Cue making diary

[poolqjunkie]

Jason,
Did you have a tool post with mount for cutters custom made for your wood lathe?
Thank you.

[jim evans]

that sounds a good idea airin might have a go at that but realy prefer the wood chisells at min ,prob more controle with a tool post

[poolqjunkie]

Well, from the picture it looks like Jason has a tool post with a cutter that was used to cut out the tenon. I am just wondering as I have never seen a wood lathe that comes with a tool post like that. I dont think you can use a cutter like that without a post to mount it.
I think it is a good idea. Saves lots of money for one, as buying a metal lathe would cost more than a wood lathe...
Jim, are you cutting your tenon with a chiesel?

[jim evans]

tenon cutting

no airin i bought a old southbend lathe 1917 just learning what i can do on it,cut my first tenon other day had to reset lathetailstock as it wasnt cutting square sorted that and turned my first ferruls yesterday

[JasonOwen]

The lathe I have has a copy attachment, basically the idea is you put the original between 2 centres directly underneath the bed, there is then a roller which follows the original, this is attached to a cutter which mimics the roller and cuts the blank to the same size of the original. It was designed to make stair case spindles where they all need to match eachother. Not used it yet and think it will take some setting up. The tool stand can also take different cutters and be used like that.
I didn't use that to do the ferrule, used a short one sided skew.

[jim evans]

hi jason you know when you did the tenon how far from the tailstock did you have the steady ,if you can get prob within about 8-9 in it wont move that much but you will still have problem of the pointer from tail stock splitting shaft,if you have a old ferrul like the ones that have a threaded tip on use that on the tip end you might find its about 11mm and might just slot on ,i found out the other day and it works

[JasonOwen]

Jim, When I tried it didnt look like splitting at all, just had to wind the tailstock in to not flex the shaft. This was for a 9mm ferrule as well. If it had been a problem then I was going to leave an extra 25mm on the cue and then cut the tenon but leave the last 10mm that is at the tail stock a larger diameter. Then take the cue off the lathe and cut this 10mm off leaving the tenon the right length for the ferrule.

[jim evans]

ye just wat i were thinking i would be doing ,ps jason could i put my name on 007 if its not took thanks jim

[JasonOwen]

Here is the latest cue, not finished yet. Final sanding, shaping of butt, ferrule and badge to add and then weight.
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[Tony Ng]

Nice one.....I like the design.

[jim evans]

looking good jason is that the bubinga 1

[old school]

Hi, Jason, as I previously stated ,great blog and I wish you every success in this venture.I am going up to see Mike in June ( fingers crossed) so hopefully I will get to give " Cue Guru 1 " a turn around the tables,looking forward to it.I previously asked if you had considered a 3/4 option,but got no reply, or a short front splice ( say 7") that could be jointed at Glovers with an invisible joint ( wood to wood and a great finish).Have you considered this at all.I too would like to "do a Jim" and ask if 147 could be reserved at all ( I can wait,lol.)Keep up the good work.Regards Mick.

[JasonOwen]

looking good jason is that the bubinga 1

Jim, No, the Bubinga went onto an old maple cue. Didnt come out too great, very uneven secondary splices.
This cue has a short cocobolo front splice.

[JasonOwen]

Mick, sorry didnt get back to you, so busy.
Yes I will have a go at 3/4 split joints but not just yet. First priority is to get really good at doing a standard 1 piece cue, once i have that licked then I will look at multi splicing, and then 3/4 jointed stuff.
A 3/4 cue would be made differently to a 1 piece in that the main butt below the joint would be turned from 1 piece of wood so just producing a 1pce cue with a short front splice and converting it may not work too well with weights and balance.

[JasonOwen]

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