Cue making diary

[Stupree]

here you are jason pics of my badge maybe

I am glad you like the drafts Jim, I have a little work to tidy up the final image before hopefully producing them by Easter. Once I have Jason's finished.

[JasonOwen]

Come on Stu, need some badges
Im just starting Cue 002.

[jim evans]

here jason this is one i made about six or seven wks ago rog in wales borrowed it to see if 61 in was size he needed

[JasonOwen]

Heres what I finished splicing today. It was an old hand spliced maple cue. Had some damage around the badge, re-spliced it with bubinga.
Finished very smooth and like new. Just have to weight it to bring the balance back a bit and its done.
The splices didnt come out very even though, got some angles slightly wrong on the flats, doesnt notice too much and learnt a fair bit, mainly that the secondary dress splices are alot harder to get even IMG_1442.jpgIMG_1453.jpgthan the main splices!

[JasonOwen]

Jim, Managed the tenon ok for the ferrule, wasnt too hard on the lathe, just a bit fiddly

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[jim evans]

to be honest jason i think splicing is very hard getting them level,ive matched tops and middle and bottom splices then when cleaned up theyare not all level i think i need a bit more teaching on that bit or ime goin to have a fair bit of firewood as i call it,i was worried that cutting the tenon that way might have split the shaft i did on one good job the shaft was very long,but your looking good mate if you come up atall for the snooker give us a bell ile meet you

[jim evans]

splicing

a couple more pics you can see the problem but the way i worked it it dont look two bad

[jim evans]

hi jason turned my first ferruls today

[jim evans]

hi jason my latest and best i think up to now ,a maple shaft with ebony,maple and cocobola splices

[jaffa.johnson]

hi jason my latest and best i think up to now ,a maple shaft with ebony,maple and cocobola splices

Is this cue available Jim?

[jim evans]

it might be not totally finished yet,poss needs another ferrul,length is 58-7/8,tip is 9mm,weight is tad under 16 oz balance 19-1/2 in,about 30mm round butt no flat so if the specs look about right you never know j j

[poolqjunkie]

Jim, Managed the tenon ok for the ferrule, wasnt too hard on the lathe, just a bit fiddly

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Hi Jason,
I have never done a ferruel this way, are you not able to put the shaft through the chuck?

[JasonOwen]

Hi Jason,
I have never done a ferruel this way, are you not able to put the shaft through the chuck?

Airin, I have a wood lathe so the head stock bore is only 16mm. I can feed the tip end of the shaft through to drill the butt for weight but I cant put the butt through.
I have a good centre steady and the cue runs true with little vibration, almost none where the tail centre is holding the cue so cutting a tenon was fine. I also have a live centre with a long nose to give me clearance and space to work.

[JasonOwen]

it might be not totally finished yet,poss needs another ferrul,length is 58-7/8,tip is 9mm,weight is tad under 16 oz balance 19-1/2 in,about 30mm round butt no flat so if the specs look about right you never know j j

Jim,

Did you 'laminate' the ebony, maple and then cocobolo together and glue all on at the same time or did you put the ebony on, plane it down, then the maple, plane that down and then the cocobolo?

[jim evans]

hi jason i glued the ebony on then the maple then the cocobola then planed to near enough round then put in lathe to get most of surplus off then hand sanded then in lathe for finer sanding and so on