best cue tip tool

Crasher said:
So which is it? Can the Last4Ever tip tool not be used to fix mushrooming, or can it, just not well at all? As the owner of one that’s satisfactorily fixed close to a half-dozen mushroomed tips, I’d like to know.
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they have the abravsive on the side of the tool that is meant for mushrooming. I've only had to use it once or twice. I don't like my cues get that bad. I probably burnish the shaft everytime with the leather side
 
Painters tape and a single sided knife, like a kiridashi us definetly the best and safest way. Using some sort of sandpaper or file can become expensive quickly..
Or you could take it to your cue guy, If it's a tip I have installed, I'm more than happy to trim it for you after the first hours of play.
 
Crasher said:
So which is it? Can the Last4Ever tip tool not be used to fix mushrooming, or can it, just not well at all? As the owner of one that’s satisfactorily fixed close to a half-dozen mushroomed tips, I’d like to know.
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If you are happy with your previous tip trimming keep doing what you have been doing. There are no rules. It’s the finished product that counts.
 
Crasher said:
So which is it? Can the Last4Ever tip tool not be used to fix mushrooming, or can it, just not well at all? As the owner of one that’s satisfactorily fixed close to a half-dozen mushroomed tips, I’d like to know.
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The Last4Ever tip tool has a thin strip of sandpaper on the side. The sand paper is about 3/8" wide and the tool is little under 7" long. So, you can use the side of the tool like a file to file off the mushroom, but you have to make sure you don't file the ferrule. Dr. Dave has a much easier system: you lay some sandpaper on a flat surface, you cover all but a thin strip with copy paper (a little thicker than normal paper), and you use a block of wood to keep the tip from sliding forward, which would allow the ferrule to come in contact with the sandpaper, then you rotate the shaft while sanding the side of the tip. Dr. Dave recommends taping the ferrule before sanding the side of the tip, but I find that doesn't work: the tape rubs off the ferrule while I am sanding the side of the tip, so I leave the ferrule untaped.
 
hello said:
It can for sure, I have a ferrule to prove it too and upon contacting Longoni was told that it is possible and they would pay for the replacement of the ferrule.

But it is the best tool I have used so far.
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I was always taken a bit aback by Longoni's pricing.

I played with a cue and had to have it.

I read this thread and had to have it:
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The $100 dollar bill is the best method for sure. I was in Vegas once, went into this place with all these women around and asked .. “would anywhere here work on my tip for $100” . My tip was finished in no time!
 
Bavafongoul said:
It always works best if you have a vice and can towel wrap your shaft so you can smooth the contour of the tip.
Thank goodness I have a Master PBIA Instructor that’s my best friend. He pretty much maintains my cue tips &
will replace my tips as needed. He does a fantastic job of installing my tips so mushrooming is only very slight.
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Not trying to be argumentative, but why not just put a hard tip on from the get go. I've never understood why players use soft tips. I've heard all the +s and -s and it don't add up. For solid energy transfer, med hard and up.
Why mute your wand??
 
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