Learning to make a cue

[j6uk]

Seriously looking at a scraper plane for fine finishing, any one here have any experience with one ?

not use one but would like to at some point. im switching from hand scraping to no5 back and forth till all the flats are out and its fairly smooth before the light sanding

[vmax4steve]

I remember seeing a photograph of Jason Owen getting a really small plane that he described as taking the same wood as a scraper.......from memory it wasn't cheap, it was for Xmas!

Like this one ? it's £176

[vmax4steve]

This was it! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-Swe.../dp/B002B56CVI

As I said, not cheap but I also know a guy who makes boxes with fine detail and he swears by his!

That's a block plane and I have one, good tool.

[Shockerz]

Like this one ? it's £176

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The blade angle doesn't look very low? It looks more like the angle of a scraper?

[itsnoteasy]

Is the fella at 6.05 on this video using the one?
https://youtu.be/TbZVui2C4zg

[Shockerz]

Is the fella at 6.05 on this video using the one?
https://youtu.be/TbZVui2C4zg

Can't see the angle of the blade but looks like a nice plane taking very little off.

[jamesg19851]

Thanks very much everyone for the advice and sorry for the late reply. Learning to make a cue had to go on the back burner for a while due to financial problems but thankfully I'm being paid by clients now (self employed) and I can start to think about trying again. I bought a pool cue from a sports shop that I'm not really getting on with. So, I decided to sand off the painted butt. That took some doing with coarse sand paper! I also sanded the shaft to take off the finish which wasn't the best. Then I decided to retip it as the tip that came with it was very hard. When I took the existing tip off it turned out it may well have been holding the ferrule on as it the ferrule then came off! I superglued the ferrule back on and put an old elkmaster tip which was already bedded in.

This all improved things a little but what I'm going to do now is take the cue down to 56" from 57", put a new ferrule on and resplice the butt (it is currently machine spliced with ash. Thanks for the advice I think I'm going to get a No. 5 hand plane. I may need some more advice when it comes to planing the butt ready for splicing. I'm looking forward to this, if I get things right it could transform the cue.

[jamesg19851]

I actually have an old Stanley Bailey no.4 which I think belonged to my grandfather. I'm not sure how to get it into working condition though.

[Shockerz]

I actually have an old Stanley Bailey no.4 which I think belonged to my grandfather. I'm not sure how to get it into working condition though.

Hi James.

There's plenty of great video's on the internet on servicing and setting up planes; here's an example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE4yVgdVW7s

[Catch 22]

Is the fella at 6.05 on this video using the one?
https://youtu.be/TbZVui2C4zg

No that's just a standard block plane . Plus there is far too much material being removed and still to be removed for that to be a scraper plane

I like the one v max posted a link too .

[Ninja.cues]

Scraper planes are great and deal with wild grained timbers real easy without tearing...
Over 30 years as an antique furniture restorer and have use (still do), use a hand scraper.
I can point you in the direction of some good planes that will not break the bank.
Biggest skill to learn is sharpening them and I use a guide, with a diamond stone.
Have a look at http://www.its.co.uk for they diamond stones.
Also finish my blades with polishing compound on the back of some leather glued to a block of MDF.
Also have a look at http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworking for a block plane.
I have all the planes I need but spent years buying.
Now starting to make more of my own..
Good luck with it