Slicing cue balls
- Robert Gleason
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Slicing cue balls
I have sliced 2 cue balls for use as inlay in the past. Available on eBay in the U.S.They had a nice creamy, ivory like look and are about the right size for my logo. Time to do another one. Problem is it scares the #### out of me to slice them. I do it on my small 14" bandsaw, and because they are so slippery, they are hard to hold with a clamp. When they slip, the saw blade gets destroyed and what is left of the hard ball goes flying. Breaking blades has happened a mirade of times over the last 50 years, and I doubt I'll ever get comfortable with the sound and feel of a bandsaw blade breaking. so I would like to come up with a better way of holding the balls. Any clamping idea? Thanks, Bob
- Mark McLean
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Re: Slicing cue balls
Could you cut a cueball-sized hole in a chunk of sacrificial wood and embed the ball in it - then slice through the whole thing?
- Robert Gleason
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Re: Slicing cue balls
That might work, especilly if I epoxy it into the wood. Thanks, Bob
- Robert Gleason
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Re: Slicing cue balls
Now that I have done some cue ball slicing, the next logical step is bowling balls. I wonder if they are homogeneous in color internally? I'm always interested in the closely held secrets of the universe!-Bob
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