phenolic resin tips popping off

[Dave38]

the best one I have tested hasn't even been mentioned....GOOP! The regular GOOP sold in hardware stores, let to set over night. Try it... You will probably break the shaft before popping the tip off. I used an Oak block 4"x4" x 10" long to hit into like I was breaking using house cues and the shaft finally broke and the tip stayed on. Bar cues take a beating and those tips stayed on long enough for the actual cue to break first. I don't use it unless I'm doing house cues for a bar, as most cues will never see the abuse that those do.
DAve

Dave, Thanks for the advice on house cues! House cues catch hell and see the timber torture too often. I call it the timber torture because they fall like a tree and land flat on the hard floor. Very tough on tips![/QUOTE]

Yes they do, and I got tired really quick with replacing popped tips. Goop works well, but it does get thick so use sparingly, and let it set clamped under pressure for 24 hrs before trimming. It takes longer, but I found it to work better than epoxy.
Dave

 

[Dirtbmw20]

Dave, Thanks for the advice on house cues! House cues catch hell and see the timber torture too often. I call it the timber torture because they fall like a tree and land flat on the hard floor. Very tough on tips!

Yes they do, and I got tired really quick with replacing popped tips. Goop works well, but it does get thick so use sparingly, and let it set clamped under pressure for 24 hrs before trimming. It takes longer, but I found it to work better than epoxy.
Dave[/QUOTE]


Dave...... if you are using GOOP and it has to set for 24 hours, what do you do when you have a local bar that wants 50 house cues re-tipped, but wants them done by next Wednesday, a week away ??? If it has to set for 24 hours then that would take close to 2 months to re-tip 50 house cues. How do you handle that situation ??

 

[Dave38]

Yes they do, and I got tired really quick with replacing popped tips. Goop works well, but it does get thick so use sparingly, and let it set clamped under pressure for 24 hrs before trimming. It takes longer, but I found it to work better than epoxy.
Dave

Dave...... if you are using GOOP and it has to set for 24 hours, what do you do when you have a local bar that wants 50 house cues re-tipped, but wants them done by next Wednesday, a week away ??? If it has to set for 24 hours then that would take close to 2 months to re-tip 50 house cues. How do you handle that situation ??[/QUOTE]

I have done a batch of 30 before, I made up jigs to hold the tips on that clamped to the shafts. I was doing about 10 a day. But I also didn't agree to a short timeframe. I told them they will get done as my time allowed. They were ok with that. I also usually was in there at least 3 times a week so I would pick them up in smaller batches rather than one big one. I don't do bar cues any more, too much hassle and too much wear and tear on the machines for not a large return, especially with the badly warped ones....this bar was cheap and wanted every cue retipped no matter the shape of the cue. They didn't want to buy more to replace them, ... that kinda cheap.
Dave

 

[cammel8]

Dave...... if you are using GOOP and it has to set for 24 hours, what do you do when you have a local bar that wants 50 house cues re-tipped, but wants them done by next Wednesday, a week away ??? If it has to set for 24 hours then that would take close to 2 months to re-tip 50 house cues. How do you handle that situation ??

Here is what I do a friend of mine showed me this. Works great, doesn't Mar the shaft, and you can get a box of "clamps" for a couple bucks. I uploaded a video to YouTube to show you.

http://youtu.be/gfly1ulBJgM

It works great and if you make a two piece collet, you dont even have to worry about getting it into and out if your lathe. Just put tip on, put on first one, take out of lathe put on second one and set off to the side. Upside down if you want.

Then you can do fifty tips and have fifty sticks clamped at the same time and it doesn't take two months. Then your Wednesday deadline is still achievable. What I do is, do all tips, clamp, then come back and finish all tips at once. Way easier and quicker. Plus you give ample drying time.

Never heard of using goop. ill have to try that.