I learning to use a camcorder
finally. If I ever get up to speed, I'll try to post a few videos showing
different aspects of cue building in video form. I realize that videos
make for slow downloads so these will be highly compressed. And I have no
idea what the demand will be like. Please let me know if this is something
you might be interested in. If I get no feedback or negative feedback,
I'll just remove the page. But if I get some positive feedback, I'll try
to provide a nice selection of videos. I might even consider providing
high quality versions in DVD form to interested parties.
Let me know what you
think.
Turning an Ebony Square
(5.6 MB file size)
Cutting Billet Slots
(4.1 MB file size)
Cutting V-Grooves
(7.5 MB file)
Saw Cutting .030" maple trim rings.
(4.8 MB file)
Shaft work
See HERE
for much more about shaft work
Shaft Tapering
(7.6 MB file size)
Machining 3/8-16 threads for a ferrule
(5.1 MB file)
To view a cross-section of this style tenon when the ferrule is installed, click
HERE.
Machining 3/8-10 FB internal shaft threads
This video is almost 5 minutes long and
the file size is 32Mb, so if you have dial-up, it will take a few days to
download.
I was too lazy to dub in the audio so I'll explain what you're going to see:
First, you must carefully chuck up on the finished shaft, using a tapered collet
near the joint & a straight collet near the ferrule end.
The face is cleaned up square using my boring bar. This way I don't lose
my zero setting for the finished bore size.
Next, the shaft is center drilled, drilled & bored to .300/.302 diameter for
an accurate, concentric hole.
A .307 reamer removes a minimal amount to prepare the bore for a 3/8-10 Flat
Bottom screw.
A .307 size pin goes in snugly which means the hole is between .307 & .308 -
perfect for a snug fitting joint pin.
My Kress router is set up with a .250 diameter thread mill in preparation to cut
the threads.
I take a rough cut & a .005" finish cut even though one cut would
suffice. I just prefer to get the worst of the chips out of the way before
the finish cut.
Using my threading dial & my Trava-dial, I can get a perfect hole at the
perfect depth.
The thread form is perfect with no chipped threads, no fuzzies and no
"wandering" tap.
The snug fitting pin actually burnishes the threads after the first few times
the cue is assembled for a long lasting, tight fitting joint.
See HERE for much more about shaft work