I can't believe I never saw your Clip before 7 years ! I like the way you explain how you do it. Do you have a video showing your lathe and equipment ?
Please please please, dont take this the wrong way, but take a bit of advice, from a old timer, 50+ years on lathe work, never ever, put your hand on the chuck, until its completely stopped, your a bit quick. Make yourself a tool for the radius, keep them pinkys away from the sharps bits. Eye protection. Always remember, start work with, 8 fingers, 2 thumbs, 2 eyes, and at the end of work, have the same, I have. Be safe, and keep the good work up.
Peter Garbutt I appreciate it, yes a lot has changed since this video. I do use extra caution as far as eyewear and keeping my hands away from moving parts. Thank you sir for the feedback
I'm looking at the Grizzly 0765 lathe... it has a spindle bore of 22mm which is just a little larger then 3/4". I'm a player and I can no longer afford the tip changes I've been going through. So I'm going to spend 975$ ish including shipping.... so I can do my own tip work. LOL But.. I love to tinker so... it's on ! Like the Shaft master lathe... it's around $800.. they have some cheaper portable ones... in the $250 range... The Griz.. G0765 is $875 and will do a really pro job like you just demonstrated ! And that lathe could be used for a lot of other things. For me... it's a must have ! Good Video !
First off I'd use aluminum soft jaws cut to a standard cue taper,and second never pull a tangled bunch of chips from the work with the lathe running,also run your lathe at 900 to 1800 minimum and don't use a carbide insert,stay with a high speed steel tool bit also don't use a razor to shape your tip instead sharpen your high speed bit to a nickel radius with plenty of relief!
Fantastic work, I’ve always wondered if I could do my own tip on a wood lathe using a tool rest and skew chisel, is that ever done? Or is it not worth trying?
Hello. I liked the demonstration shown here, but Predator recommends that on the 3rd gen series of shafts: (from Predator website) "Should you wish to replace the tip on your Predator 3143, Z3, Vantage, or Vantage 3C shaft, do not remove the dark gray tip silencer plate located underneath the tip as this will reduce the strength of your shaft and void the warranty. The tip silencer must remain at least .010″ (0.25mm) thick to maintain the shafts integrity. Should you need to replace the tip silencer, please contact customer service or an authorized Predator repair center. " Can you show us how you preserve or replace this tip silencer part? Thanks
Thank you, I've been out playing for many years so I need to make things easier. I have 2 small unimat lathes so this will help. Keep in touch and thanks
Nice tutorial. Question, could a mini lathe with measurements 12" × 161/2 be used to change pool que tips? The exact lathe I'm referring to is the Mini Nova 46300. I Thank you in advance for your reply
@@abdiaz66 because of how far out I live I've been doing my tips by hand and it sucks lol,but recently aquired a lathe for this, which I know nothing about. Question is what is the part called that holds your cutter so your able to cut just a little at a time
What kind of lathe is that or what is it called when the spinning head is offset so you can put the shaft through it? All the lathes I've been looking at the spinning head is behind the motor so it can't be done.
I have a rear chuck that’s identical to the one seen. This is a cue lathe remember, a rear alignment chuck is not very common. This company how made this lathe built it to have a rear chuck..
every mini lathe i've seen just has a chuck with the end blocked by the gearing and the chuck holder , how do you get it to accept the pool cue going all the way through it?
Hey Paul this lathe actually didn’t come with a cover. All cue lathes I own and seen don’t. However if I was using a regular lathe, then yes I would remove the cover
sorry for late reply, yes!!! on revo shafts i tape off the red pad and vault plate, and instead 0f using 400,600,and 800 grit sandpaper i buff the tip, pad, and vault plate with 1500 and 2000 as instructed by predator
@@lobstertron understandable there are a ton of mini Metal lathes out there that will accept a cue. However after you make all the modifications to machine so that it doesn’t damage a the cue you better off buying an actual cue lathe. There are Q lathes that start in the 700.00 dollars range and go up from there
@@abdiaz66 I have been looking $700 is not too pricey for me but I've never found one for that any chance you can send a link to one I've been looking all over Google eBay Amazon they're all in the thousands
