So many tips to choose from.

muskyed said:
Just looked, yes it does. When you clicked on 15mm says box of 40, I thought I got 50 so I went and checked. Box says 50, but there is only room for 40 of the 15mm size. They'll last me, I just use them for sticks at a couple bars I go to' They make great tips for that. These 15 mm ones are really great tips, they don't mushroom and I don't have to reshape them, not only that they play really good to the point that I have thought of using them.
I don't think they actually make them anymore
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Perish the thought!!😭
 
Cue Alchemist said:
Nothing new unfortunately, i find just friction alone will do the job🙂 when you get good at doing these, doesn't take long at all.
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Natural oils in the leather are all it takes. I rub a little spit on my finger and run it around the edge, probably more from habit than anything else. Like those old movies where the cavalry captain licks his thumb and wets his sight b4 making the shot.😁
 
Hail Mary Shot said:
I learned the hard way with that discount scam. for me it was TEMU. what seems to be a free ended me spending $200 of mostly junk. whenever I see something of spin the wheel b.s., I just close it or ignore it. note: it's prevalent everywhere.
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Thanks for the tip. 👍🏻
 
Kim Bye said:
Personally I represent all the big brands and I stock in excess of 100 different tips
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Mensabum said:
Wow!! There's that many different tip makers??
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A 2022 AZ post of even older unsourced information listed 82 cue tips. It included tips of the same model and different hardness. It is missing Bulletproof, Caiden, Time Crystal, ElkDud, Ultraskin and ??? I presume some below are no longer available.
SpotOn

Thread 'Cue tip hardness chart UPDATED'

The only cue tip hardness charts I can find a very old and they don't include dozens of the newer cue tips on the market these days. Is there a recent one out there somewhere.
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Mensabum said:
Wow!! There's that many different tip makers??
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It probably is, but that not really what I meant.
Lets use Kamui as an example.
They now have 7 lines of tips:
Kamui Black, Kamui Original, Kamui Clear Black, Kamui Clear Original, Athlete, SAI and Carom, (they also have snooker tips btw. but lets disregard that right now) so just from Kamui I have 21 different tips (SS, S, M, H)
Or take Caiden: Caiden Warrior and Fighter both comes in 4 different hardness ratings, then they have the Fenrir break tip, so that's 9 different tips to stock right there..
 
Kim Bye said:
It probably is, but that not really what I meant.
Lets use Kamui as an example.
They now have 7 lines of tips:
Kamui Black, Kamui Original, Kamui Clear Black, Kamui Clear Original, Athlete, SAI and Carom, (they also have snooker tips btw. but lets disregard that right now) so just from Kamui I have 21 different tips (SS, S, M, H)
Or take Caiden: Caiden Warrior and Fighter both comes in 4 different hardness ratings, then they have the Fenrir break tip, so that's 9 different tips to stock right there..
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Gotcha.👍🏻 Gotta love AZ for the straight dope!!
 
jeephawk said:
It's not all profit - so you do even 5 tips a week, every week, which seems like a lot, revenue is a whopping $175. Seems like it may be a profitable but not significant in terms of revenue, let along income, part of some overall business related to pool?
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i did it for a while. factor in having to deal with cheap and broke ass customers insisting on crappy tips and then complaining when these mushroom. other than when you're setting up shop in a big tournament it's not that profitable..
 
mikemosconi said:
Calm down Mister, I clearly said that I was not knocking the profit on cue tip replacement only. Anyone that I know doing cue tip replacement and a few other minor repairs is not standing behind $10,000 worth of brand new equipment and they are not spending thousands just on cue tip stock.
I don’t know who the hell you are- but stop looking for a fight where none exists. If the business is so cost burdening for you then find something else to do. You sound totally frustrated in your work- don’t take it out on me. I wish everyone who works to be successful - so whatever the hell profit that you do make on each tip replacement —- good for you. All I said was that I see a well managed cue tip replacement business as having high profit potential - I still believe that it can be just that without huge equipment and inventory cost as you seem to incur.
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I have a lathe, do my own stuff, it's convenient and I take some satisfaction from it. As far as other people's cues. What if I was to put a tip on for you and I put a razor into your ivory ferrule? You'd probably expect that I am liable for the damage and I totally agree. Mostly the reason I don't work on anyone else's stuff, the liability.

Far as I'm concerned, 30 bucks is short money to take on that liability.
 
I would like to start putting on my own tips. What would be the best lathe to purchase primarily for putting on tips? Thanks!
 
Mensabum said:
I do my own tips by hand. Several of my cues have Ivory ferrules and I enjoy taking my time and turning out what I hope will be a tip that lasts for 6 mos or more. One thing I have noticed over the years is the larger the mm tip, the better they play when trimmed down. As long as you burnish them correctly. I'll buy 15 mm and trim to 13 mm and burn the crap out of the sides!!
Overkill, I'm sure, but I seal up (burnish) those sides tight as I can!! Old habits die hard.
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I was too cheap back in the day to pay a guy $10 everytime. I learned how to do it on my own.
 
Thanks for the Dr Dave video. I may try this before I get a lathe, but the question remains... Which lathe to purchase?
 
I have done my own for many years, and amazingly very similar to how Dave does it in the video.
I have a tool that sands the remaining residue from the tip off the ferrule and another tool that trims the side os the tip.
I will however try his method of burnishing the side of the tip.
 
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