Seems to me to be a lot of work to end up with internal threads in wood.
Why not cut the thread in a metal insert and epoxy the insert into the cue?
This would be a whole lot easier and stronger than trying to thread the wood
itself.


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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
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Thanks for the input, but I'm pretty sure I will be able to cut
internal threads using a router mounted to the lathe. Here is where I
got this specific idea.
http://www.cuemaker.com/book_on_cue_...etools_web.PDF.
Also, I'm pretty sure the beall threading kit uses a router to cut the
external threads but a tap to cut internals. I want the threads to
come out being better than a tap will do in wood. Also, these will be
threaded after several hours of work on each piece, not to mention
money invested, so I want the lowest possible chance of damage being
done. I want to do this to build pool cues and woods threaded will
mainly be hard maple, but could also include cocobolo, ebony,
purpleheart, padauk, wenge, and more.

I haven't had a chance to really check out the link or book but it
sounds promising.

Thanks again.
Scott