Gluing new leather to old
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xX-Wizard-Xx
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why would you consider this?
My new shaft has a VERY short ferrule and didn’t want to remove any of it for a tip change. You guys confirmed what I thought. I’ll just be extra careful when removing the old tip to minimize removing too much ferrule. I can remove the ferrule and replace it with a Tomahawk ferrule, but I want to delay doing that as long as possible. Thanks again.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
You shouldn't be removing any ferrule material on any cue when doing a tip change. I mean you might remove microns just as part of cleaning the old tip/glue off, but it shouldn't be enough to actually shrink the ferrule, even with decades of tip changes.
i have the luxury of having a cue lathe so im constantly changing tips. i put either a fiber pad or acrylic pad on all my shafts as a sacrificial layer so i dont eat into my ferrule. you can also put a kamui clear and just keep the clear pad on when changing to a new tip. ive done this many times for customers.
i change tips pretty often, so, over time, I would remove some of the 1/8” ferrule. But, like I said, I will eventually replace the stock ferrule with Tomahawk anyway. Just trying to prolong that project as long as possible.
as fleecer stated above, install a fiber or acrylic pad and that'll give you a layer to clean and install the new tip on without removing any material from your ferrule after the initial install of the pad.
Thanks. That seems to be the best short term solution until I replace the ferrule.
Well, Yes. and here is why I did it. I put a new tip on one of those super cheapo china specials that is a huge crap shoot even if you use a nail gun hot glue and epoxy mixed with duct tape and honey to install a simple tip.
So.. I left a tiny bit of the worn out tip as a substrate and got the advantage of gluing to hard ass leather instead of Chinese weird soft ferule material technically called NoGluCandu. I thought it was a pretty good way to go. It worked just fine. I wouldn't do it unless it made sense. In that case it made complete sense and I was proud of myself for thinking of it before it was too late. They build the crap then laugh knowing they aren't going to sell us silly Americans the secret glue.
I agree, and have done the same at times. Have shaved it down then saturate with thin CA then shave/face one more time then do the tip install. Now have a glue that does well....sometimes shaky for a break tip, but otherwise a home run.
Thanks Dave, as usual you pointed out something for me to try. I have an old Dufferin cue I’ll try this on. Keeping my fingers crossed.
The only real issue is if the old tip is not glued well. If it is glued properly, have at it. Leave as much as you want of it there and you can glue another tip onto it with no trouble. Just get it clean and flat and put a little thin superglue on it if it seems like it will wick your new glue too much. CA will work well.