New to metal lathes

Hi Bill welcome, ask away. I was surprised to see that one of the top cue makers (they were making a cue for Ronnie O’Sullivan) didn’t use a lathe in a video I saw. They did all the shaping on a bench with a plane. The video didn’t show the making of the metal parts though. Mass produced cues do seem to be lathe made however, I guess it’s quicker.

I found the video. They do use a lathe but the boss seemed to say it was only for jointing?

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Welcome Bill.

If you are looking for some one to one tuition / demonstration, if you give your location, (Town / Country) you may well get offers of some help, face to face.

You will certainly get advice on here, but seeing directly will be make things clearer, and help you decide on what size or make of machine you need, and how to set it up, and grind tools etc.

It seems likely that you will need to learn how to screwcut, rather than use Taps and Dies. If this is the case, you will definitely need personal help, or it will take a long time, and waste time and material, doing at a distance.

Howard

Hi Bill,

Is there a Model Engineering Club anywhere near you? If there is, do join, and seek help and help.

Wigan, Rochdale, or Urmston all seem to be within 15 miles..

Take a look on Google

Most Clubs are friendly and folk will be happy to advise and help you on how to set up your machine and explain the strange new patois of the M E world.

Howard

Bill P- there are several responses to your "holding in headstock" thread. Just letting you know. Might be wise to ask the moderators to combine the three threads you started into one, since they all concern the same issue of machining cues to fit brass threaded joints.

How about using a fixed steady on a much smaller lathe than you would need to pass a cue through the spindle ?

Pete