Hey guys I was wondering if any of you could make me three shaft veneer rings. Twelve slots with titlist colors. I just don't have the capability to do it yet. If so how much would you charge. Thanks.
Veneer rings.
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If I were you I would contact Prather, they do excellent work and they can duplicate any color you need.
http://www.prathercue.com/index.html
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I don't need a tree inch billet which is what Prather has to offer, I just need two shaft rings and a joint ring.
If you only need a couple.....
I couldn't find the post, but I remember someone showing how they made veneer rings on their lathe.
They glued (or maybe used double stick tape) a piece of veneer to the end of a short billet. He then chucked the billet up in his lathe and used a lathe tool to cut through the veneer for the ID and OD of the ring. It's a one-at-a-time operation, but, if you only need a couple, it would be a quick way to make them.
If this won't work for you, I'd be glad to make them for you on my CNC. You'll just have to wait for me to get back from Florida.
I couldn't find the post, but I remember someone showing how they made veneer rings on their lathe.
They glued (or maybe used double stick tape) a piece of veneer to the end of a short billet. He then chucked the billet up in his lathe and used a lathe tool to cut through the veneer for the ID and OD of the ring. It's a one-at-a-time operation, but, if you only need a couple, it would be a quick way to make them.
If this won't work for you, I'd be glad to make them for you on my CNC. You'll just have to wait for me to get back from Florida.
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thanks for the link
was wondering how i was going to do this.
will give it a run. hopefully won't hurt myself
was wondering how i was going to do this.
will give it a run. hopefully won't hurt myself
Good luck with your search, because you going to need it to find what your looking for.
No one is going to make 3 twelve slot rings. They have to be made in the tube form and it's easier to make 6" than it is to make 1/4". Order 3 inches from Prather and put the excess away for a future project. Pass the cost on to the consumer if this is to their order, it's not that expensive! Of course if I had the need for it myself I'd make at least 6" of each of the 3 sizes for all positions. That's how you build up your inventory of different ring sets to do repair work or build cues using them. Don't think of just the one cue you're presently working on. Eventually it pays off in big dividends to have a large assortment of ringwork.
I understand what you're describing Bill, but the OP wants a ring with 12 veneer dashes, not a veneer ring. Pretty hard to do anyway but in the tube form.
My bad!
I'll have to read things more carefully in the future:embarrassed2:
I'll have to read things more carefully in the future:embarrassed2:
I know you just want 3 rings but they aren't made that way. They are made in slotted tube form (as has been stated) and then parted off. This will also allow you to select/control the thickness of the rings you want. As you may now already know, the slotted tube is called a 'billet'. Everything about a billet is custom.
If you are looking to accurately duplicate a ring, you need to know the exact thickness of the veneer(s) that the original used. This will determine the width of the slot to be milled in the billet. Even Prather would need to know the thickness of your veneer stack to ensure that the slot is wide enough to accommodate the veneer stack that you would inlay into the slot.
It would be great if someone had that inlaid billet already, they could just part you off the number of rings that you need but Titlist veneers in a deco ring are not as common as what you might think. I've been making billets for 10 yrs and I don't have that billet. I have 100 others but not that one because it's never been called for (yet).
Making billets can be challenging if you want an exact duplication but they can be fun to do as well. I get my kicks from the challenge.
Get your veneers collected, glue them up and clamp them under pressure until they are cured and perfectly flat. It's important that they be the same thickness as the veneer stack that you are trying to duplicate. Now you'll know how wide to mill the slot in your billet. Give yourself a couple of thou. for clearance and glue. Slotting the billet is the easy part if you're set-up for it. Getting the veneers to the exact thickness can take time and must be done prior to gluing up your stack.
Cutting-in the slots in the billet can be done on the lathe but I prefer to do it on the mill with an index fixture. I could slot your billet for you but Prather may be cheaper. Just be sure to tell them the exact width of the slot you want.
Hey thanks for the help, I know that it takes a big billet to make rings like the ones I want. I was just hoping someone had some extra lying around. I didn't want to go the full length billet route but it may be my only option. Thanks for the help anyway.