Can anyone show a picture of the Mcdermott bumper tool

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poolcuemaster

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I would just like to see what the bumper removal tool looks like to see if I have anything close. A local player has a loose weight bolt and wants me to fix it which is no problem but I would like to save the looks of the bumper, I have been a auto mechanic for 37 years and might have something similar.--Leonard Holmes
 
You do. Channel Locks and a rag/towel.
The 'official' tool is nothing more than a set of revamped 'dikes'.
It doesn't work any better than the pliers and has been known to damage the butt-cap.
 
poolcuemaster said:
I would just like to see what the bumper removal tool looks like to see if I have anything close. A local player has a loose weight bolt and wants me to fix it which is no problem but I would like to save the looks of the bumper, I have been a auto mechanic for 37 years and might have something similar.--Leonard Holmes
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I am using a tool I got from a Rabbi who used it for bar mitzvahs, is this what you guy's are talking about?:)

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This thing work great!!!!
 
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poolcuemaster said:
I would just like to see what the bumper removal tool looks like to see if I have anything close. A local player has a loose weight bolt and wants me to fix it which is no problem but I would like to save the looks of the bumper, I have been a auto mechanic for 37 years and might have something similar.--Leonard Holmes
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I just put both thumbs against one side and push them out.
 
Jayman about five of us at the poolroom tried the thumbs thing and I think if it had ever been removed 1 time they might work but this sucker is superglued in I think.--Leonard
 
jayman said:
L.o.L They are tight!!. But not glued.
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Some can be removed with your thumbs and some can't. As they age often the bumper hardens. I had one in hear 2 days ago that the bumper was like rock but loose enough that it rattled when the cue moved. The owner said the noise was riving him crazy when he shot with it. I tried my thumbs and I tried pliers to no avail and then the guy said he didn't care what I did to get it out as he would get a new one. I used vice grips about six times almost squeezing in two before it came out completely destroying it.

Dick
 
I have tried the thumbs approach and it does work depending on the age of the cue. A little WD40 under the lip helps. I have also destroyed a few using pliers, and other instruments of destruction. I was going to get a set of the Mcdermott pliers, but at the time, evryone was out of them, and saying backordered. I now have a stock of new ones to replace the damaged ones. I just bump up the repair cost $5 to cover the cost of the bumper.
Dave
 
BLACKHEARTCUES said:
I don't usually disagree with KJ, but I have this tool & it works beautifully... JER
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Jer,

I'm not saying that the tool doesn't work. Of course it works. If it didn't, it would be a paper weight, not a tool.
I guess what I should have said was that I've got 3 tool-chests full of every pincher, puller, twister and driver known to man. I don't know that I have to spend any more money on a specialized McD tool just to pull a bumper. To be honest, I don't use a tool to pull their bumper. I do it by hand.

I've had to re-weld the McD bumper tool that Sey has.
Tool steel doesn't like to be welded without pre-heat which is how I think these tools were made.

So, what did this tool cost you, $25 or there abouts? I'd rather buy wood. Much better return.
For that same $25 I can buy enough wood to build 2 cues. Add a couple of 314 shafts and I've got $1,000 worth of cues to sell. See what I mean about return?
I may be cheap but I know how to make money.

It's alright to disagree with me because the way I look at it is, there may be a lesson to be learned. Never too old for that.


Craig,

The only reason for that tool to be at a Bar Mitzvah is to remind the young man what happened to him 13 yrs earlier. I think you meant to say Briss.
 
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poolcuemaster said:
I would just like to see what the bumper removal tool looks like to see if I have anything close. A local player has a loose weight bolt and wants me to fix it which is no problem but I would like to save the looks of the bumper, I have been a auto mechanic for 37 years and might have something similar.--Leonard Holmes
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Ok, I used to just hold bumper against an edge of a table and pushed down. This worked great and didn't damage the bumper. That is to say until the last one that I did. This was my cue that I took in on a trade however the butt cap broke off as the fiber matterial gave way at the facing. By the way, the bumper was still in the butt cap. Now had this been a customers that would have been bad news. I shelled out the $25 with no regrets as I will not let this happen again. Leason learned on saving money.

Jim.
 
poolcuemaster said:
Jayman about five of us at the poolroom tried the thumbs thing and I think if it had ever been removed 1 time they might work but this sucker is superglued in I think.--Leonard
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Put a few drops of oil at the seam and let it seep in. Then twist the bumper to distribute the oil and it will pop right out using your two thumbs.
 
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