Durometers

Very interesting; but what they tested were ferrules and my questions refer to leather tips.
 
manopr350 said:
Very interesting; but what they tested were ferrules and my questions refer to leather tips.
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That is the best setup for tips as well.
I think it is the same guy who also did a video on testing tip hardness.
As a portable unit to test tips that are already on a cue, you just want the same durometer without the press frame. The hand held setup on tips is not as consistent as a frame that centres the durometer on the cue shaft tip.

Neil
 
Aloha

You may find the Shore "A" durometer bottoms out when testing tips. Although it has a wider range them the "D" scale. The "A"scale is more for rubber and polyurethane. Here is a comparison chart so you can see the over lap on the scales. It wouldn't hurt to have both the "A" and "D" if you got the funds

Aloha
 
I have found the rubber durometer readings on leather tips to be almost useless in determining how hard or soft the tips will play. For instance they say the Triangles are harder than the Lepros. But Triangles play much softer than Lepro tips after each are broken in. Almost all tips get harder with play. So how soft they are out of the box, is deceiving on how they will play. Coarse leather normally plays softer than fine leather even if it is pressed harder. These new layered pig skin tips vary a good bit in hardness on a Durometer scale, but they vary all over the place on how they play.
 
Durometer

Do you think a Durometer Shore D will be more accurate if you test the tip after the tip is used and have settled?
 
Forget Shore A. As some guys said: Shore D is the way to go. BTW, you will find some videos on youtube where also the hardness of tips is tested with a shore D duro (and not only ferrule materials).

Look for "hardness testing cue tips" on youtube and you will make a find.

Kind regards.

Olaf
 
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cuetips1000 said:
Forget Shore A. As some guys said: Shore D is the way to go. BTW, you will find some videos on youtube where also the hardness of tips is tested with a shore D duro (and not only ferrule materials).

Look for "hardness testing cue tips" on youtube and you will make a find.

Kind regards.

Olaf
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Durometer readings really are only valuable when comparing tip from the same brand/type... You can tell a soft vs medium or hard.... You can have 4 tips of the same hardness rating from 4 different brands and all 4 can be totally different.... I look at durometer as a starting point of an address... Lets say it gets you into a city... Now to find the proper street is going to be upto you and there are lots and lots of streets.....
 
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