New Tip Centering tool for cue repair.

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AllenBirmingham

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This tip centering tool is hands down the best tool on my bench. I have been replacing tips and such for years and have not found a better tool. It holds ANY 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13, 13.5 & 14mm tip Perfectly square and centered with your tailstock for perfect alignment. You can get it on Ebay for $25.99 Free Shipping any where in the Cont. US. Anyone here who does cue repair needs one of these!
Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/13067494403...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_1809wt_1204
 
Centering tool

Since the tip has to be trimed and shaped after it is applied, why bother
with a tool to get it centered on the ferrule? Just asking! But GLWS.
Bob
 
I have two Delrin centering tools very similar in design to yours. One is 13mm and the other is a 14mm tool. They are excellent aids to getting that tip on exactly centered. No wobble in the lathe after the tip in on the shaft. I saw a u-tube demo of the Unique tool and noticed that it was helpful, but it did not get the tip in the exact center and there was quite a bit of wobble on the lathe. If I did not have the Delrin centering tools already, I would gladly buy the one you're selling - great design. Good luck with your sale, you have an excellent product.
 
BobbyC said:
Since the tip has to be trimed and shaped after it is applied, why bother
with a tool to get it centered on the ferrule? Just asking! But GLWS.
Bob
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My local tip replacer used to think the same way. But my tips came out lop-sided all the time. Since the crown was not centered when first glued on, it never finished up centered even after shaping. I used to take a file afterwards to get the tip as close to radially symmetrical as possible, then finish it off with a Willard shaper. After I pointed out the problem, he figured the high part on one side would just bump the blade in his hand up and it never got trimmed down enough to match the low side.

So I asked him from then on, to always get the tip as centered as possible when gluing on initially. From this point on things have been much better. I have to do a lot less fiddling to get the final perfect shape. If he used a tip centering tool, I'm sure the result would be even a bit better. Added advantage here is that since I do less filing and shaping, I have more leather remaining when I get it right and my tips last longer now.

Now some cue makers use a cutting tool that is attached to their lathe. So I guess in this case you can get a perfect shape even if not centered initially. But again, you will save leather if initially centered.
 
for sale

Unless I did not read the original thread, there was nothing listed for sale by the person starting the thread. He only wanted to share with others something that has worked for him with other azers. I also was sharing with others what has been successful for me and about 700 other tip installers.
Hope it helps and thanks for the information as well.
 
Qucare said:
Unless I did not read the original thread, there was nothing listed for sale by the person starting the thread. He only wanted to share with others something that has worked for him with other azers. I also was sharing with others what has been successful for me and about 700 other tip installers.
Hope it helps and thanks for the information as well.
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Given that the AZB Username is "AllenBirmingham" and the eBay Seller is "birmingham_76", I would say that the person starting the thread IS selling something.

I think it was extremely disrespectful to post what you did ESPECIALLY since this is the Wanted/For Sale forum and not the Main Board.

Plus the product you linked was not even the same. It would be like me popping into every Kamui chalk thread and posting links to Master's & Blue Diamond Chalk. Similar, but definitely NOT the same product...
 
ActionGene said:
Given that the AZB Username is "AllenBirmingham" and the eBay Seller is "birmingham_76", I would say that the person starting the thread IS selling something.

I think it was extremely disrespectful to post what you did ESPECIALLY since this is the Wanted/For Sale forum and not the Main Board.

Plus the product you linked was not even the same. It would be like me popping into every Kamui chalk thread and posting links to Master's & Blue Diamond Chalk. Similar, but definitely NOT the same product...
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To the op are you making these tools?

Jay
 
Yes, I am making them. I have no problem with someone posting another one from a different company. This is still America and everyone has their own opinion and right to buy what ever they choose. I have used all of them...That is why I made these. I'm not going to get into details, but when you install a few tips with the one from unique and 1-2 tips with this one, you will see the difference. The funniest part is Any one with a lathe can make their own from a variety of materials available all over the web or maybe right in your garage!
Also, Pre Flag, You are correct. When your tip is perfectly centered, then trimed, You can retain up to 95% of the tip. Especially traditional pressed, pre-domed leather tips such as Lepro. The flat laminated tips are a little more forgiving when it comes to perfectly centered before trimmed...but after trimming a few tips installed a little off center, I realized that the initial couple hits when the high spot was hitting the trimmer were seperrating the layers of the tip. It is just a much cleaner and professional job when the tip is perfectly centered.
 
AllenBirmingham said:
Also, Pre Flag, You are correct. When your tip is perfectly centered, then trimed, You can retain up to 95% of the tip. Especially traditional pressed, pre-domed leather tips such as Lepro. The flat laminated tips are a little more forgiving when it comes to perfectly centered before trimmed...but after trimming a few tips installed a little off center, I realized that the initial couple hits when the high spot was hitting the trimmer were seperrating the layers of the tip. It is just a much cleaner and professional job when the tip is perfectly centered.
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Yes, I was referring to pre-domed, single-piece tips. These days, I generally use milk duds that were compressed using a domed piston. I guess some layered tips are pre-domed as well. I got a couple of Madmans that I believe were pre-domed.
 
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