need a break stick

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philly

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I'm back in the game six months now. Have my player and love it but need a break stick. I don't want to go big dollars. Just got an Action cue with phenolic tip which I am returning. I am thinking about getting a one piece house stick and sending it to a cuemaker to customize. Any thoughts?
 
There are a lot of lower priced cues that will break a ton. I remember some of my best were the cheap $40 Players sneaky pete and an old schmelke cue...both re-tipped with a harder tip.

That would be my suggestion...but definitely think a white diamond tip is the way to go, over phenolic, samsara, or others.

Just my 2 cents..
 
Going to keep the stick and replace the ferrule and look into the white diamond. Thanks for the suggestions.
 
HawaiianEye said:
Buy the cheapest Cuetec you can find and put a White Diamond tip on it.
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Poke_N_Hope said:
There are a lot of lower priced cues that will break a ton. I remember some of my best were the cheap $40 Players sneaky pete and an old schmelke cue...both re-tipped with a harder tip.

That would be my suggestion...but definitely think a white diamond tip is the way to go, over phenolic, samsara, or others.

Just my 2 cents..
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That would be the last of my suggestions. You're basicalling telling him to put one of hardest tips out there on an unknown ferrule type.

philly said:
Going to keep the stick and replace the ferrule and look into the white diamond. Thanks for the suggestions.
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What was wrong with the Action cue to start with that you didn't like? The J&J/Kaiser break cues are nice for the money, around $100. Could you link the cue in question?
 
Actually a new user and not that technologically advanced. I'll work on it and see if I can post a pic of the ferrule/tip. Used the stick last night and broke well with it but didn't like the hit from the phenolic tip. Playing a small tournament tonight and will break with it again. Maybe it will grow on me. My shooter is a Joss with a medium tip and love the hit on it. I'm thinking the too hard phenolic is not giving me any feedback and feels unsatisfying.
 
philly said:
Actually a new user and not that technologically advanced. I'll work on it and see if I can post a pic of the ferrule/tip. Used the stick last night and broke well with it but didn't like the hit from the phenolic tip. Playing a small tournament tonight and will break with it again. Maybe it will grow on me. My shooter is a Joss with a medium tip and love the hit on it. I'm thinking the too hard phenolic is not giving me any feedback and feels unsatisfying.
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Well the problem is the phenolic used on cheaper cues isn't very good quality wise. I keep blowing those tips apart. Two on my cues and two on other peoples cues. Not so for quality phenolic. I need to see a pic of the ferrule to be able to tell you what to do.

But if you don't like the hit of the phenolic now, putting a white diamond is the worst thing you do. As far as a leather tip, there are plenty of hard tips to choose from. I just don't want you to do work now just to have a failure down the road. So if the tip/ferrule is low quality material an entire replacement is advice. Otherwise the tip can be ground flat and a new tip of your choice.
 
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