Turning down shafts

[BarenbruggeCues]

First we all feel like this:happydance:

And then some of this happens:slap:

Then it escalates to this:bash:

Then comes the :deadhorse:

Occasionally we have some standing around going:shrug:

Then a bunch of this:crying:

Sometimes I feel like this:withstupid:

That generally makes me feel like this:barf:

Then I'm so wore out from reading so much I just want to:thud:

Now I have to do this.......

uttahere:

 

[qbilder]

So, to get it back on the fun track...

I came out of surgery last night and the nurse, WITHOUT WARNING, says "I'm just gonna yank this catheter RIGHT OUT!". Apparently, mine was barbed!!!! At least it felt that way.

OWIE!

Nice to be home? Glad all is ok for you.....except the sore peepee thing.

 

[pescadoman]

Nice to be home? Glad all is ok for you.....except the sore peepee thing.

Yes, it is good to be home. Thank you Eric. I'll be even happier in a couple weeks, when I can drive again.:thumbup:

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Randy, I like pain. Working at the hospital gives me the opportunity to volunteer to have the young nurses practice catheter insertion.

Diggity, diggity.

 

[BHQ]

First we all feel like this:happydance:

And then some of this happens:slap:

Then it escalates to this:bash:

Then comes the :deadhorse:

Occasionally we have some standing around going:shrug:

Then a bunch of this:crying:

Sometimes I feel like this:withstupid:

That generally makes me feel like this:barf:

Then I'm so wore out from reading so much I just want to:thud:

Now I have to do this.......

uttahere:

very creative brugge
could be one of the best posts on az
i like it

 

[pescadoman]

Randy, I like pain. Working at the hospital gives me the opportunity to volunteer to have the young nurses practice catheter insertion.

Diggity, diggity.

She wasn't young....

I now know what it must feel like to be a pull start lawn mower:crying:

 

[BarenbruggeCues]

very creative brugge
could be one of the best posts on az
i like it

It's copyrighted, trademarked, and patent pending so don't get any ideas.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Yes, it is good to be home. Thank you Eric. I'll be even happier in a couple weeks, when I can drive again.:thumbup:

Come to the show.
I'll give you the 8. :grin:

 

[ratcues]

Here is shaft turning in a nutshell; You can never have too much time between turns but you can turn them too fast. No one's method described in this thread is gospel. As with any other process in cue making, if it works for you then you are doing it correctly for you.

I remember a quote, from a wise old man from when I first joined AZ ; "There is no industry standard."


<~~emphasize "old."

 

[scdiveteam]

Here is shaft turning in a nutshell; You can never have too much time between turns but you can turn them too fast. No one's method described in this thread is gospel. As with any other process in cue making, if it works for you then you are doing it correctly for you.

I remember a quote, from a wise old man from when I first joined AZ ; "There is no industry standard."


<~~emphasize "old."

Ryan,

I agree, a lot of factors to process for sure.

I like Murray's philosophy of letting them hang out closer to the final dimension for a long period of time. It makes a lot of sense and I am making a few revs. to my plan to do that.

I made some special collets last night for changing my timing for threading and will start turning a lot of shafts down over the next few months. The work has to be done at some time why not sooner than later.

Thanks to Murray for sharing that. Sometimes things are right in front of you and you can't see it. This was one of those things for me.

Rick

 

[ScottR]

It's copyrighted, trademarked, and patent pending so don't get any ideas.

Where do you stand on post design theft?

Scott

 

[pescadoman]

Come to the show.
I'll give you the 8. :grin:

It took me 45 mins to roll out of bed this morning Joey.

I "appreciate" your attempt at fairness though.

 

[9BallBanger]

I was wondering, I know different guys have different ideas of what the proper turning schedule should be.

If you do not mind sharing, what is your turning schedule? How much time between turns, How many turns before the shaft is down to finish size? what is your reasoning?

My guess is there are many different schedules that cuemakers endorse.

If you do not want to make your answer public but do not mind sharing with me, I would gladly take a PM on the subject.

I make two or three aggressive cuts about a month apart to get the shaft down to about 16-18mm. Then start taking small passes down to 13.25. I sand down from there.

Alternatives??? Always looking to improve!

I would do what ever David Kersenbrock did with Jerry Franklin at Southwest Cues in the 80s. If you're a smart person, with long equity for space to store shaft blanks in between cures over time, and always have a series of shafts at about 30 different measurements hanging for 36 months, then only a percentage of 1mm should be turned off in any instance. Then probably letting cure/hang/age for a 6 to 8 week period before turning again.

"David Kersenbrock was a rocket scientist of cue making" -- Ben Woods!

 

[Michael Webb]

I would do what ever David Kersenbrock did with Jerry Franklin at Southwest Cues in the 80s. If you're a smart person, with long equity for space to store shaft blanks in between cures over time, and always have a series of shafts at about 30 different measurements hanging for 36 months, then only a percentage of 1mm should be turned off in any instance. Then probably letting cure/hang/age for a 6 to 8 week period before turning again.

"David Kersenbrock was a rocket scientist of cue making" -- Ben Woods!

Almost 12 years since the last post in this thread.
Ain't that somethin lol

 

[JoeyInCali]

Almost 12 years since the last post in this thread.
Ain't that somethin lol

And I can still smell the cheese