Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 This afternoon was so nice, I got the steamer out and straightened some sticks. I tend do as I need and usually do around 20 at a time, as that is what a steamer full of water will allow me to do. I have two steaming pipes one short approx 4ft and one around 5ft. They both take around 5 or 6 sticks dependant on the diameter of the sticks. On the top of the tubes I have a couple of caps with a 1/8th hole drilled in them and once the steam is coming out of the holes like it does out of a kettle, the sticks are ready for straightening. I use a wallpaper stripper for the steam and just place the nozzle in a hole drilled in the bottom of the steaming tubes. Once they are ready for straightening I pull them out one at a time from the tubes and use my straightening jig to take the bends out of them. The jig is just 3 bun feet from an old desk set on to a piece of board, A before and after shot of a couple of the sticks. A twisty shank. I do not like the sticks pool cue straight as long as they can take weight without being compromised I am happy, and I think that it gives each stick a bit of character. TC 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 TC, all that is brilliant. Ingenious ideas, like them very much. Atb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,858 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Good job TC. Nice set up you made there, interesting to see how it's done. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leethedog 3,071 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Bloody good idea do ya mind if I nick it sod it I'm doing it 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.338winmag 78 Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Very nice ,question what are the pipes made of is pvc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The pipes are water mains, off cuts from when they were laying new mains a few years ago. What they are made of I am not quite sure. It is some kind of treated plastic. Before I had these I used a variety of tubes from down pipes to a tin tube. A lot of people make a wooden steaming box, there are some on youtube. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,858 Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Great info mate, simple but effective +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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