Best Dime Tip Shaper

This one gets my vote ...
 

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My question is to all those who use the dime radius. Does it help your game dramatically or is it just a preference over the nickel radius?
Is it used more on thinner shaft tips i.e; 12.25 or less?
I've used both and other then more tip being taken off, don't get it.:confused:
 
I'm also of the Willards fan base. I also have a Sandman dime shaper that is pretty good. I've been using my Willard shaper on my layered Everest tips and everything seems to be good, is it indeed safe to use on layered tips?
 
Ultimate tip tool has both. Since it works great as a nickel for me, I assume the dime works as well. I tried it for a while, but I don't like dime shape.
 
There really is very little difference between dime and nickle when measured, but I get better spin on the QB with the dime. It might be all in my head but pool becomes more of a mental game at a certain level and on up. Johnnyt
 
I'm a gadget nut so I've bought just about everything on the market. The lil loe Willard still does as good a job as any of the larger and expensive and heavy others. By far the easiest to carry in a pants pocket. Easy to clean out with an old tooth brush, hot water and hand soap.
 
Williards are great for house cues. Cheap, portable and last forever. For home use and in the case I make my own. Take a 6" piece of 3/4" ID tubing and cut it lengthwise. Smooth the cut surfaces, apply some double-faced carpet tape or golf grip tape to 120 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper and press it in place. Trim off the excess and you're good to go. Using wet-or-dry paper allows you to clean it under the faucet and it will last a long time before the sandpaper dulls. 120 grit paper will fuzz up a tip a lot less than a Williards. Plastic pipe is the cheapest and easiest to work with, but I've also used copper pipe and aluminum tubing, polished up just for good looks. For less than $10 in materials, I furnished my whole league team with shapers, so nobody has an excuse for a bad tip.

Bill
 
Centerpunch said:
My question is to all those who use the dime radius. Does it help your game dramatically or is it just a preference over the nickel radius?
Is it used more on thinner shaft tips i.e; 12.25 or less?
I've used both and other then more tip being taken off, don't get it.:confused:
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I depends on the shaft size. If it's around 12.75 to 13mm then use a nickle. 12.50 to 12.75 use a dime. For those rare 14mm's use a quarter. :smile:
 
what radius do you put on those big 7ft pool cues with the big peanut butter cup size tip?

Would it be a silver dollar, or more like pirate gold radius? I keep miscuing with it and think thats the problem.
:scratchhead:
 
greyghost said:
what radius do you put on those big 7ft pool cues with the big peanut butter cup size tip?

Would it be a silver dollar, or more like pirate gold radius? I keep miscuing with it and think thats the problem.
:scratchhead:
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Ghost, if you keep miscuing with a tip that size then leave it dead flat. Should fix you right up. :cool:
 
Johnnyt you know that little brush you get with a ele. razor, works perfect to get the crude out. An so small easy to carry in case. Skip
 
Willard, by a long shot. They last forever, unless someone "borrows" yours.

On a 11.75 mm tip, would you be better off with a dime shape or a nickel shape?

JoeyA
 
greyghost said:
Metal or not...your still a fruitcake!:p
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Hey Kibbles, don't make me put my dingy in the water and row out to your rig and give you a wedgie. You been warned bruddah! ;)


Seriously though, a metal nail file allows me to do fine tune sculpturing while taking off only the minimun leather possible on my layered sniper. At $30 a tip, I have no desire to churn shrapnel off.

Am I the only one that is this intelligent and creative? :D

69 cent, WalMart. So there. :p:p:p
 
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