Best Way To Cut Tip In Half?

Johnnyt

Johnnyt

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I've been installing my own tips for years, but the last few years I've been cutting my LePro, Triangle, and others in half befor installing them. I use a sharp razor but almost always cut it on an angle so that I have to sand and sand to make the bottom flat before putting it on the cue. Thank you. Johnnyt

PS:Are their any brands of tips that are very thin right out of the box?
 
hi JT, i too have been doing this when i install a tip on my shaft that is down to 12 mm . 13 is different you need more tip to make the crown, but for the skinny shaft to much tip gets very high. don't know why they dont make them different in highth for this reason. i still got my mini lathe do work with, so thaat helps me out alot.

maybe use the triumph and cut the red backer off. cheaper brand that is good.

i use snipers but they cost more. at least they are high enough to cut into 2.

ttyl, zilla
 
KJ, w/ Seybert's, has been selling "cut-offs". Tips that he's removed. Might give him a shout. They are reportedly good quality, and may be of interest to you.
 
oldzilla said:
hi JT, i too have been doing this when i install a tip on my shaft that is down to 12 mm . 13 is different you need more tip to make the crown, but for the skinny shaft to much tip gets very high. don't know why they dont make them different in highth for this reason. i still got my mini lathe do work with, so thaat helps me out alot.

maybe use the triumph and cut the red backer off. cheaper brand that is good.

i use snipers but they cost more. at least they are high enough to cut into 2.

ttyl, zilla
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Thank you Z. Johnnyt
 
Can you put it on your cue first, and then cut off what you don't want, and then reshape the top?
 
Johnnyt said:
I've been installing my own tips for years, but the last few years I've been cutting my LePro, Triangle, and others in half befor installing them. I use a sharp razor but almost always cut it on an angle so that I have to sand and sand to make the bottom flat before putting it on the cue. Thank you. Johnnyt

PS:Are their any brands of tips that are very thin right out of the box?
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Use a chop saw with a diamond blade.

A greener way to split them is to apply wax and string to each end of the tip. Apply the other end of the string to a beetle or roach with wax. Eventually they will pull the tip apart. Make sure they are the same weight or the tip will split unevenly.

Happy to help :)
 
If you have an electric orbital sander you can just hold it on there and sand it down pretty quick. I really can't think of a way to accurately sand down a tip....especially a domed one. You could always try out a milk dud which is already smashed down pretty good.
 
Call a Rabbi
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Best is a lathe (which I don't have). Got tired of spending lots and lots of time using my Willard's shaper. So, got one of these:

http://www.poolndarts.com/p-4991-Porper-s-Cue-Rite-Cue-Tip-Shaper/

Has a dime shaped blade inside. It fits too loosly to stay steady on a shaft. So, I wrap just the right amount of masking tape around just below the tip (after I've glued it on and trimmed it to the ferrule) and also another layer an inch or two below so that the tool fits snugly on the shaft. Then it's centered and just lightly crank the handle until the tip is trimmed off as much as you want (and shaped to a dime radius when done). Then burnish the sides of the tip.

Downside, some tips will come apart in chunks if you press too hard and don't take your time trimming them down.
 
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Didn't read the thread, but it wouldn't be hard to make a mini-guillotine/miter jig to keep your razor or saw blade perfectly perpendicular. Now someone steal my idea and give me 25%. :grin:
 
Johnnyt said:
I've been installing my own tips for years, but the last few years I've been cutting my LePro, Triangle, and others in half befor installing them. I use a sharp razor but almost always cut it on an angle so that I have to sand and sand to make the bottom flat before putting it on the cue. Thank you. Johnnyt

PS:Are their any brands of tips that are very thin right out of the box?
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Have you tried cutting the tip down after it has been glued to the shaft?
 
I hear those plasma cutters do a great job and produce fairly little waste. Might be a little expensive though... If you can't afford it for your application you might want to use a butterspray type product and spork! I hear both are great for all kinds of applications.
 
1...Put the tip on

2...THEN CUT IT!

This way, you see, you can mangle the cr@p out of your cut because you still have to shape it anyway!
 
Ponytail said:
Can you put it on your cue first, and then cut off what you don't want, and then reshape the top?
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LAlouie said:
1...Put the tip on

2...THEN CUT IT!

This way, you see, you can mangle the cr@p out of your cut because you still have to shape it anyway!
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If I were you, I would leave it in a vice for 48 hours and crank down as much as it will allow..... you will have a tip about half the size and it won't mushroom like a normal one.... fahgett-about-the-milk.....
 
SK Custom Cues said:
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If I were you, I would leave it in a vice for 48 hours and crank down as much as it will allow..... you will have a tip about half the size and it won't mushroom like a normal one.... fahgett-about-the-milk.....
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Thank you. I didn't know they would compress that much. Sounds like a winner. Johnnyt
 
Idea

Sitting at work and just thought a cigar cutter might work. Lay the tip on a counter or table inside the cutter, hold them both flat and squeeze and rotate like you're cutting a pipe. It could work, or you could end up at the hospital. Either way I do not condone or insist you use this method, doing so would come at ones own risk. (to cover my a$$). But maybe someone will give it a shot.

Kai
 
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