dear folks, being on the ipt means trying everything in my powers, to get a winning edge on the compitition. i love triangle tips and was told from this here very forum, a long time ago, that if you press them in a vise, before putting them on, they will play MUCH better. well, i pressed one in a vise 24 hours, before putting it on, and there was no difference. just letting you know, that i'm putting the "vise is better" rumour to bed.
Pressed Does Not Make A Difference
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I think!!!!!!
I think the whole thing with the vise is supposed to help with the tip flaring out during the first couple of weeks. If it's already mushroomed when it's put on and then properly burnished on a regular basis, you have less upkeep to do. I have a friend that used to use a hammer on his to do the same thing. Good luck in the IPT. Sam
8-ball bernie said:
I think the whole thing with the vise is supposed to help with the tip flaring out during the first couple of weeks. If it's already mushroomed when it's put on and then properly burnished on a regular basis, you have less upkeep to do. I have a friend that used to use a hammer on his to do the same thing. Good luck in the IPT. Sam
I believe I read you're supposed to press it in a vice with a small ball bearing in the center of the tip.
8-ball bernie said:
What was your goal by pressing the tip in a vice by the way? Also, because you don't know how to do it and got no results you make the leap to the conclusion that it must not work? There is a little more to it then that. You can change the playing characteristics of any tip if you know how, even a tip that is on a cue. Weather it is for the better or worse is up to the player but you need to know what result you are looking for, just to say "better" doesn't mean anything, better then what?.
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8-ball bernie said:
Just a couple of notes, for my playing cues, I bounce the newly installed cues about 200 times. This could do the same thing as pressing. I think pressing and bouncing simply compress the tip if it needs it. It doesn't press it at all if it doesn't need it. That could be why you see no difference. Good tips are good tips, regardless.
That being said, some tips are junk to begin. No amount of pressing or secondary process will help them. I've been using my worst tips on house cues.
Fred
Tbeaux said:Not with a triangle.Soak "Elk Masters" in milk, then press. Called a "Milk Dud".
Terry
That is what I remember. The only time that I recall talk about pressing was when they were talking about Elk Master tips. I remember this because I use Elk Master tips, but I don't press them. I was also told this when I told someone that I liked Elk Masters better after a couple sessions of breaking in. They said to press it and I could skip that period. Havn't tried it. I'm planning on trying some other tips next change.
I prefer to play with a Le Pro, and the main problem with Le Pro's are that they are inconsistent. When you find a good one, they are usually medium hard and don't mushroom too much... but they all mushroom in the beginning. That is the reason for what I do when I install or have a tip installed on my cue. Hopefully there is some smooth concrete around, and I will bounce my shaft thru my fingers pretty hard with the tip obviously pointed straight down. I will do this probably a couple hundred times, and then I will trim the excess and shape it. I have so much less mushrooming on the tip, and I swear they play much better when the tip gets down to where I like it, whereas if I don't do that, I am usually fixing the mushroom effect all the way till I have to replace it.