Zerksies
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Cartune
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Porper Tip Burnisher
Porper's Tip Burnisher gives your pool cue tip a smooth, hard side to help prevent cue tip mushrooming
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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:
did it meet your expectations?
Sandpaper with a 100 and 60 grit.
My Tools
Porper tip scuffer/shaper etc...
Can't get 'em anymore.
Can't get 'em anymore.
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??
Just to be clear since you were in Vegas... we're talking about a pool shaft?
Roger that. I never liked soft tips. Felt like a wad of gum stuck on the end. Med to hard for me. ultraskin black med. or a thoroughbred med/hard are go-to tips.
Great question. I found that hard tips roll the cue ball faster with slower speed stroking of the cue ball. So for attaining position, especially when it’s newer cloth or a 7’ table, requires me to change my stroke speed too often. I love the ping
sound of a hard tip on ivory ferrules and soft tips produce a entirely different sound. But soft tips give me more control of the cue ball position within 1/2 of a 9’ table. I can use center ball more easily, or with a bit of follow or stop, on cut shots and roll the CB with tighter movement. Stop shots are so easy and miscuing seldom happens. Soft tips can take slight brush application of V10 chalk so much better than a hard tip and doesn’t glaze and seldom needs scuffing for better CB contact or chalk application. It was really helpful selecting and trying different Kamui tip hardness with Shooter08 as my supplier. Tried all of them and ultimately chose Kamui Black Clear Soft as my tip of choice. It’s on all my cues except one. It’s because as long as I keep my cue all original, I can trade it in with Bill Grassley @ Cornerstone Cues for what I paid and get a cue of equal value or pay any difference. The tips on my Prewitt are orig, Moori Brown Medium.
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That teardrop thingamajig on the keyring looks like a Colorado blade for a spinnerbait.
Correct, I like to fish and play pool.
Wow!!
It does!!
Where's the willow leaf??