Steam gun for shaft dents
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Steam Gun
Just lightly sand the shine off the dent to open the pores. Hit it with a litle steam and the wood will swell. Just do it a little at a time until you know what you are doing. I will just open the pores, wet a small piece of paper towel and put it on the dent. When the dent becomes wet, I spin it on a lathe and create the heat by holding a paper towel on it so the friction creates the heat to swell the dent out.
Don
Just lightly sand the shine off the dent to open the pores. Hit it with a litle steam and the wood will swell. Just do it a little at a time until you know what you are doing. I will just open the pores, wet a small piece of paper towel and put it on the dent. When the dent becomes wet, I spin it on a lathe and create the heat by holding a paper towel on it so the friction creates the heat to swell the dent out.
Don
If it isn't open yet, DON'T
Get your money back and do it like this.
Put a pot of water with aluminum foil covering the top on the stove.
Poke a hole in the center(very small hole).
As the water heats, steam will come from the hole(weren't expecting that. were ya?)
Put the dent DIRECTLY over the steam and VIOLA!!!
I use a couple of wire hangers to build a rack so I dont have to hold the shaft steady.
Get your money back and do it like this.
Put a pot of water with aluminum foil covering the top on the stove.
Poke a hole in the center(very small hole).
As the water heats, steam will come from the hole(weren't expecting that. were ya?)
Put the dent DIRECTLY over the steam and VIOLA!!!
I use a couple of wire hangers to build a rack so I dont have to hold the shaft steady.
actually, this is how I have always done it. You saw that on the Bert Kinister video didn't you.BazookaJoe said:If it isn't open yet, DON'T
Get your money back and do it like this.
Put a pot of water with aluminum foil covering the top on the stove.
Poke a hole in the center(very small hole).
As the water heats, steam will come from the hole(weren't expecting that. were ya?)
Put the dent DIRECTLY over the steam and VIOLA!!!
I use a couple of wire hangers to build a rack so I dont have to hold the shaft steady.
Yep
Works great
Works great
my advise is to do this, find a junk shaft (either one of yours or a cheapo from some poolroom bum lol) and dent it up yourself, and practice taking the dents out, and be sure not to warp the shaft why you are doing it... it can happen...EL'nino said:
Thanks,
Jon
P.S. The best advise to give on dents... don't put them there to start with...
An alternative to steam and water???
Below is the contents of a posting made by someone on the alt.sport.pool and rec.sport.billiard newsgroups. It might be an intereting alternative to using water on your shaft.
I was at the local hardware store picking up some epoxy for some joint pin
and insert work this A.M. and a "new" product caught my eye. It is called
Wood Swell & Lock by PlasticWood. It is made to swell dowels, tenons, and
mortices that have come apart due to glue failure or joint stress. It is
not an adhesive and it is recommended that it be used on bare wood.
Dinged up shafts are always problematical to fix. The water swell, applied
steam, burnishing and sanding methods all work but each has its drawbacks so
I thought I would try some of this on a dinged shaft (one of mine). The
material is clear, the consistency of gun oil and has all kinds of EPA type
warnings on the label so I proceeded cautiously, applying only a small
amount on a Q-Tip to the ding (less than the drop of water I would have
started out with). In a few minutes the ding was noticeably reduced and dry
to the touch so I gave it another shot plus I put a light coating around the
ferrule and up the shaft about 2-3 inches (to see if it caused any swelling
around the ferrule). End result is that the ding is gone, there was no
noticeable swelling of the wood around and above the ferrule; AND, where the
material was applied as a coating there was a definite gloss to the wood
(similar in appearance to some of the common shaft sealers used by cue
makers).
All-in-all this may be a product that really, really works, doesn't cost an
arm and a leg, and has the potential for being a kinder gentler way of
fixing dents. I don't know how deep a dent it will remove, even with
repeated applications but I think that I will continue to use it just to see
what its limitations are. Only time will tell.
Below is the contents of a posting made by someone on the alt.sport.pool and rec.sport.billiard newsgroups. It might be an intereting alternative to using water on your shaft.
I was at the local hardware store picking up some epoxy for some joint pin
and insert work this A.M. and a "new" product caught my eye. It is called
Wood Swell & Lock by PlasticWood. It is made to swell dowels, tenons, and
mortices that have come apart due to glue failure or joint stress. It is
not an adhesive and it is recommended that it be used on bare wood.
Dinged up shafts are always problematical to fix. The water swell, applied
steam, burnishing and sanding methods all work but each has its drawbacks so
I thought I would try some of this on a dinged shaft (one of mine). The
material is clear, the consistency of gun oil and has all kinds of EPA type
warnings on the label so I proceeded cautiously, applying only a small
amount on a Q-Tip to the ding (less than the drop of water I would have
started out with). In a few minutes the ding was noticeably reduced and dry
to the touch so I gave it another shot plus I put a light coating around the
ferrule and up the shaft about 2-3 inches (to see if it caused any swelling
around the ferrule). End result is that the ding is gone, there was no
noticeable swelling of the wood around and above the ferrule; AND, where the
material was applied as a coating there was a definite gloss to the wood
(similar in appearance to some of the common shaft sealers used by cue
makers).
All-in-all this may be a product that really, really works, doesn't cost an
arm and a leg, and has the potential for being a kinder gentler way of
fixing dents. I don't know how deep a dent it will remove, even with
repeated applications but I think that I will continue to use it just to see
what its limitations are. Only time will tell.
EL'nino said:
Of course, that is the best alternative.
