WilleeCue said:This is what happens when you dont pay attention as to how your machine is set up. What was going to be a nice cue becomes instant firewood.
It aint the first time and I doubt it will be the last![]()
macguy said:It looks like you didn't set up to taper and made a straight cut. It is nice when you have enough machines so you never have to be making changes in set up. Everything dedicated.
claymont said:Did this damage your machine? The way it pushed itself over those inlays was brutal. Must've made one hell of a noise while cutting. Interesting picture, never really thought about the problems of cutting stone, wood and plastics at the same time. This should give everyone here an appreciation for what Cue Makers go through to make our instruments of pain, pleasure, torture, war, work.
WilleeCue said:The reason for having automated qeuipment is so that you can be doing one thing and the machine can be doing another. The machine started to chatter and would have eventualy cut the cue into had I not stoped it. No damage as the machine is built really strong. Computers ... they will always do what you program them to ...... However, that may not be exactly what you wanted them to do <grin>
BTW .. I dont know of any cuemaker that uses real stone in his inlays. Corian, Tru-Stone, Micarta, and plastics but I havent seen stone.
Not commonly used. But is occasionaly used. Should be stabilized though first. I am one of very few people who have offered the stabilized crushed turquoise slabs. I don't advertise that I offer it because the manufactured stuff with web matrix is prettier than the real stuff and more stable and less expensive. I will get some more sometime if any of you want it. It cost about double what the manufactured turq costs and is lighter blue with a little brown and such running through it. Does not have the black lines going all over the place like the manufactured does.macguy said:Isn't turquoise commonly used?