What size Brunswick Royal Knight are you interested in? You wouldn't happen to be interested in a really nice Brunswick Gold Crown 6 tournament edition in matte black would you?

Simple bench layout with clear side walls and a good motor.

Jim,I can handle all that for you. What size Royal knight?

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jnwilliams said:

how about shaping it?

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There are different techniques I used a box cutter blade for the tip radius. I reduce the diameter with the lathe cutting burrs. Did you see any lathes you like? As for shaping. There are tip shapers or you can simply curl a piece of 60-80 grit sandpaper and scuff into a radius of your liking. Once you get a lathe you’ll know what you need as you go along. Lathes are fun. You are not limited to just tips. Watch utube videos to get ideas how to apply/shape a tip. Some are better than others.
I will look for what I think are good videos. First thing is safety each and every time. Eye and ear protection. I good quality dust extractor. No jewelry. Loose clothes. Long hair. A lathe does not stop turning if it catches you. And remember to remove the chuck key before turning on.

GoldCrown said:

Learn by doing. Use cheap dowels and junk cues. . Get started. You will gain experience every time you work on a tip. Never mind how it looks at first. Getting started and doing is the teacher.

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how about shaping it?

billiards_watch said:

I think people are pointing their fingers at Filipino players because waxing the ball could be a cultural thing. Everyone has their little nuances and we know pool is very influential. Maybe waxing the cueball is a thing over there.

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g0ds gReeN said:

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Robocop. Starts talking about it ~5m20s.

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Paul_#_ said:

Notes from listening to Robocop's Facebook video 5:20 to end:
He recalls incident in about year 2000 where a tournament had balls cleaned and the polishing included waxing the balls.
Europeans many years ago dominated pool and used wax a lot. Asian and especially Phillipino players did not but have catched up to the Europeans. Now he heard that everyone uses waxes. Players put it on their gloves or hand or palm.
He made it sound like balls are being waxed and it will continue unless tournament organizers set rules to stop it such as player can hold ball-in-hand only with three fingers. Referee touches balls at other times and not player

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For what its worth, Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo Official says there is no cultural thing of waxing in Filipino players. Rather, he claims Europeans beat them to the practice and the Filipino players only catched up to the Europeans.

Learn by doing. Use cheap dowels and junk cues. . Get started. You will gain experience every time you work on a tip. Never mind how it looks at first. Getting started and doing is the teacher.