Hi Bill,

Yes, this is spot on, I need to know what metal lathe is suitable due to the
power aspect, what speed is safe for woodturning using a metal lathe, I need
a metal lathe that can turn slow enough to allow wood to be turned.

Thanks.


"Bill Rubenstein" wrote in message
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I believe that you will find that most pool cue makers are using metal
lathes rather than wood lathes.

Bill

Roger wrote:
John wrote:

Hi,

I would like to start making pool cues and was wondering what type of
tools
and machinery I would need to do this.


You may want to reference the "pointy stick compendium project" thread
currently running over on rec.norm It is filled with "wisdom" on the
making and lore of pointy sticks. :-)

A lathe, a roughing gouge, and a skew would seem to be an easy starting
point. You can probably make it as complicated as you like from there
with everything from fancy laid up blanks to high-tech composite
materials.

Roger