Best way/tool to reshape a mushroomed tip

JBB2388

JBB2388

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Would like to hear your methods for reshaping/repairing a mushroomed tip. I know the Ulti-mate tool can take care of this. Thanks.
 
The Porper Big Shaver is about the only hand tool that you can use without a lathe. Almost all other tools just press the mushroom back in. With a lot of experience you can cut it with a utility blade if you are really skilled. You need to remove the excess leather. For the best job get someone with a cue lathe to do it.
 
My friend Ed Green showed me that a carpenters pencil sharpener works very well. It actually gives the tip a slight taper so that the walls straighten out as the tip breaks in. Plus the tool costs 3-4 dollars at the hardware store.

Smart
 
jb
be very carefull if using a ultimate tool as it will gouge your ferrule. the packaging says it stops short of the ferrule, but it doesn't.
 
Lay the shaft flat on a table. Hold the shaft an inch or two below the ferrule and spin the tip with your fingers on a piece of 150-220 sandpaper, keeping the shaft as level as possible. Don't sand the ferrule.
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Use the ultimate tip tool if your goal is to destroy your tip. Particularly if you have a layered tip. Worst tool ever invented.

The excess leather must be cut off.

KMRUNOUT
 
KMRUNOUT said:
Use the ultimate tip tool if your goal is to destroy your tip. Particularly if you have a layered tip. Worst tool ever invented.

The excess leather must be cut off.

KMRUNOUT
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I totally agree with this. The Ultimate tip tool when used to sand the sides of the tip is a horrible tool. There is nothing protecting the ferrule from getting damaged by the sandpaper. I have seen several ferrules ruined this way because the gouges left behind are too deep to buff out, the only way is to replace the ferrule.

Now, if you want to use it to shape the tip, it's okay. But anything other than that is a waste of time.
 
I bought the Porper's "Little Shaver" after using one that a friend had.

It worked great for trimming off the mushroomed leather, but after a few uses I was trimming the tip on my dad's cue, and it split his tip in half (laminated tip).

I had had great results with it till that day, now I am afraid to use it.
 
I was advised by my cue maker to NOT use the Ultimate Tip Tool. Best thing is take it to a cue maker/repair person. If you do it yourself and aren't used to it, you may damage your ferrule/shaft.
 
Culinarytracker said:
I bought the Porper's "Little Shaver" after using one that a friend had.

It worked great for trimming off the mushroomed leather, but after a few uses I was trimming the tip on my dad's cue, and it split his tip in half (laminated tip).

I had had great results with it till that day, now I am afraid to use it.
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I am a little surprised to hear that you had a mushroom problem with a laminated tip. Typically you won't see that in most layered tips, what brand of tip was it?
 
pvc lou said:
My friend Ed Green showed me that a carpenters pencil sharpener works very well. It actually gives the tip a slight taper so that the walls straighten out as the tip breaks in. Plus the tool costs 3-4 dollars at the hardware store.

Smart
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Hmmmm.... I've got to try this since I have a few carpenter pencil sharpener ... But, I never imagined a cue tip would even fit in there. Maybe you're talking about a specific carpenter pencil sharpener?
 
Cdryden said:
I am a little surprised to hear that you had a mushroom problem with a laminated tip. Typically you won't see that in most layered tips, what brand of tip was it?
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I'm thinking it was a Kamui Black Soft.
It might have still been the original tip that came on the Lucasi Hybrid shaft though. I'm pretty sure It had been replaced once already, and that would have been with the Kamui.

There wasn't a lot of mushrooming, just a tiny bit to shave off.
 
Can a layered soft tip be carefully and slowly sanded for slight mushrooming if one protects their ferrule with, say, blue painters tape?
 
IMO, this is the best portable tool for it.

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jossuser said:
jb
be very carefull if using a ultimate tool as it will gouge your ferrule. the packaging says it stops short of the ferrule, but it doesn't.
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I've heard that as well about the ferrule damage and actually watched a guy I know do it to his own cue shortly after buying one. My tip is roughly two months old with maybe 30 hours of use. Its a Tiger Laminated I believe. At least thats what I asked for. I'm waiting for the new UltraSkins I ordered from Seyberts and will have it replaced. In the meantime I may just trim it past the mushrooming and reshape it. Was just wondering if there were any tricks that I haven't read about. Would love to have my own lathe. :grin: Thanks for all of the replies!
 
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