This guy makes a great demonstration. I do my own tips too, since about 1990, I think?
Please help with my tip issue.
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I've been doing mine since 1977. It's videos like this that make me cringe. All the sandpaper and other abrasives he uses is going to make a bullet out of that ferrule after a few tips. Sadly, this is that way a lot of cue repair guys do it too. After putting on the tip, they sand the hell out of your shaft to make it look nice, but they're taking off a lot of material. Not good, and that's why I do mine the old fashioned way. No lost ferrule or wood.
The Old Jaybird
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they make one for snooker, maybe that will work?? more like 7 cents??
I don't like abrasives either.
Taking off wood is not the same as cleaning a shaft, but for many it seems to be so.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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You cannot and should not let this go by without proper retaliation .... This should be a declaration of war.... 8centa??? Wtf man ... Take his ass out. Friend or foe ... Doesn't matter it's business ... Lmao ... Omg
Zerksies
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Last4ever tool is probably $20 and way better
At 7 PM I attempted to repair one of the tips.
7:00 seemed like a good time. The wind calmed and the birds were chirping, not a seagull to be found after the dremel incident.
I decided to heat the tip with a torch to soften it for trimming. I got a little too close and melted the ivory ferrule a little.
I made a mixture of baking soda, flour, ivory soap and crazy glue and filled in the melted area. The tip looks ok, just a void where the ferrule is damaged.
With some sanding it should be good as new in 24 hours.
7:00 seemed like a good time. The wind calmed and the birds were chirping, not a seagull to be found after the dremel incident.
I decided to heat the tip with a torch to soften it for trimming. I got a little too close and melted the ivory ferrule a little.
I made a mixture of baking soda, flour, ivory soap and crazy glue and filled in the melted area. The tip looks ok, just a void where the ferrule is damaged.
With some sanding it should be good as new in 24 hours.
Not a fan of using the blade to remove/face. His technique works for him. Just curious 10's of 1000's of tips?.... sounds like Wilt and his women
Reported. Wilt said he had 20,000 women. Do the math. He had a 20 year career. That would be 1,000 women a year. Different women, not just the same. That's about 1000 women per year, more than 3 per day. No days off, not even Sundays.Not a fan of using the blade to remove/face. His technique works for him. Just curious 10's of 1000's of tips?.... sounds like Wilt and his women
If Wilt did this to his shaft, it would be too worn out to use before too long. I think people exaggerate.
Smooth...you are going way overboard. You need someone to demonstrate how to do this. Replacing a tip does not require a flamethrower. Buy a cheap 3/8 dowel and practice.
Not a fan of using the blade to remove/face. The video...His technique works for him.
I would not tip a REVO by hand.... I have done CueTek with good results. These tools w/blue tape and good CA (crazy glue) will produce a quality result.
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I do mine,the same. No power tools.a blade to remove the old tip and Just a file,sandpaper and glue.if its very oversized i use white tape on the ferrule. Alot of the final look is, having patience with it, and to burnish right, which is just friction.
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If you can only run to the 5 ball, it doesn't matter what radius your tip is, buy yourself a file or a tip shaper and make it the shape you want, also pull the stopper out of your bung holio. I just saw the part where you worked on the tip yourself, never mind what I said , you are helpless. You could go to a machinest shop and have them make you a tip shaper. but you would probably find a way to mess that up and have something else to complain about, my recommendation is self flagellation, make a video and I will let you know if you are taking it serious enough.
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Thank you sir for the well advised post.
Unfair advantage.
You had a head start.
When my usually straight A student daughter let a C sneak in on a history report card I told her she needed to do better, I was always a straight A student in history. She said, "Yeah, but there was a lot less history to learn when you were in school!" Smartass kid.
Hu
Plus in the special Hu class , the questions were a lot easier.
Examples
1. Was you ever president
2. Was your sister ever president,
3. How many heads does a president have {usually}
4. How many Hu does it take to make a belly laugh..... hint.....huhuhuhuhu
Or he knows who(m) to borrow em from!
Switchblade? Dagger?
How do you get the older one off and trim the new one?
And what is the black stuff on the edge?