Kamui/ Sniper tip noises
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Are you installing them yourself? If so...try another & use Gorilla glue and see if that cures your issue.
The new Kamui medium hards seem to make more noise after they've been broken in.Varney Cues said:Are you installing them yourself? If so...try another & use Gorilla glue and see if that cures your issue.
I THINK they are using a harder glue or a glue that doesn't "stretch" as well.Rift said:
Every time I have heard a "tink" that was in fact caused by a tip, the tip either had an air pocket where the glue did not take, or it was not attached properly by the glue somewhere around the edge of the tip. Most of the time, the person who changes the tip had used cheaper super glue and it just did not take.
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You can tell if you push the tip side to side.Rift said:
Kamui's changed I think.
I put 3 medium hards on with white gorilla glue.
YOU HAVE to clamp on that tip for about half an hour for that tip not to have any gaps. WG expands and foams to the side. Absolutely the best glue for tips ( thanks KV ).
Glad to hear all your opinions. I have a monster player with one shaft with a LBM ferrule, and it plays great. I later added another really exceptional shaft with an ivory ferrule and a tip that I normally like but with a shock pad. This particular combination "tinks". I'm going to change the tip and remove the shock pad. Smarter than changing the ferrule . Thanks...Tom
. Thanks...Tom
Bamacues said:
Thats why the Gorilla glue is the hot ticket for tips. As it foams & expands that guarantee's you'll have no air pockets. Makes for a nicer "hit" in my opinion as well.
i've also found that a tink sound can be pretty deceiving. you think it's coming from the tip, but the problem can be somewhere else too. in the joint, or a loose weight bolt. it's weird how the sound travels in the cue. i had a loose weight bolt in one, and i could swear it was coming from the tip/ferrule.
tips-all not just laminated
tips, ferrules , joints all make nosies- depends on glues(epoxy's vs super glue,and super glue gels, and metals that inserts and pins are made from. look for super glue gels,made in Japan (elmers) has cyclo- good chemicals.I have,nt used the gorilla for tips but I used it on weigth threads,pins. mark
tips, ferrules , joints all make nosies- depends on glues(epoxy's vs super glue,and super glue gels, and metals that inserts and pins are made from. look for super glue gels,made in Japan (elmers) has cyclo- good chemicals.I have,nt used the gorilla for tips but I used it on weigth threads,pins. mark
Is the gorilla glue easier to clean off the side of the ferrule than loctite or other ca glues?Varney Cues said:Thats why the Gorilla glue is the hot ticket for tips. As it foams & expands that guarantee's you'll have no air pockets. Makes for a nicer "hit" in my opinion as well.
Absolutely.hejests said:
Make sure the side of the ferrules is not wet.
I wet the face of the ferrule a little, put some glue on the tip , spread it on the tip, place on the ferrule face, spin a little and make sure you're almost center, put pressure on the tip ( parting tool works well for me ), WIPE off excess glue that comes out of the tip.
You can trim the tip in 15 minutes. I wait 30 minutes .
this is sound advice and there is another possibility that when the guy shaped the tip he ogt it too hot and it might have partially delaminated.Kamuis are pretty hard and pretty tall,you need a nice sharp razor blade and a little patience to get them down to 3-4 layers safely.
No I do not instal the tips myself.I use to instal my own tips but quit doing so when I satrted using laminated tips a few years ago.I dont have a lathe and found it tough to trim the sides down on layered tips. I have noticed if i scuff the tips up the sound seems to disapear for a little while.Varney Cues said:Are you installing them yourself? If so...try another & use Gorilla glue and see if that cures your issue.
I'd just try another tipof the same kind maybe get a different person to do it. Not to say the person that installed it isn't any good but he could maybe just not have any experience with that particular product. If the next tip does the same thing I'd consider going back then...