Breaking Cue Tip size question

[teedotaj]

Bit of a noobie question here...

I want to attempt to install a new tip on my own for a spare break shaft that I have lying around. It's an old J&J break cue with those fatter shafts (pic below).
Would I need to get a 15, 14, or 13 mm diamter tip for these? If it was 13.5 (which I think it is), would a 13 mm fit even if it's a thicker shaft? The smaller tip is probably not a good idea but just asking anyway just in case lol

Thank you!

 

[Tom1234]

Bit of a noobie question here...

I want to attempt to install a new tip on my own for a spare break shaft that I have lying around. It's an old J&J break cue with those fatter shafts (pic below).
Would I need to get a 15, 14, or 13 mm diamter tip for these? If it was 13.5 (which I think it is), would a 13 mm fit even if it's a thicker shaft? The smaller tip is probably not a good idea but just asking anyway just in case lol

Thank you!

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Do you have a lathe? If so, install the new tip as you would on a play cue. If not, I would recommend having a qualified repairman with a lathe do the install. In any event, you need to get a tip bigger than the ferrule so that it can be cut down flush. Good luck with the new tip.

 

[Kim Bye]

You would need a tip bigger than the shaft you're gonna use it on. So if the shaft is 13.5mm, a 14mm tip will work, granted you can center it nicely on the ferrule

 

[teedotaj]

Do you have a lathe? If so, install the new tip as you would on a play cue. If not, I would recommend having a qualified repairman with a lathe do the install. In any event, you need to get a tip bigger than the ferrule so that it can be cut down flush. Good luck with the new tip.

No lathe. Just gonna attempt to do a manual install like following Dr. Dave's video. But it's looking more complicated with harder break tips so might just have someone do it for me lol

 

[Sheldon]

The really hard break tips are tricky even with a lathe. If the person doing it is not experienced and very precise, trimming them perfectly flush without taking ferrule material off will be difficult.