Question for the hard tip fans

Triangles arew nice if treated & pressed.


I have been using Triangles now for about a year. Love em. What do you guys mean by "pressed" Triangles?
 
I literally just clamp mine up in a bench vise, crank it down until I can't tighten any more, let it sit for 24 hours and install.

I put a red fiber pad under mine.

My favorite tip for my player

Ultra Skin HH on my breaker
 
I have been using Talisman H (domed) for about 8 years on several cues. They give great feel and last me about 8 months on my everyday player. Very consistent. (They will delaminate if you use a tip pik on them)

Andy
 
Just switched from Kamui Black Super Soft to Kamui Black Hard. Im more accurate in ball making. Still adjusting for spin and position play. I get a better follow stroke with the hard tip. I get the same amount of stroke with english and draw but shots can use considerably less force now on stuns and stuff like that. That's where I need the adjustment.
 
Neil said:
http://billiards.colostate.edu/threads/cue_tip.html#hardness

While your statement is technically true, I feel it is also misleading. The amount of added squirt due to a hard tip is only because of the added mass of the tip itself. Not because it's harder. The hardness actually reduces the squirt, but it is countered by the added mass of the tip being denser. So, if you had equal amounts of mass in both tips, such as a full soft tip and an worn hard tip, the hard tip would give you less squirt. The amounts of difference in squirt between the two tips are small in either case. Not enough to really be even a consideration.

To the OP, I use LePro hard tips. There are less good tips in a box these days, but the good ones are very good. And, inexpensive.
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I could agree Neil, but if you consider the vectors of force on cb at time of impact, one could say that a soft tip vectors resultants force and direction is different than hard tip, in easy term the choke absorber effect of soft tip reduce squirt the principle behind ob 2 LD cue/tip shim under the tip. I am not undmining what you saying but my take on it. Thanks for your input.
 
naji said:
I could agree Neil, but if you consider the vectors of force on cb at time of impact, one could say that a soft tip vectors resultants force and direction is different than hard tip, in easy term the choke absorber effect of soft tip reduce squirt the principle behind ob 2 LD cue/tip shim under the tip. I am not undmining what you saying but my take on it. Thanks for your input.
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Maybe Royce or Shane will chime in but I am pretty sure I was told that the pad under the tip was for protection of the ferrule and shaft not for LD purposes.... If you remove the pad you void your warranty against damage.....
 
Too much obsessing about your tip is a sure sign your stroke needs work.:smile:

Tiger Onyx. Hard as hell, keep their shape and texture forever. Freeing you up to work on other aspects.

JC
 
JC said:
Too much obsessing about your tip is a sure sign your stroke needs work.:smile:

Tiger Onyx. Hard as hell, keep their shape and texture forever. Freeing you up to work on other aspects.

JC
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I was using a Tiger Onyx right before I switched to the Ki-Tech Hard. I can safely say that the Onyx is a mushy medium compared to the Ki-Tech. Night and day difference.

Don't get me wrong, Tiger made a nice tip with that one, but Chris Renfro has really made an amazing product.

I believe they are single-layered.
 
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