Recently I purchased my very own repair lathe from Todd over at Midamericapool
First thing, he is great to deal with, very willing to help with any information possible.
Anyway, upon receiving my lathe I got everything set up and started playing with a purple heart break shaft I had laying around that I didn't like. (I didn't like it because it had a 1 piece g10 tip/ferrule and it wasn't working out so well for me) So to put the lathe through it's paces I figure why not take a cut or two on G10 and see if I can't face the tip off to just a ferrule and then slap on a white diamond I had on hand.
The lathe performed great, more kudos for Todd.
However, I'm very impressed with the white diamond tips. I don't know what they're made out of, it appears to be very thin layers of something. It sounds similar to phenolic but I have no idea what it is. Anyway it cut great, and after some time for the glue to properly cure I slapped the shaft on my BK3 butt and gave it a couple test breaks mainly to see if the tip would stay on as it was my first time doing one on my own, and to see how the tip would react to various 8 ball breaks.
I tell you what, compared to G10 and most phenolic that I've played with the white diamond out performs them all. I have no trouble getting a nice controlled break even at fairly high speeds. Only when I really hammer away at it do I have any trouble hitting away from center cue ball. I don't measure break speeds so I can't say if I'm breaking any faster or slower but the spread has been about the same, but I'm consistently making balls instead of just leaving the table wide open for my opponent with the occasional ball on break for me.
I would highly recommend these tips to anyone who is considering them. Compared to others they are cheap and in my opinion at least they perform just as well if not better than anything else out there.
First thing, he is great to deal with, very willing to help with any information possible.
Anyway, upon receiving my lathe I got everything set up and started playing with a purple heart break shaft I had laying around that I didn't like. (I didn't like it because it had a 1 piece g10 tip/ferrule and it wasn't working out so well for me) So to put the lathe through it's paces I figure why not take a cut or two on G10 and see if I can't face the tip off to just a ferrule and then slap on a white diamond I had on hand.
The lathe performed great, more kudos for Todd.
However, I'm very impressed with the white diamond tips. I don't know what they're made out of, it appears to be very thin layers of something. It sounds similar to phenolic but I have no idea what it is. Anyway it cut great, and after some time for the glue to properly cure I slapped the shaft on my BK3 butt and gave it a couple test breaks mainly to see if the tip would stay on as it was my first time doing one on my own, and to see how the tip would react to various 8 ball breaks.
I tell you what, compared to G10 and most phenolic that I've played with the white diamond out performs them all. I have no trouble getting a nice controlled break even at fairly high speeds. Only when I really hammer away at it do I have any trouble hitting away from center cue ball. I don't measure break speeds so I can't say if I'm breaking any faster or slower but the spread has been about the same, but I'm consistently making balls instead of just leaving the table wide open for my opponent with the occasional ball on break for me.
I would highly recommend these tips to anyone who is considering them. Compared to others they are cheap and in my opinion at least they perform just as well if not better than anything else out there.
