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Making Pool Cues

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Hugh Currin:

--- Quote from: RReid on May 17, 2023, 06:51:18 PM ---That's a slick looking pool cue, Hugh. Some interesting techniques involved, and I really like your set-up of the Sherline on the knee mill. Have a good time on your multi-state tour! :cheers:

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Thanks Ron. I bought a straight "bed" from Sherline as a part from their "cue lathe". It's simply a bed for the tailstock and needs to be aligned with the headstock. I made a few aluminum blocks with the protrusions and slots to hold the headstock. It worked well.

Thanks. We're now in Montrose CO headed north. :-)

Hugh Currin:

--- Quote from: bent on May 18, 2023, 06:45:38 PM ---Very cool.  And yeah, the description of the celtic knot detail is very intriguing, seems like it could be replicated in metal as well.

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Wow, I hadn't considered a metal one. Contrasting metals like SS and brass or AL and copper. Accurate slots would be tricky using multi passes with, maybe, a slitting saw. Silver solder or maybe epoxy could work. Need to bond all the way through. A smaller size, like for jewelry would be fun to try.

Let us know how it comes out, it could be way cool.

Thanks.

bent:
Yeah, I was thinking solder too...though epoxy would likely work fine for something not needing much strength...

crueby:
For colored lines on kayak decks, a technique that  I've used is to  mix clear epoxy with some pigment powder made for artists paint to color it, and put that into grooves. Let dry and sand flush. Should work for decorative  lines on metal too.

Hugh Currin:

--- Quote from: crueby on May 19, 2023, 05:11:46 PM ---For colored lines on kayak decks, a technique that  I've used is to  mix clear epoxy with some pigment powder made for artists paint to color it, and put that into grooves. Let dry and sand flush. Should work for decorative  lines on metal too.

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I've done that with V carved lettering (F-Engrave) filled with colored epoxy. May just have been JB Weld though. Sanded smooth it came out very nice. They make powdered coloring for for epoxy.


I'd really like to do the same on a pool cue but: 1) I need a fourth axis which is workable and will likely be done in the fall and 2) somehow hold the epoxy in place on a cylinder while it cures. Details, always details.

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