ferrule, it's called a ferrule! I just remembered!
Do you retip your cue or have it done by someone?
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ferrule, it's called a ferrule! I just remembered!
How often do you have to replace a tip on your cues? Once a year? Do you burnish them? Why do they look like shag carpet?
Does it take a year to get the tip looking good when you do it by hand?
Did the local repair guys ban you from their shop, so you had to take your tips and go home? There is really no other reason to do a tip by hand. It's not fun at all, it's really aggravating. It doesn't produce a better result than machining a tip does, not by a mile or the thousandth that you claim. I'll go to the pool hall tomorrow and replace a tip on my shaft, with video and a running clock, if you pull the "no substantive evidence" nonsense again.
Kudos to you for self-flagellating through a manual tip install, but save the "holier than thou" on this one, you're just flat wrong.
Ideologist: "How often do you have to replace a tip on your cues? Once a year? Do you burnish them? Why do they look like shag carpet?"
Answer: Maybe ever six months or so, thanks for asking. Of course I burnish them. Why do you think they look so good? Shag carpet? You must have misunderstood. The last picture I put up was an Elk Master, which finishes much more coarse than other tips. I'm surprised I have to explain this to you, if you understand cue tips. If you didn't notice the others were a combination of 70s LePros, Crowns, and later Talisman layered. They all finish differently on the tops. I suspect you weren't aware.
Ideologist: "Does it take a year to get the tip looking good when you do it by hand?"
Answer: Of course not, don't be so stupid.
Ideologist: "Did the local repair guys ban you from their shop, so you had to take your tips and go home? "
Answer: Of course not. The local repair guy has asked me how I do my tips to get them as nice as I do. Other players do as well, but thanks for asking.
Ideologist: "Kudos to you for self-flagellating through a manual tip install, but save the "holier than thou" on this one, you're just flat wrong."
Answer: Your attention is appreciated. I hope I have explained the procedure adequately in this thread. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. But, I will warn, I have a limited patience for stupid questions, and you have used up a lot of capital of patience with your junior questions. Please try to be more erudite
Have a nice day.
All the best,
WW
Answer: Maybe ever six months or so, thanks for asking. Of course I burnish them. Why do you think they look so good? Shag carpet? You must have misunderstood. The last picture I put up was an Elk Master, which finishes much more coarse than other tips. I'm surprised I have to explain this to you, if you understand cue tips. If you didn't notice the others were a combination of 70s LePros, Crowns, and later Talisman layered. They all finish differently on the tops. I suspect you weren't aware.
Ideologist: "Does it take a year to get the tip looking good when you do it by hand?"
Answer: Of course not, don't be so stupid.
Ideologist: "Did the local repair guys ban you from their shop, so you had to take your tips and go home? "
Answer: Of course not. The local repair guy has asked me how I do my tips to get them as nice as I do. Other players do as well, but thanks for asking.
Ideologist: "Kudos to you for self-flagellating through a manual tip install, but save the "holier than thou" on this one, you're just flat wrong."
Answer: Your attention is appreciated. I hope I have explained the procedure adequately in this thread. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. But, I will warn, I have a limited patience for stupid questions, and you have used up a lot of capital of patience with your junior questions. Please try to be more erudite
Have a nice day.
All the best,
WW
How to fit and shape a cue tip.By Gareth Potts. Not exactly rocket surgery. 
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I prefer the video by Barry Stark that you posted before. He covers more details.How to fit and shape a cue tip.By Gareth Potts. Not exactly rocket surgery.
And definitely practice with a more affordable tip the 1st couple of times. If you butcher a nice $40 layered tip you might beat yourself up over it.
How to fit and shape a cue tip.By Gareth Potts. Not exactly rocket surgery.
Agree. Not rocket surgery, and not exactly brain science either. :thumbup:
Regarding the video, I definitely would not scuff the bottom of the tip on the rail of a table, as that rail has a good deal of radius. It's important to get a slightly roughed, but level surface on the glue side of the tip.
Obviously, a lot do it by hand. And, that's good.
All the best,
WW
How do you get the color out of those linen based ferrules?
Not only is this a good question, as the ferrules seemed mismatched by surface and pattern. But also why is the length so different? It's obviously not a photo anomoly, as the thickness is the same. So, seems like about a quarter inch was cut off from start to finish.
Just sayin', as the young folks do.
Heads are spinning...
All the best,
WW
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Both photos were taken at very different focus levels and then put into a collage program
That adjusted the aspect ratio of the 2 photos. The ferrule is the same size and thickness
The dirt is cleaned out of the ferrule using a magic eraser lightly dampened with a mix of water and rubbing alcohol.....I can make a video for you to show you how a real cue repair professional (and not some cheap internet wannabe hack such as yourself) does this kind of work.
Just to shut your dumbass up I took 2 photos a cue I have laying around to
Sort of recreate this effect you see in the photo I posted...diameter looks nearly unaffected but the aspect ratio of the picture is different
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Nice try, but not even close to the ferrule length difference in your other picture. It's pretty obvious. By the way, please refrain from name-calling, as you tend to do. This should be a civil forum, where all voices are heard.
The thread is on re-tipping methods, whether on your own or not. Please respect that.
All the best,
WW
I have a lathe now, but I used to just do them by hand. Razor blade to flatten, and very very sharp violin knives to trim the sides. I briefly started having them done for me, and very quickly went back to doing them myself. I still do them by hand on occasion, just for fun, but the lathe really makes it easy.
FWIW, I'm glad some people have had good luck with the Tweeten sanding disc thingy, but I've had much better results just doing it by hand, scraping with a utility blade.
FWIW, I'm glad some people have had good luck with the Tweeten sanding disc thingy, but I've had much better results just doing it by hand, scraping with a utility blade.
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Agree with you, whether with a combination of utility blade or sandpaper (my choice), you can do it by hand. Personally, I would stay away from the sanding disc, as they tend to have too much play in them to get a flat surface on the ferrule. But, to each, his own.
All the best,
WW
As I said the particular circumstances surrounding the creating of the photos being criticized would be hard to exactly recreate. But I can assure you there is no length missing for that ferrule.....PS you are terrible at putting on tips.
There are no words...
But, ast least I got him to clean up his language...
All the best,
WW