Flatter shaped vs more round shaped tip

[Onepocketking1]

Hello AZB Family! I’ve just realized something the other night after shooting some 1hole. My tip had gotten kind of flat due to me not shaping it for a while. I actually was getting more action then when it was rounded. I would love to hear if any of you have experienced this. I’m thinking of leaving my tips a little flatter than my usual dime shape.

 

[Sheldon]

 

[HawaiianEye]

Nickel is the way to go.

This thread can close now.

 

[jay helfert]

Hello AZB Family! I’ve just realized something the other night after shooting some 1hole. My tip had gotten kind of flat due to me not shaping it for a while. I actually was getting more action then when it was rounded. I would love to hear if any of you have experienced this. I’m thinking of leaving my tips a little flatter than my usual dime shape.

Boom! I learned about this from Little Al Romero. He liked to leave a small flat spot in the middle of tips he installed. When asked why he simply said " better hit."

 

[skor]

Whatever works for you is just fine

 

[Quesports]

Snooker players tips are flattened slightly in the center and also mushroomed slightly more than the ferrule..

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I actually was getting more action then when it was rounded.

Does more action mean more spin hitting the same distance from center?

pj
chgo

 

[garczar]

Dime or nickle, whatever you like. This topic has been flogged TO DEATH on here. https://www.google.com/search?q=az+...uAOMQrQIoAnoECB4QAw&biw=1408&bih=653&dpr=1.36

 

[GoldCrown]

Boom! I learned about this from Little Al Romero. He liked to leave a small flat spot in the middle of tips he installed. When asked why he simply said " better hit."

Interesting..... I'm going to experiment.... ...

 

[GoldCrown]

Dime or nickle, whatever you like. This topic has been flogged TO DEATH on here. https://www.google.com/search?q=az+...uAOMQrQIoAnoECB4QAw&biw=1408&bih=653&dpr=1.36

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[Patrick Johnson]

Boom! I learned about this from Little Al Romero. He liked to leave a small flat spot in the middle of tips he installed. When asked why he simply said " better hit."

The flat spot is a little room for error when hitting dead center ball. A possible drawback: hits near the “edge” of the flat spot might be unpredictable.

pj
chgo

 

[VTEC John]

Watched a youtube of a fairly recent match between Seo Seoa and Muyan Zhang. The photo is a screen grab of Seoa's tip. Zhang's was only very slightly more curved, nowhere near a nickel. I remember reading that someone asked Buddy Hall about tip curvature and draw. He responded something along lines (don't quote me) of "It doesn't matter. You hit with the edge of the tip to get draw," FWIW.

 

[Rocket354]

Watched a youtube of a fairly recent match between Seo Seoa and Muyan Zhang. The photo is a screen grab of Seoa's tip. Zhang's was only very slightly more curved, nowhere near a nickel. I remember reading that someone asked Buddy Hall about tip curvature and draw. He responded something along lines (don't quote me) of "It doesn't matter. You hit with the edge of the tip to get draw," FWIW.

Unless she was playing with absolutely no chalk, I have to imagine, barring better images, that her chalk matched the cloth color more or less perfectly and so the actual shape of her tip is inconclusive.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

“You hit with the edge of the tip to get draw,"

With such a flat tip you either “hit with the edge” or you hit center ball, meaning less spin and more miscues.

pj
chgo

 

[couldnthinkof01]

My tips don't seem to change shape after the first month or so. The one I play with right now is a year or so old. Nickel shape. Never use a shaper/ scuffer on it.

 

[Sheldon]

My tips don't seem to change shape after the first month or so. The one I play with right now is a year or so old. Nickel shape. Never use a shaper/ scuffer on it.

Standard chalks are very abrasive, you're shaping your tip every time you chalk.
I have a good friend who can wear out a tip in 6 months, and never uses a scuffer. He chalks his cue a LOT.

 

[fastone371]

Watched a youtube of a fairly recent match between Seo Seoa and Muyan Zhang. The photo is a screen grab of Seoa's tip. Zhang's was only very slightly more curved, nowhere near a nickel. I remember reading that someone asked Buddy Hall about tip curvature and draw. He responded something along lines (don't quote me) of "It doesn't matter. You hit with the edge of the tip to get draw," FWIW.

Looks like they put a new tip on and forgot to shape it.

 

[skor]

Standard chalks are very abrasive, you're shaping your tip every time you chalk.
I have a good friend who can wear out a tip in 6 months, and never uses a scuffer. He chalks his cue a LOT.

I've never seen a tip loose height due to chalking. Using a tip pick won't do that either.
Using scuffers and shapers will

 

[Sheldon]

I've never seen a tip loose height due to chalking. Using a tip pick won't do that either.
Using scuffers and shapers will

I've seen (hard) ferrules ground to an hourglass shape from chalking.

 

[couldnthinkof01]

Standard chalks are very abrasive, you're shaping your tip every time you chalk.
I have a good friend who can wear out a tip in 6 months, and never uses a scuffer. He chalks his cue a LOT.

You figure his chalking style is leading to a flat tip?