Originally Posted by ESjaavik How do you do when milling in the center of a queue, will there be a following steady on the lathe slide to support it? |
I am going to find out more about this slave business. That is why I am writing here anyway. I appreciate your thoughts. I am not an electrician so you lost me on the fix.
I would think if I use a good system and good motors, that should solve most of the possible problems. There have to be other people doing this without a large problem or it would not have been developed into the software. IMHO
As far as milling the center of the cues, I believe you go for very little tool pressure and unsupported but in some cases you would add some support, maybe not traveling support, just rolling support. The tooling used for most inlays is very small and is run at very high rpm's. To cut the taper, you use a saw blade type cutter with many teeth on the side of the cue and rotate the cue slowly as you traverse the length. This also minimizes the tool pressure and leaves the cue smooth enough for just light sanding to finish.