanding the cue will get the silver hot enough for the epoxy to lose it's bond. Especially at the tips of the points. I know this from experience.

Gorilla glue doesn't break down with heat like epoxy does, but it also doesn't hold the metal to the wood well enough either. I've tried this too.
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heat is my main concern when using an epoxy hmmm
 
i did it with some .060 extruded aluminum. used thick CA, i would suggest a practice pc. Friendly advice, heavy grit belt sand excess point stock that sticks off the front. Also try to cut the front as close to final size as you can. Forget about using a typical router bit "6 wing, 3 wing, etc." try to find a slitting type saw. Then pray that when you get close to final, that the router doesnt rip or curl the end of the points out. cleanup passes into the points is not a good idea, try to make all passes from the ajoint side up.
 
LGSM3 said:
i did it with some .060 extruded aluminum. used thick CA, i would suggest a practice pc. Friendly advice, heavy grit belt sand excess point stock that sticks off the front. Also try to cut the front as close to final size as you can. Forget about using a typical router bit "6 wing, 3 wing, etc." try to find a slitting type saw. Then pray that when you get close to final, that the router doesnt rip or curl the end of the points out. cleanup passes into the points is not a good idea, try to make all passes from the ajoint side up.
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Sounds like you've done it more than once!! Or at least had to redo it more than once on the one cue you agreed to install them on! :smile:

THANKS for the technical tip!!

gARY
 
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