Exquisite cue workshop update!

[raymo147]

Kinda figured that out from day one!
Getting there slowly but surely!
Put it this way there's no turning back!

[billabong]

Kinda figured that out from day one!
Getting there slowly but surely!
Put it this way there's no turning back!

1st bit of lathe humour ?

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[raymo147]

Any tips Bill? Lol

[mopster]

yeah im going through the buying phase. just a few bits to make a few cues in my garage! The list of stuff seems endless!

[raymo147]

What do you have? Do you have a lathe yet?

[jim evans]

yeah im going through the buying phase. just a few bits to make a few cues in my garage! The list of stuff seems endless!

it is endless and when youve got it you want something else

[mopster]

i bought an old lathe from ebay. just awaiting collection from my bother in laws! Just a woodturning one but modified to 60 inch bed so should hold a full length cue. Which will help on tips and stuff. Jason Owen helped me with some cue blanks to start me off. so have 5 of them to practice on.

Bought some hardwoods from various on-line suppliers. Off to tonbridge this weekend to go to timberline for some more wood. Otherwise just making sure i have planes, sanders, measuring stuff. Making a jig to work on the cues, various glues, waxes..... list goes on and on ,... 90% done now. start working on some in about 2 weeks i think

This TSF forum has tons of information if you trawl through the posts!

[mopster]

it is endless and when youve got it you want something else

Yes agreed Tool envy is nasty!!
Luckily my dad was a carpenter and I inherited a lot of his old tools.

A bandsaw is next on my list!! I have these blocks of ebony, rosewood and currently need the local joinery to cut them for me..

[jim evans]

i know it sounds daft buy get the biggest strongest bandsaw you can afford i picked mine up off ebay local for £60 does a grand job also got a smaller one for smaller stuff ps is this mark

[mopster]

nope not a Dave a Paul.

I'm a county pool player from London.

[jim evans]

enjoy the learning curve then mate it can be frustrating

[mopster]

enjoy the learning curve then mate it can be frustrating

Yeah im hoping i have the patience for it. I shall see how it goes. Not planning to do too many unless i get a real liking for it. But looking forward to creating my own cues.

Cheers for the advice on the bandsaw. Yeah just waiting for a decent one to come up 2nd hand. Luckily my local joinery is only about 2 mins round the corner. So they can help me out for time being.

[jim evans]

it sounds as if we have asimilar lathe i have a record lathe which fits on 2 like scaffold tubes so i can go from minibutts to full length cues up to 60 ins

[mopster]

it sounds as if we have asimilar lathe i have a record lathe which fits on 2 like scaffold tubes so i can go from minibutts to full length cues up to 60 ins

Similar. It's older. Clarke style with just one tube

[raymo147]

More pics of workshop progress!
Decided to paint the osb boards as the dark nights are coming in!
So will feel brighter when I get fluorescent tubes installed!
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