Restoring a 60 Year Old Metal Lathe to Make Pool Cues (And Shop Tour)

[@johnforsyth5471]

Outstanding video. Thank you for sharing. Makes me appreciate your work and your videos all the more! Waiting for the next cue build.....

[@gman5051]

Looking forward to your next build !😊 and oh …your reconditioning was or is incredible to see how your hard work payed off ! Now it’s epic to see the next one !

[@TheBanomanew]

Man I have been waiting for the same. The big heavy lathes are the next level tools for building cues especially with live tooling. My mini lathes are great but its like cutting down a tree with a hatchet vs an axe or chainsaw . 😂

[@andyschlosser6715]

This is great! Thanks for sharing.

[@kingofcastlechaos]

I did not realize you were in Austin. My shop is just north of you in Liberty Hill. Nice shop tour and congrats on the great new lathe!

[@kall3467]

God, I envy your space and your tools!

[@williambarcal9303]

Awesome as always looking forward to the new cue videos.

[@marlon3jesus]

Yesss a new video from you in the food time, just amazing!!!

[@ItsallabouttheRack]

Heard you reached out to Carl... GREAT guy, and has a ton of knowledge. Can't wait to see what you have in store for the new lathe!

[@romelloturner1973]

I just really would like to know how or when you got to learn all this stuff! Like the intricacies of all of it. I can only imagine the trial and error of you’re experiences making cues but to know all of these small details is amazing! Keep killing it brotha! 👍🏽🤓 cheers

[@breakshot7451]

it almost makes me sad. my long time friend and cuebuilder passed away a few weeks ago. This week i helped a friend of mine, to pick up the lathe from his widow. He will use it in his car tuning shop. so no more cues will be build on this lathe. nice that this one has found a new home in your shop

[@Cuenique211]

Beautiful work and lathe ;-)

[@Studiotronics]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rogerdavis4855]

Have found your videos very interesting. Have yet to find what you call/named your cues. I have a seneca Falls lathe built 1913. really nice lathe. built to last unlike many things made today.

[@Shape_Is_Overrated]

Awesome stuff.

[@BigEEGG]

I need a cue made by you! 😁 Also nice restoration and the shop looks really good.

[@Studiotronics]

Thanks!

[@tylerkeebs513]

Waiting your cue vids. More power

[@davidreid8835]

Watching this video I had the thought that you must be descended from either Rube Goldberg or Dr Seuss or both and I mean that as a high compliment. If I had 10% of your mechanical/technical knowledge, mine would increase by 200%, at least. Enjoyed this video a lot. Thanks.

[@onyxtheband4493]

"The lathe was 10 million pounds and was filled with wasps, nests, and cobwebs" 😂

[@imarkovich646]

Where'd you get this?!

[@ronsteelable9405]

I have a 10x22 Grizzly lathe. I honestly don't know how I would've moved it in without a Harbor Freight engine hoist. Also, I love the teal!

[@Studiotronics]

Thanks! How is the HF hoist? Reliable? It’s one of those harbor freight items where you’re like, this is suspiciously cheap.

[@ronsteelable9405]

@@Studiotronics Surprisingly reliable. I originally purchased it just to unload my mill and lathe but I've used it for all sorts of things including actually hoisting an engine hah. If you have space for it, I recommend it. I have a 2 car garage for a shop but I have much more junk than you so I have to keep my hoist in my storage unit, unfortunately.

[@imarkovich646]

How'd you get your hands on this?!

[@ronsteelable9405]

@@imarkovich646 Get my hands on the lathe? Or the hoist?

[@imarkovich646]

Sorry, I was asking @studiotronics where he got this lathe

[@dilanelpupi5410]

I love your videos a lot

[@NineBall-g7u]

Belo video!

[@sfmissionmark]

Haha like Jeter ever answers anyone.

[@mhf1979]

Bro your lathe reminded me of me school days

[@Studiotronics]

Yea. I get Fallout series soundtrack vibes from this thing.

[@Ryan_Nalty]

Strategically placed fans... The strategy=everywhere😂

[@oussama8693]

I'm a bit curious about how many cues could you make a month ??

[@trq3000]

it takes a few months to make a cue lol.. but he can make a few at a time

[@oussama8693]

@@trq3000 that's exactly what I thought

[@mincaraEVS]

We do not have such a machine here and I want to design it, but I do not have enough resources, photos etc.

[@Mad-Duk_Machine_Werkes]

That wasnt "Military Green" machinery was painted that ugly Minty green color for some reason- Military Machinery is typically GREY - also you dont beat the chuck off the tailstock with a hammer, if you just turn the crank handle to retract it completely it ejects the tapered attachment easy without damage- good luck

[@Studiotronics]

The tailstock quill wouldn’t budge. Nothing budged. Lots of evaporust and wd40 was used. Otherwise yea retracting the tailstock would’ve been much easier. I still have some pieces that are physically impossible to separate-I had to give up!

[@inimoooo3216]

master did u ever think to make some give away cue to yours subscriber? I really wanted

[@rendyyepe7570]

You need sand blasting machine brohh

[@Studiotronics]

Agreed

[@jameshisself9324]

You lost me at pool cues. Waste of a good metal lathe, you need a wood lathe.

[@Studiotronics]

I thought about deleting this but decided against it. I’ll leave it up. 2,761,667 unique visitors have watched my videos (as of this comment’s post date). You’re the first and only person, out of all those millions, to tell me I’m wasting metal lathes by building cues. And I think that’s pretty fascinating.

[@jameshisself9324]

@@Studiotronics Amazing that only one person out of all these millions commented with this. How many of those millions thought exactly the same thing but just shook their heads to themselves and never came back? Would you rather I thought this and said nothing, or actually offered some critique? Fascinating.

[@Studiotronics]

I’m sorry you’re having a rough go. I genuinely hope tomorrows better for you and things turn around

[@jameshisself9324]

@@Studiotronics I appreciate your concern for your fellow man but I'm great. Honesty instead of empty praise is actually quite healthy you know.

[@jeremiahbrown4344]

I'll chime in on this one lol. I'm a craftsman in woodworking and metal and have used my metal lathe for pool cue repairs before...loved it. For me personally I would really enjoy having a old school metal lathe strictly dedicated to wood turning. The tolerance are much more precise, especially for cue making. It's not the tool, it's the intention. Keep on turning out quality cues good sir. Really enjoyed your retro gaming briefcase build btw, massive cool 😃