How do you repair a mushroomed tip?

I'm surprised that so many of you have trouble with tips mushrooming. I've played pool since I was 11 and I don't think I've had it happen before. Maybe because I've never played with particularly soft tips. I just usually shape and burnish once in a while to keep it in shape. On a related note I've been looking at the Willard tip machine for replacing tips. I know it's expensive but might be cool to do tips for people. Does anyone know if it works with shafts under 12 mm though?
 
bbb said:
this works very well
you can buy them from andyho1984
they are priced fair as i remember but shipping was alot since they are shipped from the far east as i best recall...icbw
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Because he's based in Asia. Its the same when he buys stuffs from US. Shipping is always a b!tch.
 
StraightPoolIU said:
I'm surprised that so many of you have trouble with tips mushrooming. I've played pool since I was 11 and I don't think I've had it happen before. Maybe because I've never played with particularly soft tips. I just usually shape and burnish once in a while to keep it in shape. On a related note I've been looking at the Willard tip machine for replacing tips. I know it's expensive but might be cool to do tips for people. Does anyone know if it works with shafts under 12 mm though?
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Yes all sizes...
Here's a link...

http://www.muellers.com/Willard-Tipping-Machine-Replacement-Tip-Holder,522.html
 
I had lathe-like quality using a combination of the Pocket Lathe and the Joe Porper's Pool Mushroom Grazer Cue Tip Tool Trimmer.

With my one-handed chalking technique I only do a few swipes across the tip. My buddy does a one-handed chalk over the table for two minutes while he's trying to figure out the next shot.

I still like my avatar... so there.
 
I use one of those yellow carpenter-pencil-sharpeners to trim the walls of my tip. They only cost a few bucks and they work very well. You can trim the walls parallel to the shaft, but I give my tip walls a small angle (like a pencil tip)...that way the tip walls open to parallel as the tip gets broken in
 
Delaware Lar said:
I had lathe-like quality using a combination of the Pocket Lathe and the Joe Porper's Pool Mushroom Grazer Cue Tip Tool Trimmer.

With my one-handed chalking technique I only do a few swipes across the tip. My buddy does a one-handed chalk over the table for two minutes while he's trying to figure out the next shot.

I still like my avatar... so there.
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Glad you figured out your mushrooming problem. Honestly, patience is the only thing you need to fix a mushrooming tip. You can handle it with sandpaper or a nail file. :)

One handed chalking is great, all that matters is that you look at the tip and make sure it is covered in chalk. I honestly can't imagine a "two handed" chalking technique. :) I would have to try really hard to do that!
 
I took my cue to Triple Nines in Laurel, MD last. I had several miss cues. I showed my tip to a cue maker who was there. He noticed right away that I had a layered tip. He said that layered should be shaped on a lathe at at least 35rmp. And that trying to sand the shape on a layered tip was hard to do, and the tip was vulnerable to miss cue.

I tried scuffing the tip and I didn't miscue after that.

Anybody else have experience in shaping a layered tip?
 
I do all of mine by hand. Most times that I miss cue, is because I didn't stay down on the shot and make a smooth stroke
 
The Kiss said:
Get a laminated tip it will never shroom again.
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Depends on the brand and model. The several Kamui Soft Black tips I used have all had a bit of a mushroom on them and needed a bit of upkeep. I had an old school Moori back in the day and I think that one also mushroomed, the new Mooris did for sure and also played like doo doo. So far the only tip I have used that needed 0 touching to fix anything is the Ki-Tech one I got from Renfro.
 
Delaware Lar said:
I took my cue to Triple Nines in Laurel, MD last. I had several miss cues. I showed my tip to a cue maker who was there. He noticed right away that I had a layered tip. He said that layered should be shaped on a lathe at at least 35rmp. And that trying to sand the shape on a layered tip was hard to do, and the tip was vulnerable to miss cue.

I tried scuffing the tip and I didn't miscue after that.

Anybody else have experience in shaping a layered tip?
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Installing a layered tip is often different than a regular one, and the makers always provide instructions, the authorized resellers and installers should know exactly what tricks certain tips need. I had a cue maker install a Kamui Black for me once, that fell apart, he got another one from Kamui along with some notes and it never happened again. The Ki-Tech tip also had some special instruction although it's a single layer but treated, the cue maker followed those and that tip has been perfect ever since.
 
The Pocket Lathe put scratches and dings on my shaft. I took my Joss cue to Dan Janes. He made all the repairs at no charge. He suggested I give the Pocket Lathe to someone I don't like.
 
How do you repair a mushroomed tip?

Assumes that a mushroomed tip is a defect and harms your shooting.
Unwarranted assumption.
Illogical conclusion.

Peter Ebdon won the 2006 World Snooker Championship.
Here is a photo of his tip. :D
 

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