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A buddy of mine had a wrap like that installed by the late Alex Brick. That particular wrap,which was very well installed,felt like an offbrand,cheesy basketball when finished. As recently as 2 years ago,it had not improved much with use either. I did see some early videos with Jeff Ignacio...

I use a P1N myself and it is NOT rigid enough to be used like that with any regularity. The one Bob is using in that video is at least 1/8 wide,maybe even 3/16. Tommy D.

Count me in as part of the crowd that uses Loctite Professional. However,the best stuff I've found for gluing phenolic/G10 break tips to a ferrule such as melamine is the JB Weld Super Weld available at Wal Mart. I've also had good results with the Loctite Rearview Mirror Adhesive which is a 2...

After experimenting,it turns out a nice finished product,but these are the points I found. It doesn't like carbide tooling. I know my cutters were sharpened right when applicable and when I tried inserts I knew they were fresh,so that was not the issue. Without using auto feed,no amount of...

What options do you have for a foot control for wrapping,or a slow constant rotation with a foot controlled on/off switch? Tommy D.

While pre-made collets may work well in some cases,there is no guarantee they will work 100% unless they are made on a dead-nuts fixture,due to variance on what chuck the end user will be using,etc. The best way to go is to make them on the machine you will be using them on,so they will be on...

Something else to consider is ferrule material for the replacement. As best I can tell,Juma is original. At least it's still readily available. Tommy D.

Can someone post a pic of what it looks like when the cloth is installed upside down? The pool room here recently recovered one of their tables in the normal green 860 HR and I'm not bullshittin it has more nap on it than any Simonis I've ever seen,so either they got bad cloth or the local they...

I have had 100% success using the JB Weld SuperWeld CA glue for gluing G-10,as well as the common Loctite Rearview Mirror Adhesive,which is a 2 part CA. While I haven't tried it with every ferrule material,any of the 3 phenolics or melamines I've tried work with G-10 every time for either a...

Are you able to assign a rating for old matches like the Efren/Earl race to 120,or any of the races to 100 that Shane has played? Tommy D.

If that ferrule has ivory looking grain,I don't think the exact material is available anywhere other than people with a NOS stash. What I do is explain to the customer that the material is unavailable,but it will work out better if I change it to something else because newer materials are...

The Arvorin stuff from Perry at Cuefits as well as the Resin Ivory material available from Warther's is quite nice when polished out,but no info yet on durability. Use HSS,don't take over .050 cuts and use FRESH sandpapers :wink:. Tommy D.

Up until it was pulled off Youtube for copyright issues with the background music,there was a gambling video of Corey/Shane from the original Q-Masters playing a race to 25 for 5k on just a normal Simonis covered bar box. Shane was still playing with his mom's Schon,2007-8ish. The gaff was...

All I know is it wasn't me...Tommy D.

It's for this reason that the only guy locally that actually has a South West waited his 8 years and got it with both shafts completely clearcoated,and plays with a glove when he takes that cue out to play. Tommy D.

On another job,a customer bought 3 new I-Pro shafts thru a dealer,and what showed up was NOT as advertised. While the one shaft I worked on was much closer to 13mm than the 12.5,it was tapered in a VERY uncomfortable manner. No bullshit,this unplayed shaft reminded me of the first time I had...

Thanks Mike I forgot how to use Paint Shop Pro there for a min :o,LOL. Tommy D.

Nah man made stuff has never been my thing :grin-square:. Tommy D.

Yes but I gotta figure out how to change the format/file size as I took it with my phone camera and the file size is 6mb as a .jpg. Tommy D.

A customer sent me a butt he wanted me to make a new shaft for. I get it and while checking out joint diameter,pin length,etc,I notice it is making a strange noise,like there is a weight bolt issue. I take the weight bolt out,which was actually a short steel plug with a 8-32 tapped hole for...