A hard tip but not too hard?

philly said:
They play just right for me. That's all I can say.
I like the hit of them.
I have 4 absolutely identical shafts and I rotate them every session.
I get them all re tipped at the same time. I do this about every 6 years or so.
I scuff the tip before every session with a good old Willards tip shaper.
Not much more is needed ever and of course I never have to worry about a layer separating.

KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid

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Absolutely!!👍🏻💯
 
Mensabum said:
It's not hard to overlook what works for all the bells and whistles out there. Players always looking for the next best thing...
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Sort of guilty as charged.
Tried a Predator CF shaft for a while.
Didn't like the taper at all. Didn't last long. Sold it at a loss of course.

That being said, having a cue built as we speak and it will come with a kielwood shaft. I gave the maker one of my shafts to duplicate it exactly to the kielwood being made. Taper is important to me. Haven't spoken about tips on it yet but it'll probably be a hard pressed Triangle.
 
philly said:
Sort of guilty as charged.
Tried a Predator CF shaft for a while.
Didn't like the taper at all. Didn't last long. Sold it at a loss of course.

That being said, having a cue built as we speak and it will come with a kielwood shaft. I gave the maker one of my shafts to duplicate it exactly to the kielwood being made. Taper is important to me. Haven't spoken about tips on it yet but it'll probably be a hard pressed Triangle.
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I am too at the moment, My last one had kielwood. I didn't think it was all that. yours might be great! Different sound and much stiffer, than any i have used before. Gone with stranded one this time. And your right, the taper is so important.
Long pro taper with 12.65 at the tip. One thing i always do now, is stick with the same pin. That way, your not solely relying on One shaft to always work. Good luck with yours🙂
I might try some of those triangles, thanks.
 
Cue Alchemist said:
I am too at the moment, My last one had kielwood. I didn't think it was all that. yours might be great! Different sound and much stiffer, than any i have used before. Gone with stranded one this time. And your right, the taper is so important.
Long pro taper with 12.65 at the tip. One thing i always do now, is stick with the same pin. That way, your not solely relying on One shaft to always work. Good luck with yours🙂
I might try some of those triangles, thanks.
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Thanks. I use 12.25. Like a long taper too. Naturally low deflection people tell me. Don't know much about it but it works for me.
 
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philly said:
Sort of guilty as charged.
Tried a Predator CF shaft for a while.
Didn't like the taper at all. Didn't last long. Sold it at a loss of course.

That being said, having a cue built as we speak and it will come with a kielwood shaft. I gave the maker one of my shafts to duplicate it exactly to the kielwood being made. Taper is important to me. Haven't spoken about tips on it yet but it'll probably be a hard pressed Triangle.
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Can't go wrong there!!
Post pics please!!
 
pooldawg8 said:
Sorry Paul I only make my milk duds using elk master tips. Someone else might use Triangles but I do not use them. Just wanted to clear this up before people start asking me for pressed triangle tips. Thank you Jeff
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I was gifted one of your milk buds and loved it. My other shafts are hard pressed Triangles. I felt they all played the same. Why do you not ever use Triangles? What difference do you see between the two tips?
I understand. If it works don't fix it.
Just curious?
 
philly said:
I was gifted one of your milk buds and loved it. My other shafts are hard pressed Triangles. I felt they all played the same. Why do you not ever use Triangles? What difference do you see between the two tips?
I understand. If it works don't fix it.
Just curious?
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Hi Philly
Appreciate you asking me. Way back in the day, I did try making and pressing Triangle tips, but the old triangles I had back then, had a coating on the sidewalls and the tip would not soak and expand like the elk master tips did. I tried soaking and pressing about 25 tips and after I used the same procedure as I do with the elk master tips, they didn`t seem as if they took to the soaking and pressing. I didn`t think it was worth it to sand all of the coating off the triangles so I stayed with just using elks. Hope this helps answer any question you may have had. Thanks again for asking. I did hear way back that people used to dry press the Triangles with great success but I didn`t feel that it was worth it for me to try that method. Thanks Jeff
 
pooldawg8 said:
Hi Philly
Appreciate you asking me. Way back in the day, I did try making and pressing Triangle tips, but the old triangles I had back then, had a coating on the sidewalls and the tip would not soak and expand like the elk master tips did. I tried soaking and pressing about 25 tips and after I used the same procedure as I do with the elk master tips, they didn`t seem as if they took to the soaking and pressing. I didn`t think it was worth it to sand all of the coating off the triangles so I stayed with just using elks. Hope this helps answer any question you may have had. Thanks again for asking. I did hear way back that people used to dry press the Triangles with great success but I didn`t feel that it was worth it for me to try that method. Thanks Jeff
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Thanks for your reply.
 
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