I posted on this once before.
I ended up with a poofy tip Elkmaster. So I took a shot glass and poured just enough coffee creamer in it to cover the
curvature of the tip and stood it up in the kitchen corner over night. Changed the tip. That tip ended up getting 4 dips
eventually and it plays...
On those things the best thing you can do is accept that you're going to have to make an allowance using side spin and go shoot some shots at different distances and note the different allowances. No one can do that for you, but that is the way to do it no matter how you cue the ball.
Two week soak, use vice grips in a tip tool to a dime to squeeze it down on a medium to soft amount of force,
dry for in the tip tool for 3 to 5 days then remove and place on the window sill. Best tip by far. Grippy
but not too much. No comparison to a regular Elkmaster. I use whatever Coffee...
I make my own. I've hit with the Outsville Dud though and I liked it.
The grippyness of the Elkmaster shines through no matter if its my dud or the Outsville dud.
I try not to be too picky about hardness.
Mostly its your eye position in relation to the cue that is most important.
Everyone's best position is a little different.
Shoot the straight in shot.
When it goes in easy from short distance and long distance note where the cue is in
relationship to your eye and that is where you need it to be...
It's one pocket for me.
This lets me play players above my skill level and still get to shoot some shots.
The concentration is on speed control, decision making and execution which helps all games.
I hope that more people will take it up. I'd like to see some 16 player events pop up around the...