Tip burnish

Hard Knock Cues said:
A pool room owner showed me how to do this years ago. I've been using a little spit and rubbing it on table cloth ( on my tables rail ) while spinning the shaft in my hand. I've tried the Tiger burnishing liquid but not getting good results. I get better results with the cloth than leather.

I know some of you are thinking it's going to mess up my table but I use a different spot each time and it doesn't show. As I'm starting to do more tip jobs I will build a little holder from some old rubber rail and scrap cloth and not use the table.
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Nobody thinks it is going to mess up your table, we just can't figure out why you'd want spit on the cloth when you could easily source a small piece of cloth and make something that would work as well as a table.

You do you, dude.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Nobody thinks it is going to mess up your table, we just can't figure out why you'd want spit on the cloth when you could easily source a small piece of cloth and make something that would work as well as a table.

You do you, dude.
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The small amount of spit wiped on the edge of a tip is nothing compared to the drool produced from seeing a great layout on the table😉

Thanks for the permission to do me!
 
j2pac said:
Any of you chaps recommend anything specific as a "sidewall" burnish medium for tips?
Thanks in advance.
Joe P
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Does anyone has some pictures of a well burnished triangle tip?

I used spit and old piece of leather but it doesn't bring out any shine..
 
Blue said:
Does anyone has some pictures of a well burnished triangle tip?

I used spit and old piece of leather but it doesn't bring out any shine..
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I've heard a smidge of bees wax, but I don't know if that's accurate.
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Blue said:
Does anyone has some pictures of a well burnished triangle tip?

I used spit and old piece of leather but it doesn't bring out any shine..
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Bees wax and a piece of leather.

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Amateurs like me…Careful when burnishing with leather on a lathe. If the ferrule heats up it will distort and possibly come off.
Burnishing by hand. Our houseman used the (back) paper side of sandpaper. Worked pretty good.
 
GoldCrown said:
Amateurs like me…Careful when burnishing with leather on a lathe. If the ferrule heats up it will distort and possibly come off.
Burnishing by hand. Our houseman used the (back) paper side of sandpaper. Worked pretty good.
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I do my best to just touch the tip but you are right, some ferrules melt easier than others.
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GoldCrown said:
I have been using leather stripes that have been working out very well. I like what you have.
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Use the rubber strips once and you'll forget about ever using leather again. I mostly use ER collets on my lathe, the rubber around the wood makes tightening with a wrench completely unnecessary, haven't had one slip.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Use the rubber strips once and you'll forget about ever using leather again. I mostly use ER collets on my lathe, the rubber around the wood makes tightening with a wrench completely unnecessary, haven't had one slip.
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Rubber strips from ?? Where do you get your pieces.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
I hit it with thin shellac and polish with wax. I've used a bunch of different waxes, been partial to Renaissance.
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Sort of similar to me. I'll first seal a bit with seal coat shellac, or some water based urethane, then use this wax/polishing mixture I have for my woodturning stuff. What's nice about that stuff is you can run it on the ferrule a bit first then up the side of the tip. Totally polishes the ferrule to a better than new look and adds a polished look to the side of the tip without overheating it as you have already sealed it first.
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muskyed said:
Sort of similar to me. I'll first seal a bit with seal coat shellac, or some water based urethane, then use this wax/polishing mixture I have for my woodturning stuff. What's nice about that stuff is you can run it on the ferrule a bit first then up the side of the tip. Totally polishes the ferrule to a better than new look and adds a polished look to the side of the tip without overheating it as you have already sealed it first.
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Shellac is a horribly underrated product. Almost nothing adds the shine and warmth to wood like shellac.
 
muskyed said:
Sort of similar to me. I'll first seal a bit with seal coat shellac, or some water based urethane, then use this wax/polishing mixture I have for my woodturning stuff. What's nice about that stuff is you can run it on the ferrule a bit first then up the side of the tip. Totally polishes the ferrule to a better than new look and adds a polished look to the side of the tip without overheating it as you have already sealed it first.
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EEE is good stuff. What are you turning? If we discussed this before I don’t remember
 
GoldCrown said:
EEE is good stuff. What are you turning? If we discussed this before I don’t remember
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Only used it on pens and such, I have other waxes with grit I occasionally use on larger things if they need a smooth down without adding gloss. EEE would probably work also, its just that atthe rate I am using this container, it will last me the rest of my days for what I use it for.
 
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