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  • Do all cue makers own lathes?

    Just wondered if all cue makers own a lathe or can it all be done without one?

  • #2
    I don't own a lathe yet which makes some jobs tricky but not impossible. I've just got my new workshop erected and will be wanting a lathe eventually when I decide to make 3/4 jointed cues.
    Money, money, money .... I seem to be spending a lot of it lately getting my new workshop built, I hope there's some left for a lathe lol

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    • #3
      Would imagine it being impossible without one ehhh

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      • #4
        Made cues for twenty years and never had a lathe,an engineer rigged me up an old chuck attachment that I was able to do centre joints with.

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        • #5
          I got one, eventually. Very hard to get the butt-joint right without a lathe.
          "It's just a shot away" -Rolling Stones-

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          • #6
            Yeah I'd imagine that too no possible to make cues without one then?

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            • #7
              You can but like everything its more difficult.

              You could make one piece cues with no SD joint without the need for a lathe. A tenon could be cut with a ferrule cutter or even a knife.

              Joints really require a lathe

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              • #8
                Every one of the thousands of ferrules I have put on I have used a mini pipe cutter to get a perfect circle then use a Stanley knife and a smooth file.

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                • #9
                  Originally Posted by bigandyg View Post
                  Every one of the thousands of ferrules I have put on I have used a mini pipe cutter to get a perfect circle then use a Stanley knife and a smooth file.
                  Could you give an example (link) of the pipe cutter you use?

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                  • #10
                    Sorry not good with links its just the smallest one available ( about inch and a half long ) from any big diy store. It is for cutting thin copper pipes, had the same one for thirty years and still works fine.

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                    • #11
                      Originally Posted by bigandyg View Post
                      Sorry not good with links its just the smallest one available ( about inch and a half long ) from any big diy store. It is for cutting thin copper pipes, had the same one for thirty years and still works fine.
                      http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtools...skuId=11758532

                      Is that the kind of thing

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                      • #12
                        Originally Posted by jaffa.johnson View Post
                        That's it.

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                        • #13
                          Originally Posted by jaffa.johnson View Post
                          Originally Posted by bigandyg View Post
                          That's it.

                          Thanks for that

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                          • #14
                            Don't see how you can weight a cue or fit base joint without one must be hard.

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                            • #15
                              Originally Posted by Animal View Post
                              Don't see how you can weight a cue or fit base joint without one must be hard.
                              pillar drill can be used

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