Newbie tip change question

[Sysko1]

Tips can be installed without a lathe all it takes is multiple grits of sandpaper, a good flat surface and some patience and you can get professional results. Granted a lathe is much faster but a inexperienced installer on a lathe can butcher a ferrule just the same as somebody without a lathe. I install tips without a lathe be it layered or nonlayered and I can make it look like it was installed on a lathe. As long as the end result is the same it doesn't matter what method a tip is installed. Only a phenolic tip or G-10 tip I would see would require a lathe and of course installing ferrules. But as long as whoever installs tips is careful on what method they install the tip and the end result is professionally done, it doesn't matter how they did it. Sorry for the long post.

 

[poolplayer2093]

Oh, I'm not saying it can't be done....of course it can.
But now let me ask you. If you were running a billiard 'pro shop',
would you trust your abilities to put every tip on by hand?
Plus guarantee every client that comes through your door that you're
not going to touch the ferrule, the tip will be square to the ferrule and it will be perfectly centered? Every time?

When you're running a business, you don't mickey mouse it.
You do it right or you find another line of work.
The player that entrusts you with his/her cue, even for something as simple as a new tip, is entitled to expect and deserves, the highest
level of professionalism that their money can buy.

Maybe he didn't mean to say 'pro shop', or he gave it a very loose translation.

i actually had my ferrule screwd up by some hack with a williard about 2 years ago. it really pissed me off because i was watching him and when i told him to stop shaving the tip he said "i like to get it perfect, just hold on" and kept shaving part of the ferrule with the tip.

i think you should do it yourself or take it to a professional

 

[CrownCityCorey]

I've had the same tip on my cue for almost two years now, and I'm thinking of trying something else. A local pro shop has the tip that I want to try. Does everyone pretty much switch out a tip the same way, or are there different techniques? Specifically, I think I've read on here people talking about using a lathe. I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't have one. Do you need a lathe to properly put on a new layered tip?

I'm not sure if it matters, but I'm thinking of trying out a Kamui medium or medium soft on my 314-2 shaft (12.75 mm)

Thanks in advance!

Find a professional to install your tip. A professional will have a lathe.

Oh yeah, and don't mess with the rest, use the best - Sniper! :wink:

 

[Snookerd]

Very nice info.. where can you purchase these tools needed for this type of tip install>??

 

[unicorncomputer]

Is there a particular type of glue you prefer?

 

[RiverCity]

Loctite superglue gel. Its a good glue, dries pretty fast and holds really well.
Here is a thread that will help you out a little.
Be aware that I never proofread or corrected some of the spelling in it so ummmmmm, sorry bout that.... :embarrassed2:
Chuck

 

[rackem]

You just have to know what angel to hold the pencil sharpener at:killingme: .

This really is not a pencil sharpener it is a tip trimmer. You do have to be very careful when you use it but it really works pretty well.
Here are a couple of more pictures.

 

[alstl]

I've had the same tip on my cue for almost two years now, and I'm thinking of trying something else. A local pro shop has the tip that I want to try. Does everyone pretty much switch out a tip the same way, or are there different techniques? Specifically, I think I've read on here people talking about using a lathe. I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't have one. Do you need a lathe to properly put on a new layered tip?

I'm not sure if it matters, but I'm thinking of trying out a Kamui medium or medium soft on my 314-2 shaft (12.75 mm)

Thanks in advance!

There are people who can screw up putting a tip on and even ruin a shaft. My advice would be to find a good player in your area and ask him who puts his tips on.