***Wanted - Cue Ferrule Fitting Machine***

[kramer8]

I'm only joking with you. There doesn't seem to be any second-hand ones available at the moment.

Andrew from ADR has kindly offered to order a brand new one. I'm just waiting for the owner/manager of the local snooker club to make a decision.

I certainly don't fancy the idea of using a pipe cutter and Stanley knife. That might be a good option for a very rare on-off, but I've got quite a few to do. I have had experience of using a machine and it make the job fast and easy.

I used the one by tweeten, and it worked fine for maple cues, but it tore out a large chunk of my ash cue and completely ruined it. This machine was made in the U.S. where everyone uses maple cues. The ash grain got caught by the blade and ripped out a piece about the size of an old fashioned 3 inch triangle shaped nail. Anyone else ever tried this machine on ash?

[Ninja.cues]

I used the one by tweeten, and it worked fine for maple cues, but it tore out a large chunk of my ash cue and completely ruined it. This machine was made in the U.S. where everyone uses maple cues. The ash grain got caught by the blade and ripped out a piece about the size of an old fashioned 3 inch triangle shaped nail. Anyone else ever tried this machine on ash?

I have one of them and it sounds like the blade needs sharpening as I had to do that with mean and it cuts no problem.
With no breakout from any timber I've used it on.
Friend has one that has the replacement blades but mine has ones you can sharpen and will be making a blade for my friend.
Get the blade as sharp as you can.

Hope this helps.

[Shockerz]

I used the one by tweeten, and it worked fine for maple cues, but it tore out a large chunk of my ash cue and completely ruined it. This machine was made in the U.S. where everyone uses maple cues. The ash grain got caught by the blade and ripped out a piece about the size of an old fashioned 3 inch triangle shaped nail. Anyone else ever tried this machine on ash?

There's still a few of the current cue makers I've seen using them and they occasionally come to me for spares.

They are fiddly to reset and the blades have to be shar0p and positioned well; if you take the blades off without marking where they are it can take a few hours to get it right so you don't have tear out.

I did a video for a guy showing how difficult they can be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4iXoz1_Kfo&t=129s

[Mellow Yellow]

I might have a tweetens cutter for sale in the next few weeks, i have just ordered a cue lathe so depending on how I get on with that the cutter could be obsolete.

[Shockerz]

I might have a tweetens cutter for sale in the next few weeks, i have just ordered a cue lathe so depending on how I get on with that the cutter could be obsolete.

Hi Mellow

Which lathe did you go for?

[Mellow Yellow]

Hi Mellow

Which lathe did you go for?

Hi mate, I've ordered one of the woods ones. See how it goes, I've used one briefly before, so bitten the bullet and got one of my own.

[Shockerz]

Hi mate, I've ordered one of the woods ones. See how it goes, I've used one briefly before, so bitten the bullet and got one of my own.

Ah ok, not a bad price. Make sure the cue tip end is perfectly adjusted to central so you don't too much of one side. Always worth a mention. You'll enjoy playing with it.

[Mellow Yellow]

Ah ok, not a bad price. Make sure the cue tip end is perfectly adjusted to central so you don't too much of one side. Always worth a mention. You'll enjoy playing with it.

cheers mate, yeah i'm looking forward to it!

I have 4 cues in this week for new ferrule, retaper, grain fill etc so hopefully it will speed up a few jobs in the future!

[Shockerz]

cheers mate, yeah i'm looking forward to it!

I have 4 cues in this week for new ferrule, retaper, grain fill etc so hopefully it will speed up a few jobs in the future!

Lol. I should have sent you some of my grain filler to try!!

[Mellow Yellow]

Lol. I should have sent you some of my grain filler to try!!

ah shame, id definitely have tried it out for you.

[Shockerz]

ah shame, id definitely have tried it out for you.

I'll see how I get on with the feedback from the last batch. If I need any more info I'll contact you ta.