always looking for excuses when we lose, dont we
Never ever try to change a tip while high.
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I can barely tell where the tip ends and the shaft begins LOL I just know that I probably have pictures of what is the worst tip replacement job I ever seen. The guy that installed the first leather tip ever must have done a better job.
I mean, how can you possibly cut into the tip and end of the shaft like that and not realize what you are doing is wrong?
They say humans have issues grasping some concepts like very tiny or very huge things like infinity or how quantum mechanics works, but this is equal to those because my brain can't get round the idea that someone could go this far with cutting things up and not stop before it was fully ruined or think this was the way to do it. What could have been possibly going through the guy's head? Did he leave the glue open and was sniffing a bit too much? 12 beers in? I just can't fathom it.
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xX-Wizard-Xx
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its a masterpiece
i think we can rule out sobriety. maybe a combination of drugs including glue
Whoa!!!! That is one for the ages!!! I'll bet when the dude was done replacing the tip he sat there admiring his handy work thinking "I did a fine job replacing that tip, I really should charge more"
One question, where is the new tip part??? It looks like the tip was shaped on a bench grinder or on the curb in front of a drug den.
I would like to hear the rest of the story. What did the new owner say when he saw this fine display of craftsmanship?? There must have been words exchanged, mine would have been something like "WTF did you do to my $400 shaft, moron"??
At some point (at least one would hope) the "craftsman" must have seen things going sideways, why would he not just bail out at that point? Was he thinking "I just have to carve it down a little more it will be fine, nobody will even notice something is slightly amiss".
I think the root problem is that absolutely nothing goes thru this "craftsmans" head.
I was about to point out that the first tip installer was François Mingaud but it turns out that he was not the first to use a leather tip -- he just perfected it. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Mingaud
My own tip install disaster happened when I took an original Balabushka shaft in to the largest billiard supply store in San Francisco. As part of the install process on the lathe, the excess leather is taken off with a cutting tool which in that case was a chisel. The installer decided that the ferrule needed to be beveled a little on the end. That's how you can use a 12mm tip on a 12.5mm ferrule. Hard to put back ivory.
So, never try to change a tip.
Got it.
pj <- may need an occasional reminder
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KyHighball
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If I was you I would just take it to a local cue builder. Changing tips is really no trouble for them and would be so much less hassle.
KyHighball
Member
Is the shiny black smooth part the tip? Or is that part of the Vault plate?
I'm a bit of a sharpening nerd, and have a few hundred dollars worth of sharpening gear (it's easier to do that, than you may think). If you really want to go down that rabbit hole, head over to the "Blade Forums", and look around their maintenance forum. But I'll give you a fair warning that, it can be addictive, and expensive.
I have some knowledge and a little practice.I'm a bit of a sharpening nerd, and have a few hundred dollars worth of sharpening gear (it's easier to do that, than you may think). If you really want to go down that rabbit hole, head over to the "Blade Forums", and look around their maintenance forum. But I'll give you a fair warning that, it can be addictive, and expensive.
I am nervous about buying the wet stones, holders, lapping stones, ........
Lansky does me well enough.
I'm an obsessive tool nerd and need everything once I step in.
Been trying my damnedest to stay away from Fly Fishing for the same reasons.
I'll be tested mid June.
I have one word for you. SEYBERTS
I do it all the time at 5,100 feet/have no problem.
Like the guy said to me the other day in Vegas, this ''should'' take care of it.
My response?
Sir if you brought your car into my shop with a coolant leak problem.
How would you feel I told you this New water Pump Should fix the problem?
Or would you prefer me to respond. We thoughly checked your cooling system, the radiator is leaking on to the top hose of the water pump, I'd recommend to replace the radiator, then pressure ck to see if the water pump ''is'' in play.
He got it right away.
Like the guy said to me the other day in Vegas, this ''should'' take care of it.
My response?
Sir if you brought your car into my shop with a coolant leak problem.
How would you feel I told you this New water Pump Should fix the problem?
Or would you prefer me to respond. We thoughly checked your cooling system, the radiator is leaking on to the top hose of the water pump, I'd recommend to replace the radiator, then pressure ck to see if the water pump ''is'' in play.
He got it right away.
zing?
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
About one sided bevels. McMasters li'l yellow hardware book will fix you up with the blades for utility knives. Also get a handle that clamps down securely on the blade, a nonretractable variety.
Hu
Hu
How many of us would be considering going to JAIL if they were handed that back? I had an ivory ferrule hacked up by a guy that lives in Florida now but was in Tennessee at the time,although not this bad.
I honestly swung on him and missed,but it got broke up after that. I spent the rest of that weekend doing Show and Tell with anyone that would listen that if you give a damn about your cues,don't hand them to this guy.
Not long after that,I saw him at another tournament with the same 5 ugly ass cues for sale. Tommy D.
I honestly swung on him and missed,but it got broke up after that. I spent the rest of that weekend doing Show and Tell with anyone that would listen that if you give a damn about your cues,don't hand them to this guy.
Not long after that,I saw him at another tournament with the same 5 ugly ass cues for sale. Tommy D.
Zerksies
Well-known member
CF photographs funny, especially close up.
I live where others and the customers themselves try to do my job.
I just smile and say
Thank you
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