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What sort of shaft tapering setup do you have?

The "search" function on this forum is a great resource for the type of information you are seeking. The basics of wood selection and every facet of shaft making has been discussed many times here. Your time spent doing research will be richly rewarded. The wealth of information available here is amazing.

I really am curious about your taper setup.

Robin Snyder
 
What sort of shaft tapering setup do you have?

The "search" function on this forum is a great resource for the type of information you are seeking. The basics of wood selection and every facet of shaft making has been discussed many times here. Your time spent doing research will be richly rewarded. The wealth of information available here is amazing.

I really am curious about your taper setup.

Robin Snyder

Edit: Since you mentioned Nelsonite I presumed you were speaking of shafts. Cactus juice is used on unstable woods such as burls and other highly figured wood for the butt of the cue. It is a completely different process. Perhaps some people use Nelsonite on butts but I have not heard of it,
but I have not heard of lots of things.
 
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I have a cue smith deluxe with taper bars set to a pretty standard taper. I have turned a few dowels but stopped because I thought I should be dipping after a certain diameter...I did search for Nelsonite and found a few old threads but thought that the process may have evolved.
 
youngstownkid said:
I have a cue smith deluxe with taper bars set to a pretty standard taper. I have turned a few dowels but stopped because I thought I should be dipping after a certain diameter...I did search for Nelsonite and found a few old threads but thought that the process may have evolved.
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You should look at the dowels again and pay attention closely to the ones that moved more than the others.
Study them and postulate why they moved more than the others.

You can worry about sealing when they get down to 14MM.
 
JoeyInCali said:
You should look at the dowels again and pay attention closely to the ones that moved more than the others.

Study them and postulate why they moved more than the others.



You can worry about sealing when they get down to 14MM.
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Oh, I think I know what to look for. There just wasn't much that was straight enough grain-wise. Most of the dowels were 10' so I only had a small selection of shorter ones to look at. There was one where there was prob 15 grains per inch and the bottom 15" was perfectly straight but I ended up just passing on it because the middle had a bit of wave in the grain. I did get a nice curly-birdseye plank but nothing for a shaft...
 
Kim Bye said:
I can't claim decades of experience, or thousands of shafts made, but having tried cactus juice and a few different solutions. I don't really see the advantage. If you use quality wood and let the wood settle between cuts, that should be enough. I do use shellac sanding sealer after each cut. That works for me.
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Obviously. Cactus juice has no business on a maple shaft.
 
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