Cue Tip Maintenance Tools
- Thread starter Jun Hao
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220 Sand Paper will scuff up at TIP as good as anything. You only need Scuff up the Edges, to Hold Chalk better. A NEW Dollar Bill will Burnish a Mushroom off your Tip as good as anything. What else do you need??????? That all folks.
Tools I Like..
#1 Williard Tip Tool (Dime personally) Shaper, Scruffer, Gauge all in one!
#2 Dollar bill/smooth piece of leather burnish with.
#3 Tip Pik. (Non Layered tips, herd it causes problems if you use with layered)
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#1 Williard Tip Tool (Dime personally) Shaper, Scruffer, Gauge all in one!
#2 Dollar bill/smooth piece of leather burnish with.
#3 Tip Pik. (Non Layered tips, herd it causes problems if you use with layered)
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But what if I don't have a dollar bill? <Sean turns pants pockets inside out... 50 cents hits the ground...>
The CueShark is really nice. I used to make fun of this device, because it's much larger than other tip tools. But I used a buddy's CueShark one day, and its utility surprised me. Plus, the abrasives in it never wear out or need replacing. You just use an old toothbrush, or an acid brush with its bristles trimmed very short, to clean it.
Nice thing about it is that is has every tool you'll ever need, and doesn't take any space away from your cue case's pockets. That's to say, it doesn't need to -- it has a nice carry pouch that clips onto the outside of your case (e.g. the handle or the zippers).
The CueShark's smaller cousin, the CueShark PUP, is also very nice, for those that want the utility of the CueShark but in a smaller size.
-Sean
Thanks for the comment... I like that!
The last4ever was my response to buying basically every tip tool that has come on the market since I started playing about 30 years ago and just not being happy with any of them for being the total solution to shaping, scuffing as well as mushroom repair and burnishing. I used my tool as a personal solution but when they kept getting "borrowed and not returned" I got a patent and started making them... One at a time, by hand. No mass production from China.
Because of that I have not and most likely will not sell them through the typical wholesale -retail supply chain since I would have to charge too much to build in the 100% markup from the wholesaler to the retailer and the 100% markup from the retailer to the end user. If you are buying a tip tool for $20 the wholesaler is probably in the $5 range... Ergo, China.
The vast majority of what I have sold is through AZB recommendations and I have now shipped to 9 countries and most of the US states. Talk about the power of AZ Billiards!
Thanks again for the support.
The essential tools that I keep in my case are, 01) The Ultimate Cue Tip Tool, 02) The Ultimate Chalker, 03) Cue Doctor Dent Buffer, 04) Q Wiz Pad, 05) Q Wax.
I'm with you 100% on the dent buffer and the Q-Wiz, both best in class products and both in my case and shop
I had used Q-Wiz for years and attempted to improve on it without success so ultimately, I contacted Q-Wiz and now offer a co-branded private label Q-Wiz on my web site
Joel
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Cueshark PUP. Built to outlast the owner, compact and well-designed. No sandpaper to wear out. Does everything a player needs.
I could use any tip tool there is, some have great features. But in my opinion, its kind of like buying fishing lures.. Some are made for catching fish, and some are for catching fishermen. I use a 4"-6" tip sander, from shaping a new tip to a light scuffing.
I just received my tip tool last week from Joel Pope, it is without a doubt the best all around tool I have ever had, It does everything he says it does and more. I would highly recomend this tip tool. Tom
http://last4ever.net/
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A Brad Scuffer, is all that I use.
TheThaiger
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I have a suggestion for you, although it may be entirely impractical.
I like to fiddle around replacing tips etc, and I also do a lot of tip replacement for friends and team mates. I can cope with everything with some basic tools, but what I find most difficult is getting all the old tip/glue off a ferrule, and making it perfectly level.
I have bought several tools for this, but the only one that's any good for that is Joe Porper's Big Shaver, which has a hole you put the shaft into, allowing you to roll the shaft as if starting a fire, and the abrasive material within the hole takes everything off the ferrule and grinds it down flat. This is very useful if you're doing loads of house cues, which have ferrules that have been hacked to death.
Is it possible to put a bit of 13-14mm tubing in the middle of the flat part of your tool, so you can put one foot on either side to keep it steady, and just put the ferrule side of the shaft into it, and use the abrasive material on your tool to remove the tip remnant etc? I think Tiger's new tool work on a similar basis, but I don't think that has a flat, abrasive bit to remove anything left on the ferrule after cutting off the old tip.
I've never used the Last4Ever,but it looks like I'll be ordering 1.In my case I use ,The Ultimate tip tool,McDermot leather burnishing patch,and the Q Dr dent buffer.
Tip Pik because it doesn't remove material from the tip. I never use sandpaper or other things that remove tip material.
I like tip picks but only on non-layered tips,if used on a layered tip it will de-laminate