Latest Innovation in Premium Layered tips - CM98

Cuemaster98

Cuemaster98

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Hi Guys,

I've been working on formulating these CM98 premium layered tips for a while now...after extensive testing I have developed two specific kind of tips (Type A - Soft and Type B - Hard). Our goal is to provide the best performing layered tips on the market that can be customized and fine tuned to your unique style of play.

Both Type A and B are custom made with specific Newton meter (NM) pressure setting. These premium layered tips are custom made in Japan. The type A and B are both 9 layers but the way in which they are tanned and processed are different to provide players with unique playability characteristic. The A has thicker layer pigskin and allow for further tip compression from the players to define their unique hit setting through hours of plays. These may mushroom slightly as you define your hit but once they are stabilized..they will be harder to mushroom and will provide years of playability and performance.

Type B tips are process so that each pig skin layer are thinner and will be harder to mushroom and is super low maintenance. These thinner tips are super consistent in performance and are designed to be less maintenance. Put them on once and you will not have to touch these tips for another year other than add chalk to them. These are to me the best playing tips on the market and the CM98-30NM (Old Molavia Hard) is what I've been using for the last 5 plus years now. The tip I have on my Weinstock hasn't been changed for the last 3 years.

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(B-left side, A- Right Side)

CM98 Type A - Soft
Characteristic- Thicker layer (specialize processing of layer pigskin along with secret formulated adhesives)

20 MS
25 Medium
30 MH
35 Hard

CM98 Type B - Hard Characteristic- Thinner Layer (specialize processing of layer pigskin along with secret formulated adhesives)

20 MS
25 Medium
30 MH
35 Hard

By providing the exact specification of each tip, you can now rely on the consistency of your cues performance when you put on a CM98 premium layered tip. The issue now is trying to find the exact specification and type of tips that will suit your style of play:).
 
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How can a soft (A) and hard (B) tip have the same rating? I see a type A with a 20 rating and a type B with a 20 rating. Can you explain the numbers and a bit more about the rating? oh yeah, and how much do they cost?

Chris
 
Hi Chris,

There are two type of hits due to how the pig skin leather are processed...type A produces a softer feel (hit) and type B produces a harder feel (hit). These two type of pig skins are then glued using specialized adhesive to form the tips. Each of these 9 layered tips are then compressed using specific NM to create the hardness desired for each type. Don't know if that make any sense but the type A soft hitting at 20NM will hit different from the Type B hard hitting tip at 20 NM due to how the pig skin is processed for each type. Eg. The soft hitting pig skin at 35NM is a hard soft hitting tip. Type A is the conventional original Molavia tips that I've been selling but these new CM98 tips are customized to my specs. I will have these ready for sales in November and will color code them accordingly to define the type with hardness spec.

My goal is to supply players with a more customized tips that can suit their playing style with these offering. Once you know which tips fit your style....you can depend on the consistency and playability as the specs are now defined to you. Instead of saying you play with a Medium....you can say you play with a Soft hitting - 20 NM tip and know exactly how this tip will performance.

I'm Hoping to put these tips through league testing in New York by my team.

I have the listing for sales here:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=203466


Regards,
Duc.

hdgis1 said:
How can a soft (A) and hard (B) tip have the same rating? I see a type A with a 20 rating and a type B with a 20 rating. Can you explain the numbers and a bit more about the rating? oh yeah, and how much do they cost?

Chris
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Not really sure myself...all I know is that he used a press that measure the hardness in Newtonmeter (NM). I used to call it Nanometer but I think that was incorrect.

1 newton metre = 0.7375621 foot-pound force (often "foot-pound")

Hardness is only one factor that a user can choose but the quality/type of leather is another factor that can determine the hit of a tip.

DoubleD said:
Mostly makes sense to me, except that Nm is a unit of torque....
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I will probably get these measure using the Durometer for a comparison but hardness is just one factor. Type of adhesive and leather quality are other factors that determine the hit of the tips.

CM98 CM98 CM98 CM98 CM98 CM98 CM98 CM98
A-MS A-M A-MH A-H B-MS B-M B-MH B-H
20NM 25NM 30NM 35NM 20NM 25NM 30NM 35NM

The labels on each of my tips above will help defined the processing of these quality premier layered tips based on how they are made so that you can depend on the consistent performance from your cue.

Regards,
Duc.

Ponytail said:
Rockwell is one of the most common standards of testing hardness of materials. There are others as well. (see second link)

See link.
http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/rockwell.htm

http://www.calce.umd.edu/TSFA/Hardness_ad_.htm
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Hi Guys,

Looks like my tips will be delayed. I will send an email out to all pre-orders. I've expecting these tips in 2-3 weeks now. Just finalizing the print logo on these tips.

Regards,
Duc.
 
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