How to use this tip tool?

woodyosborne said:
nope. the tip burnisher is indeed the cause of scratches on ferrules when grit gets between ferrule and sides of tip burnisher as referenced by several, me included.
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Are your scratches vertical? Or do they go around the ferrule in a circular pattern? This feature or the tool is what causes people to scratch their ferrules 99 percent of the time. I have NEVER... I repeat NEVER... have scratched a ferrule using the inside tip burnisher. Not even this OB maple ferrule. Now the outside sandpaper shown in the picture is a different story. I wont use those any more.
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These tools have a 2 part story.
Yes... They can work.
But....
Not everyone can use them!
 

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DeeDeeCues said:
The tool didn't do that. The person using the tool did.

I have no sympathy for the situation. Anybody who would do that could have screwed up the cue with a Kleenex.
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Not everyone is a cue maker or has expertise or precision on these tools. These tools should be mindless to use, with zero effects or possible damage to an item.
 
Zerksies said:
Not everyone is a cue maker or has expertise or precision on these tools. These tools should be mindless to use, with zero effects or possible damage to an item.
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'mindless' and 'tool use' should never beer inn the same sentence. But now I know what kind of people we are dealing with.

Anybody is capable of using this tool without damaging any cue. The fact that someone wants to use it like a neanderthal doesn't speak to the quality of the tool.

If you can't use this tool without damaging things, I suggest that you never use a tool of any sort on your cue.
 
Anyone who believes chalk is not abrasive, please set your chalk on the rails -of your home table, upside down from now on. Report back as to the condition of the finish on the top of your rails every 6 months.
 
JolietJames said:
Anyone who believes chalk is not abrasive, please set your chalk on the rails -of your home table, upside down from now on. Report back as to the condition of the finish on the top of your rails every 6 months.
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When did this become about Chalk? And why would you use any tip tool on your cue without cleaning it first?

That's almost as bad as buffing your car with a power buffer without washing the mud off first
 
DeeDeeCues said:
'mindless' and 'tool use' should never beer inn the same sentence. But now I know what kind of people we are dealing with.

Anybody is capable of using this tool without damaging any cue. The fact that someone wants to use it like a neanderthal doesn't speak to the quality of the tool.

If you can't use this tool without damaging things, I suggest that you never use a tool of any sort on your cue.
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Although their should be, there isn't one tool out there that I wouldn't consider idiot proof and damage your cue.
 
Zerksies said:
Although their should be, there isn't one tool out there that I wouldn't consider idiot proof and damage your cue.
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There shouldn't be. I could damage a cue with tissue paper, if I wanted.

People should just realize their limitations. If a very simple tool is beyond them, they should find someone who can do things for them.

They shouldn't complain about the tool.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
There shouldn't be. I could damage a cue with tissue paper, if I wanted.

People should just realize their limitations. If a very simple tool is beyond them, they should find someone who can do things for them.

They shouldn't complain about the tool.
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A lot of the problem is people lack patience. The lower your skill level, the slower you have to go to get the job right.
 
A cheap sand paper block is the best tip tool i've ever had. Buddy had a fancy Kamui one for soft tips that cost him like 50$....basically same thing with a fancy finish and only one sanding surface. Tools like the one in this thread are too abrasive and can ruin soft layered tips. A decently high grit sandpaper block or one with varying grits on its walls is ideal imo.
 
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