tip and shaft lathe?

[ShootingArts]

A local pool room wants to set up to do tips and ferules. He'll need to slick shafts too. He is wanting to spend around eight hundred dollars on a lathe and it seems like I saw one that looked to be based on Taig components for $799 new recently. I wasn't in the market and didn't pay it much attention.

Anyone know which one I am talking about or have other suggestions for under a thousand ready to do shaft work? This is not going to morph into doing more work so I am not worried about him being able to build cues later on the same machine.

I think used might be considered to. The room owner is mainly concerned with something they can do good work with and won't be having to spend a lot of time working on the lathe itself or with it broken.

Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.

Hu

 

[JoeyInCali]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93799
That one and a bearing rest in the back?

 

[ShootingArts]

maybe

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93799
That one and a bearing rest in the back?

I was really thinking more about a little specialty lathe but that one might work. The room doesn't have any other tooling to improvise things they need like a full shop would have so I have to consider that.

Hu

 

[shakes]

http://www.cuesmith.com/index.php?menu1=menu_lathes&page=cue_lathe_micro_2

 

[chuckpilegis]

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=123307

I am pretty sure this is the one you are talking about

 

[Guerra Cues]

Bnall got one

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=123307

I am pretty sure this is the one you are talking about

Bnall on this AZ Forum got one. Might want to pm him to see how it is working out for him.

 

[ShootingArts]

I think so too

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=123307

I am pretty sure this is the one you are talking about

This does look like the one I was thinking about. I thought the price was $799 but that might have been an old thread or very possibly I am just wrong about what the price was too. I wasn't looking except out of curiosity.

Thanks very much for the link!

Hu

 

[IA8baller]

I'm the one who ended up with that lathe and it will do everything you want to do with it and then some. I'm completely satisfied with it and have had no trouble replacing ferrules/tenons/tips, putting on new shaft collars/ringwork, etc. I've converted a few cues into jump/breaks with relative ease as well. The components are good quality, and the seller is great to work with. I had a light in the switch burn out and had a couple knobs crack and he sent replacement parts out ASAP. It was packaged/shipped very nicely as well. I'd highly recommend one. PM me if you need the phone # to call him direct.