Any good infor would be appreciated .
MMike
MMike
I would like to learn the art of tip making
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Talk to Odega he makes the best jump break tips and did work with samsara on theirs. Great guy
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Hey mike, I wish I had some help to offer. Out of curiosity are you making playing tips?
Mike the first thing you need to do is find a Good Supplier of tanned Water Buffalo hide. Next you need to go to a a leather shop and buy a deep hole punch that is round and will allow you to punch out individual round pieces of leather. Then you are going to need a die and some way to apply pressure.
I have seen the set-up, however, I have never attempted to make any tips, maybe some day. If you have any luck and get things set-up tell me your secrets!!!:smile:
tips
Yes i have been doing some milk duds out of le pro tips but im not useing milk. I have or can make almost any press , but i am pressing to certain thickness. not to a psi the tips play surprizingly well in the beginning but then the start to harden up. I do not own a duro meter I am going by size and weight.
I tried elk masters milk duds but they glazed up after a month. or less.
I have a deep hole 9 /16 punch gasket cutter
MMike
Yes i have been doing some milk duds out of le pro tips but im not useing milk. I have or can make almost any press , but i am pressing to certain thickness. not to a psi the tips play surprizingly well in the beginning but then the start to harden up. I do not own a duro meter I am going by size and weight.
I tried elk masters milk duds but they glazed up after a month. or less.
I have a deep hole 9 /16 punch gasket cutter
MMike
I press my milkduds with constant pressure, not to thickness. This makes very constant quality of certain hardness. And milk is really better than water. My milkduds are now used also from 3cushion players, and they work better than the moori medium. I was really surprised by myself that i took this 3cushion hurdle.
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tip press
I have made 2 presses But the one I am using now is 0.250 or 1/4 inch deep.I have had this set of tips in the press for 3 days i will wait another week see how they look my goal is to get a med soft tip with traction .
MMike
I have made 2 presses But the one I am using now is 0.250 or 1/4 inch deep.I have had this set of tips in the press for 3 days i will wait another week see how they look my goal is to get a med soft tip with traction .
MMike
May I ask you about the kind of fluid that you use for the tip's soaking?
dont know what im doing
Milk duds
Lepro out of the box average thinkness 0.240 Looking to get a soft meduim tip.
first i wanted to swell the tip to 0.300 soaking in in cold water, but it takes to long.
first problem soaking time. 4 or 5 days makes the tip fall apart in the first 12 hrs of soaking in water tip only swell 0.030 to 0.040 .
Soaking in milk Elk masters i really only done this a coulpe times tip seemed to harden and glaze after 30 days .
I am going to try boiling the tip for 15 min then putting the tips in the sun.
trying to learn about cold pressing leather together.
MMike
Milk duds
Lepro out of the box average thinkness 0.240 Looking to get a soft meduim tip.
first i wanted to swell the tip to 0.300 soaking in in cold water, but it takes to long.
first problem soaking time. 4 or 5 days makes the tip fall apart in the first 12 hrs of soaking in water tip only swell 0.030 to 0.040 .
Soaking in milk Elk masters i really only done this a coulpe times tip seemed to harden and glaze after 30 days .
I am going to try boiling the tip for 15 min then putting the tips in the sun.
trying to learn about cold pressing leather together.
MMike
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In my experience the elkmasters are behaving too different after pressing, although soaked and pressed in the same way. The triangles are a world better.
Generally you will do hard to make a soft milkdud by pressing them with low pressure. They will compress and mushroom because they are too soft.
Generally you will do hard to make a soft milkdud by pressing them with low pressure. They will compress and mushroom because they are too soft.
so what do you suggest
what do you suggest.
MMike
what do you suggest.
MMike
Like I wrote already: triangle, milk, soaking, pressing. Easy in principle, but:
The right times for soaking you must try.
Keeping the pressure while complete pressing period constant is in my opinion as important as the right method of soaking. Only if you want to create a hard pressed breaktip you can press against thickness.
There are also differences in pressing flat or into a form. Both works but with different nuances of the tip's final specifications.
And let the tips dry long enough after pressing.
More information I do hard to share, because some guys on this planet had for sure many tests and work with getting known to the secrets of making good milkduds. I respect these guys.
The right times for soaking you must try.
Keeping the pressure while complete pressing period constant is in my opinion as important as the right method of soaking. Only if you want to create a hard pressed breaktip you can press against thickness.
There are also differences in pressing flat or into a form. Both works but with different nuances of the tip's final specifications.
And let the tips dry long enough after pressing.
More information I do hard to share, because some guys on this planet had for sure many tests and work with getting known to the secrets of making good milkduds. I respect these guys.