Tapering
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DawgAndy said:
If you have the lathe, turning speed or the feed speed too fast, you will generate a cut the apears like the threads of a screw(helix). The idea is too have the router blade sitting at one spot long enough to make a smooth cut...JER
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Dog get Chris High Towers book or have a cuemaker near by make you a cue ask if you can visit his shop. The wood is turning at a very low speed for butts 200 or 300 rpm, shafts better yet slower, your laminate trimmer is running full bore. Your power feed on your lathe moves the trimmer up your bed. You always cut from little to big in other words start cut on the forearm from the joint area towards the butt area. Cue making is a very complex operation in my opinion an I have much respect for cue makers. You need to be part machinist, woodworker, expert at spraying finishes, design artist an a background in business would not hurt either. I also forgot to mention you would need the patience of Job because you are dealing with pool players not the general public. I tried making a cue or two an realized I possess none of those qualities. I answered your question to the best of my limited ability. I hope I answered it correctly.
Pinocchio
Dog get Chris High Towers book or have a cuemaker near by make you a cue ask if you can visit his shop. The wood is turning at a very low speed for butts 200 or 300 rpm, shafts better yet slower, your laminate trimmer is running full bore. Your power feed on your lathe moves the trimmer up your bed. You always cut from little to big in other words start cut on the forearm from the joint area towards the butt area. Cue making is a very complex operation in my opinion an I have much respect for cue makers. You need to be part machinist, woodworker, expert at spraying finishes, design artist an a background in business would not hurt either. I also forgot to mention you would need the patience of Job because you are dealing with pool players not the general public. I tried making a cue or two an realized I possess none of those qualities. I answered your question to the best of my limited ability. I hope I answered it correctly.
Pinocchio
The shaft should be spinning around 200 rpm....with a good router setup you can make a .125 pass in a minute...