I was just wondering if anyone has used one i made one the other day out of an old Elkmaster soaked it in milk all night then set it in the sunshine all day i didnt press it though thats the only step i didnt do but its hard as a rock and im about to put it on my sneaky pete i got for a trade the other day to see how it shoots and whatnot .........
Anyone use a "MILK DUD" TIP?
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cuetec_shooter said:
Cuetec, don't become another equipment junkie! Listen, I've seen it happen. They start young, someone gives them some good stuff and they're hooked. They can't get off it. All the time, they're looking for new stuff to feed their fill. Look dude, you can just walk away. Be satisfied with what you got. I mean, it's okay to go to the convention and let it all go but over the course of the year, you gotta keep that addiction in check!
Seriously, Elkmaster is a fine tip. You need not do anything to it to make it play better. In fact, most tips out there are perfectly satisfactory and will wear rather slowly, even if you play everyday. If all of these things really made a difference in your game, don't you think the US Open would just be a smorgasbord of tip tapping and shaft conditioning?
cuetec_shooter said:
You might want to do a search, this was discussed a couple of weeks ago.
soak elk masters in milk?
Jim
Tbeaux said:
You know, now that I think of it, soaking your tips in milk would likely be unkosher. I'll call the rabbi.
DaveK said:You were planning to eat the tip ?
Dave, who missed Purim this year
V. MEAT AND MILK IN THE KOSHER KITCHEN
The Torah forbids: 1) cooking meat and milk together in any form; 2) eating such cooked products, or 3) deriving benefit from them. As a safeguard, the Rabbis extended this prohibition to disallow the eating of meat and dairy products at the same meal or preparing them on the same utensils. Furthermore, milk products cannot be consumed after eating meat, for a period of time. There are different traditions for how long to wait between meat and dairy, but the most prevalent custom is to wait six hours.
I guess since there's no benefit to soaking your tip in milk, it'd be kosher by my book.
Jude Rosenstock said:
Is it actual benifit that is forbidden or perceived benifit? I think that if you think there's a benifit it wouldn't be kosher.
RichardCranium said:
Look Dude, I didn't make the rules. I don't even follow the rules. Ok, it's out! I'm not a good jew.
RichardCranium said:
Actually, you see this in several cultures. It's considered to be a bad omen to have something related to birth (milk, eggs) combined with something related to death (meat), especially when it's from the same animal. Think about it. Have you ever had chicken and eggs before?
Jude Rosenstock said:
I've had omlettes with chicken in them before! mmm..mmm..good!
I tried that once, but I think you're supposed to soak it in half and half.
I was also compressing the tip. The problem I had with this was that I had no way of measuring how much I was compressing each tip.
Note that I have seen the same tips come out of the *same* box measured for hardness, and them all being quite different. So the box may say medium on it, but within the box are soft, medium, and hard tips!
Anyway I thought my tips would come out in a similar manner, some harder than others.
And rather than buy expensive testing/measuring equipment for this, I thought it would be much cheaper to use Moori tips which seem to be quite consistent.
It was fun experimenting though!
I was also compressing the tip. The problem I had with this was that I had no way of measuring how much I was compressing each tip.
Note that I have seen the same tips come out of the *same* box measured for hardness, and them all being quite different. So the box may say medium on it, but within the box are soft, medium, and hard tips!
Anyway I thought my tips would come out in a similar manner, some harder than others.
And rather than buy expensive testing/measuring equipment for this, I thought it would be much cheaper to use Moori tips which seem to be quite consistent.
It was fun experimenting though!
Mike Johnson (Jensen Cues) makes and installs milk dud tips on his cues. The tips are very hard and once shaped all you ever need to do is apply chalk. The tips are basically good forever. If you are the type that needs to constantly reshape and scuff the tip than you would not be happy with one.
Thanks ALOT for the info that is ENLIGHTENING rather than USELESS like some others that post on here but for the people that gave me usefull info i thank you....
cuetec_shooter said:
maybe you would like to enlighten us with your vast wisdom of pocket billiards
VAP
