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So here is the 6 month review: These tips (and I can only speak for the #4, which is a 'Medium Hard') don't mushroom and performed as well as my Whitten (I can say the name now) and UltraSkin tips. No touching up/reshaping has been needed. One thing that may be an issue, although I've seen...

I started finishing CF blanks in 2019 and have done inserts in both Polycarbonate and Ensinger's Noryl (PPO) from McMaster. Settled with the Noryl just because of the slightly better physical characteristics when compared to PC. Have not had any issues with loosening, even on a radial tapped...

Would be nice to know what they say. Since OB tried phenolic (?), and phenolic threads might hold up better than what could happen in an all wood shaft, I think polycarbonate or Noryl might be a better material than aluminum, for their interchangeable inserts. Both plastics function well with...

Friend in our league just got Whyte CF shaft, with radial and 3/8-10M inserts. He has custom cue butts (4 from same maker) which all have '3/8-10 Modified' pins but they are all about 2 thou over on both major and minor thread diameter, when compared to the stainless steel pins I had in my...

Missed the question in the original thread, and it's pretty old. Still: I've seen HXT shafts which are flat-faced and 'piloted'. Factory cues which are 'piloted' are rarely truly piloted, in examples I've seen, as there is little or no contact between the protrusion on the end of the shaft...

I have a 35+ year old Players plain Jane cue, butt finished to look like ebony, cost me $40 when I bought it new. It was my player for almost 10 years. Butt is straighter now, after all these years, than my $1600 'custom' ebony cue player, with beautiful recon stone inlays, which is only about...

I'm using a piece of 3/8 x 3/8 HSS in the lathe tool holder, sharpened with an angle and relief to work like a 'knife' to cut the side of tips. I've tried the knife method on tips a few times and I'm just not comfortable with it, especially if someone has handed me a $30 tip they've...

Yes, they do cut nicely. Probably just remember that nothing is needed on the sides after that.

It appears to be the 'Time Crystal' but who knows how hard. Did they say soft, medium, etc when you bought it? I'm convinced now they can't be 'burnished', in the traditional sense, because they are layers of (polyester?) 'microfiber' and some binder, probably polyurethane. Only Rhino can...

Wanted to thank you for your post, especially the comments about things being 'FLAT' or not. My WM210V Chinee lathe required a LOT of accurizing work right when I got it, including re-designing the backside of the carriage to remove vertical free play there, chuck replacement and subsequent...

I've done tips on three 'kielwood' shafts now and all three shafts have had clear finish applied end to end.

Anyone still watching this thread? Had a guy bring me two new 'kielwood' shafts, both from same maker, somewhere in Asia (according to the owner). He wanted new tips on them. Both shafts had clear finish. Juma ferrules, I think. My trouble was: there was similar runout on both ferrules...

My take on ngtvd's post was that his 'ferrule' insert at the tip broke off, just like the one which was handed to me to fix with a PPSU insert.

I'm aware of 'old wives tales'. That's why what I've shared can also be found on some of the adhesive manufacturer's own web sites. Loctite, Devcon, Starbond, and others, publish extensive and helpful information and also white papers. Most people don't have the patience to read through it...

Many plastics are not glue friendly. The concept is called low 'surface energy'. That's why it pays to know what the plastic is, on tip pads and ferrules. Almost nothing sticks to Delrin, for instance, because it has super low 'surface energy' - think 'teflon'. In almost every case, abrasion...

A little closer to the original question: Good CF 'play' shafts should have a wall thickness at 0.8 to 1.0mm. An 11.8mm CF shaft with 0.8mm wall, empty 8 to 10 inches behind the tip, can yield crazy low deflection, but so can a well made maple shaft in the same diameter, with a long 'pro'...

I had to replace the insert in one of their 'break' shafts and the way the plastic looks, and the way it machined as I remove the insert remains, makes me think they are using white acrylic (plexiglas). Cast? Extruded? Who knows, but cast acrylic should be stronger, and still not what I'd...

Had a teammate ask if I'd seen them so I looked them up. Searched on the web and here and couldn't find a review. Rhino is selling a tip made from layered "microfiber" cloth, in five hardnesses. Being a cloth and probably polyester (?), and available in multiple hardnesses, I would expect the...

Good for you. There - short and sweet

This discussion is pretty old by now, but I hit on it with a web search just to see what others had opined. For over 40 years, I played with whatever came installed on the shaft, and didn't think much of it. Probably replaced them myself with something like Elk Masters, etc. Probably 15-20...