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Triangle frame for snooker balls

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Hi Im looking to make a triangle frame from just PSE wood 2inch thick for snooker balls in one frame. Ive had someone in the workshop trying to mock one up. How can we do this on morso. The sizes are 10.75" x 9.75" please advise thanks
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Re: Triangle frame for snooker balls

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The angles are too acute to cut on a Morso. 30deg I think. You would need a saw. Even then, chop saws wouldn't
adjust to this setting so you would have to make a jig of sorts. A 45º piece as a guide and set the saw to 75º. I've never
done this and it strikes me as very fiddly and not a little dangerous.

Another way is to do a six-sided frame with very short bits on three sides. You would end up with a triangle with blunt corners. :roll:

Doing it with PSE timber would make things easier. You just need some little wedge pieces, virtually extra sides with zero inside measurement
to fit the gaps.
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Re: Triangle frame for snooker balls

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Sounds like a job using the tools that some of us started off using :
Nobex saw e.g. http://www.axminster.co.uk/nobex-champi ... saw-610314
Mitre trimmer (adjustable) e.g. http://www.axminster.co.uk/axcaliber-mt ... mer-951813
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Re: Triangle frame for snooker balls

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Sorry to disappoint you, but not only will a Morso not cut the angle required, also the Nobex 110, or the mitre trimmer are not intended for cutting angles as small as this either. You might consider making up a shooting board so that you can plane it to the necessary angle. It sounds like a simple thing to do, but for many of us this is far from easy to do.

Even if we are o.k. with the cutting issues, calculating the lengths required allowing for the 30 degree angle is an added complication as well. Personally I would automatically turn down jobs like this. How do you cost a job like this and know that you won't lose money doing it? There is a very good chance of not getting it right first time, but it's also not easy to clamp or join either.

I'm not joking, this will test your ability much more than you are thinking. How are you planning to join the corners? I think that it might have to end up being a hammer and panel pins, but you will need to prevent the lengths of wood from moving while you pin the corners and I this won't be easy to do this. Don't price this job too cheaply, your competitors won't be queing up to under cut you on this job!
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Re: Triangle frame for snooker balls

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I'm no carpenter but very enthusiastic when it comes to working with wood so at the risk of ridicule my two pence worth.

Using the tools I have firstly, copy the angle of a already made triangle with a "sliding bevel" firmly lock that angle. :)

Transfer that angle to my wood and mark the top, side and face edge with a small square and pencil.

Get some help to firmly hold the wood and carefully cut with a Tenon saw or some such fine toothed saw. (I find hanging my tongue out aids concentration :wink: )

If it's too difficult to glue and strap clamp the three pieces then fold back the carpet on your bench and screw a temporary jig to the 1" block board/MDF to assist with gluing/pinning or screwing.

Good luck.

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Would buying a wooden snooker triangle solve your problem ?
You can buy a really nice looking one on in solid mahogany on Amazon for £30 and there is a cheaper one as well

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com ... L1500_.jpg

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kuduframes wrote:You can buy a really nice looking one on in solid mahogany on Amazon for £30
And it looks good too!

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Takes a genius to see the bleedin' obvious. :lol:
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If you insist on doing this yourself, you need a proper(very accurate) mitre gauge and a table saw.

Note the stops on this example:
https://www.google.com/shopping/product ... gL8Q_D_BwE
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Re: Triangle frame for snooker balls

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Just use a tenon saw. Underpin it. Polyfilla the gaps and then paint it.
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kuduframes wrote:Would buying a wooden snooker triangle solve your problem ?
You can buy a really nice looking one on in solid mahogany on Amazon for £30 and there is a cheaper one as well

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com ... L1500_.jpg

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I think the bought one will look stunning, If your customer doesn't go for this they certainty are not going to want to pay for the time it will take you to make one
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Wish I had thought of that. In fact you could not make one of that quality for £30 even if you had the correct router bits. :clap:
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