Milling a Walking Stick on a CNC Pool Cue Taper Lathe

The processing of slender products such as pool cues and walking sticks has always been a challenge in traditional woodworking. These products are relatively long and thin. During traditional turning, the workpiece needs to be clamped between centers on a lathe and rotated at high speed, which generates centrifugal force that easily causes whipping of such slender products. Additionally, the turning tool exerts a relatively large radial force on the workpiece, which can also lead to bending of the wood. This results in insufficient roundness of the finished product and a surface with noticeable chatter marks.

The CNC wood lathe for pool cues is specifically designed for the profile milling of slender workpieces. It replaces the turning tool with a multi-function spindle (typically equipped with a saw blade or radius cutter). During processing, the workpiece is still clamped between centers on the lathe and rotated, but this rotation is primarily for repositioning the workpiece. Therefore, the rotational speed is low, minimizing the risk of wood whipping. The saw blade or radius cutter performs milling by rotating at high speed, with the cutting force mainly divided into radial force and shearing force (mostly shearing force). This allows for extremely small cutting depths during machining, reducing the likelihood of wood deformation and enabling finer processing.

The CNC wood lathe for pool cues has a maximum standard processing size of 1500*100mm (length*diameter), which can meet the machining requirements of almost all types of pool cues, including one-piece cues, two-piece cues, snooker cues, 8-ball cues, and 9-ball cues.