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measureman

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My last cue was a Cue tec that i had a local billiards store put a Le Pro on and it was just fine. Now i have a Lucasi with a triangle tip from the factory and i seem to miscue more with it. Is it just me or do the Le Pro tips hold the chauk better? It's only $9 to get a Le Pro put on so i'm thinking about doing it. I know nothing about tips. Opinions please.
 
Bruce:

Buddy Hall once told me that miscues is 90% me and 10% the tip! I still dont believe this! I use a Black Kamui soft on my cue and I very seldom miscue! I would spend the extra cash and put a good tip on it. I would either put a Kamui Black soft or a Moori soft on it! JMO!
 
I have shot a with triangle on both my weekend cue and my league cue, and I had the same problem, but only on the league cue, the weekend shooter, I break with also and haven't had the same problem. They are, IMO, the same as lepros, buy a box, and they will all be different hardness from each other. I used a "tip *****er" instead of sandpaper, or other tip roughing tool. I found that seems to be what that tip needs, not to rough it, but to really work sharp points into it, and then chalk it and it seems to work fine for about 1 month, then do it again, depending on how much you play. The other tip seemed to work fine right out of the box. I have used the same tip on other people's cues and the same thing, some miscue, most don't. But when they do, I've used the tip *****er and it worked well. All it is, is a round brass 'dowel' that has about 15 sharp nail points in it and you just press them into the tip, and work it around the entire tip, much like what an aerator would do to your lawn.
Hope this helps.
Dave
 
I didn't think the software would edit the actual name of the tool, so I'll give a clue, it begins with 'P' and ends with 'K' and rhymes with 'stick':grin:
 
If you don't press the Triangles in a vise before installing they are too spongey and will do funny things. Sometimes they will grip the cue ball too much and other times they will miscue. But if you press them before installing, and install them with super sharp tooling, they usually produce more consistant spin, draw and such with less miscues than a LePro.
 
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