daytonajoe
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I am still looking for something to do shaft and tip repairs. Anybody willing to build or sell ??
Joe
Joe
Wanted cheap repair station
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daytonajoe
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Mini - Mine - All - MINE !!!!
Me then Shorty, then HAl !! The pecking order as requested !!!
Just kidding but I am waiting with hope !!
WHATEVER said:
Me then Shorty, then HAl !! The pecking order as requested !!!
Just kidding but I am waiting with hope !!
daytonajoe
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shaft
Good tool but I want to be able to do shaft cleanup / polishing also
Hal said:
Good tool but I want to be able to do shaft cleanup / polishing also
daytonajoe said:
I just used a wood lathe for the cleaning & polishing back in the day, but you still need something to do tips & ferrules with.
I have thought about building such a machine on the lower end, but the parts to build one as good of quality as I would like from scratch, would cost almost as much as what you can buy one for that's already on the market, that's already a proven performer, and probably even does more operations, or has a better platform allowing for some possible future modifications, to get more operations out of it.
I'm sure that someone can come up with something that gets the job done, but IMO usually the more you spend the better quality, If you choose the right one that is. This could go for buying one, or parts for building one.
Some of the better cue lathes on the market, don't seem as highly priced from My point of view considering what it would cost to build the same machine from parts & what kind of job they do. With that being said, I did'nt always feel that way, but now days I have better knowledge of what goes into building one that performs well, and produces excellent results with consistency.
From what I know now, I could build one from a wood lathe, and be able to do ferrules, tips and cleaning with it Myself, if I really had to, but to me not as productive, or precise, and may be not be safe for someone trying to learn. In order to make it safer for the average person, would require more parts, that would raise the costs, defeating the purpose to me. The best way I have found to turn a ferrule is through a headstock & not from the tail section, but hey, maybe others have had better results, so who am I to say. Now you can turn the joint area of the shaft off the tail section/steady rest, and in some cases actually seems better to go that way, because It can have less runnout, I'm just not a fan of doing ferulles, and tips that way, but it can be done. I know how it is, been there Myself, and a good machine can seem expensive, when starting out.
I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, just An opinion, and I don't want to see any of you guys get hurt. It's no BS that these things can really reach out and bite when you least expect, even the safer units, so please be carefull. That way you get the most pleasure from working on shafts, or doing your own cue work.
If you want to just do a few jobs here and there, and can't afford the initial investment, or just want to get your feet wet first, you could hand tip, and use a wood lathe for the cleaning. You need a drill chuck or self centering jaw type chuck to fit the taper, arbor, or spindle size of the headstock, and male arbors to go in it, to fit the different size threaded shafts. You also need a concave live center to go in the tailstock. The wood lathe could always be used for cleaning and polishing, even if you upgrade to a better unit later. I believe you can purchase the concave and arbors from someone like Chris if you needed to.
Good luck with it.
Greg
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I do it all and , very resonable as well I even cut my own g10 pins check me out , JJdaytonajoe said: