bad lepro?

seiyaryu55

seiyaryu55

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I just glued on a LePro and cut down the edges. When i pushed against the side of the tip it moved and then as i went around it looked like the tip was coming apart. Are all LePros like this or is it just this one thats bad? Ive installed Elk Masters before and never had this problem but this is my first time with the LePro.
 
Its a very common occurance with le pro tips. Try putting your tips in a vise and smashing then before you install. This will cut down on the mushrooming as well.
 
seiyaryu55 said:
I just glued on a LePro and cut down the edges. When i pushed against the side of the tip it moved and then as i went around it looked like the tip was coming apart. Are all LePros like this or is it just this one thats bad? Ive installed Elk Masters before and never had this problem but this is my first time with the LePro.
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I am so sick of LePro and Triangle tips that I don't think I will ever install another one. They all seem to be rotten. I encourage my customers to use one of the layered tips or medium Water Buffalo.
 
Most single layer tips suffer from this. Elk masters especially. I tap them on a hard surface, and can tell from the sound whether the tip will be any good, and how hard it will be.

Some boxes of tips are better than others.... you may have gotten a bad batch. I typically use about 2/3 of the tips in a box of 50 with lepro and elkmasters.
 
Thats weird cause i barely had this problem with the elks that i used. I started to push on the edge of the lepro and i was like WOAH! it basically grew double the original height.

I got a box myself so i guess i'll just go through it until i get a good tip.

Anyways, thanks everyone for the replies.
 
Bad Lepro???

Bad Lepro...sounds redundant to me. As was said before, this is par for the course with those tips.

I still don't understand why repairmen/cuemakers still complain about these tips when they are so cheap. What can we expect from a product that cost so little.

I am seriously considering not carrying them and staying with mostly laminated tips, with the exception of water buffalo tips. I feel we do the customer a disservice to a certain extent, by continuing to install them. While it's true that the customer has a right to request whatever tip they want, there is no reason we cannot provide a bit of our knowledge and lead them in the right direction.

It would do everyone some good if customers saw these inferior tips as being simply the tip that comes standard off-the-rack. Upgrades available at your local cuemaker.

Gene
 
Keep a few blown out Lepros around. When someone requests one, say, you mean you want this brand of tip installed on your valuable cue? Some will change their mind and you might convert them to another brand, some will still want it. You might enlighten a few people?

Kelly
 
I've heard of some guys making up a water & light-glue mixture to soak the tip in for a little bit and the put it in the vice to dry for a few days. This will harden it up and help to hold it together I suppose. I forgot who said that but a few have said it works good, maybe you could try this with a bad batch that you'd throw out anyhow so you wouldn't be out any cash, but who cares, they're cheap anyhow :D.
 
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WRHaynes said:
I've heard of some guys making up a water & light-glue mixture to soak the tip in for a little bit and the put it in the vice to dry for a few days. This will harden it up and help to hold it together I suppose. I forgot who said that but a few have said it works good, maybe you could try this with a bad batch that you'd throw out anyhow so you wouldn't be out any cash, but who cares, they're cheap anyhow :D.
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Again...why bother? I'm not trying to be critical but I am very much confused as to why Lepros get so much attention instead of just being replaced. It's simple...isn't it? Or is it?

Gene
 
seiyaryu55 said:
I just glued on a LePro and cut down the edges. When i pushed against the side of the tip it moved and then as i went around it looked like the tip was coming apart. Are all LePros like this or is it just this one thats bad? Ive installed Elk Masters before and never had this problem but this is my first time with the LePro.
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My buddy & I both had LePro's put on our cues at DCC & they
miscue all the time. We have both worked & worked on them.
Never again!
 
When asked what tip I would recommend by a customer I always recommend a layered tip. But some insist on a Lepro, and then complain about the way it plays. The only reason I have them is for the customers that don't want anything else.
And why should we try soaking them in solutions and drying them under presure, all that time would increase the expense of a tip that would still be a cheap tip.
I do press them in a small vise before I install them, as I do most 1 piece tips. Its just hard to beat the layered tips.
Chris
 
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