I'm hoping that these will be salvageable...If I have to do it over I may try the pooldawg tips. Its hard to break away from the moori's though, they have worked great for me.
Shotty tip work (rant and questions)
- Thread starter Rackemep
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I'm hoping that these will be salvageable...If I have to do it over I may try the pooldawg tips. Its hard to break away from the moori's though, they have worked great for me.
This is a joke yea? 
I install mine by hand and they dont look perfect but geez I charge $15 for install....
Best of luck to you.
-Drew
I install mine by hand and they dont look perfect but geez I charge $15 for install....Best of luck to you.
-Drew
THIS http://willardscueproducts.com/Products.htm is all you need and IMO is the best way to change tips.. Less likely to turn your ferrule into as pencil, had that done by a "cuemaker" once, then there was the guy that spilled cyanoacrylate on my ferrule and shaft.. Thought he would sand it off later for me what a clown!
I tried doing them myself but they kind of looked like yours. I haven't found a good local person yet so I send them to Proficient Billiards in PA.
I know it costs a lot but then again I only do it once or twice a year and I know I'll get a quality result.
I know it costs a lot but then again I only do it once or twice a year and I know I'll get a quality result.
The bad thing is that I prepaid because he had to order the tips...There's one billiards supply store here in Kingman AZ and the guy that did my cue is where they send their business for re-tips re-wraps and table work
Save yourself some money and buy some Ultraskin tips from Tom Hay.
They are great tips and he gives a very sweet discount to AZ members.
AZ member app. for Ultraskin tips:
http://www.layeredcuetips.com/index1.php
Tom's website for the Ultraskin tips. But wait until he has you in the system as an AZ member to order.
http://www.layeredcuetips.com/
I appreciate the offer Tommy but my pool budget is blown (still catching up from Christmas)...
PFFFF... those tips are not pristinely installed, but just shape them with a Brad Shaper and clean as much as you need to from the pads under the tip and use a burnisher... PRESTO! Yer done. I install my own tips by hand and it take 15 minutes max. But I have been doing it for years.
Your total financial investment for your very own cue tip installation setup will clock in at around $11.00 for the Brad Shaper and $7.50 for the Burnisher. Glue is another $8.50. Take out a second mortgage and make the investment.
I shave the tips down to the diameter of the ferrule after I glue the sucker on there with a dremel I strap to my counter top. You can use a file if you do not have a dremel, just takes longer.
Good Luck,
Lesh
Your total financial investment for your very own cue tip installation setup will clock in at around $11.00 for the Brad Shaper and $7.50 for the Burnisher. Glue is another $8.50. Take out a second mortgage and make the investment.
I shave the tips down to the diameter of the ferrule after I glue the sucker on there with a dremel I strap to my counter top. You can use a file if you do not have a dremel, just takes longer.
Good Luck,
Lesh
Shotty Tip Work
You should be able to buy a thread that is the same as on you cue. Take your portable drill and put the thread in it. Screw on your shaft to the purchased thread. Take masking tape and put it around the pad so the masking tap is covering the pad and ferrule. Spin the shaft on the drill and take a fingernail file and CAREFULLY turn down the side of the tip. You can then shape your tip with the fingernail file.
The masking tape will protect your ferrule as long as you are careful sanding down the sidewall with the fingernail file. GOOD LUCK!
You should be able to buy a thread that is the same as on you cue. Take your portable drill and put the thread in it. Screw on your shaft to the purchased thread. Take masking tape and put it around the pad so the masking tap is covering the pad and ferrule. Spin the shaft on the drill and take a fingernail file and CAREFULLY turn down the side of the tip. You can then shape your tip with the fingernail file.
The masking tape will protect your ferrule as long as you are careful sanding down the sidewall with the fingernail file. GOOD LUCK!
Here is a thread I did several years ago about doing tips by hand.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=51018
These are some examples of what can be done by hand
That said, if this guy has access to a lathe, be happy he didn't use it. Your results would have included a lot more damage. He obviously has no clue as to what he is doing.
A lathe is always the best option if it is available, but a manual install can be done to very near lathe quality if necessary.
Chuck
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=51018
These are some examples of what can be done by hand
That said, if this guy has access to a lathe, be happy he didn't use it. Your results would have included a lot more damage. He obviously has no clue as to what he is doing.
A lathe is always the best option if it is available, but a manual install can be done to very near lathe quality if necessary.
Chuck
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New development...I started filing off the excess tip material and low and behold the damn tip popped off...of course it took the pad with it but it didn't stop me from blowing a gasket (the guy that did the shotty tip work didn't install the fiber pad)...My wife had to accompany me back to the guys shop to help keep me in line. The first words out of his mouth were "well I'm not the one that glued that on" to witch I replied "It held on there for the last 5 years just fine and if you would of done the job right the first time I wouldn't of been sitting there with a file trying to clean up your shitty tip job"...His eyes got to about the size of watermelons and he agreed to glue the fiber pad and tip back on...he even trimmed them even with the ferrule but he would't round the tip off for me "because its a layered tip" <----WTF????....anyways its been a frustrating experience and to add insult injury he put liquid burnish on one of the tips and he got a drop that spiraled back down my ferrule :angry: ....will thinner, acitone or nail polish remover take liquid burnish off without consequence?
At least the tips look better now...still not satisfactory and I certainly won't be going back...
At least the tips look better now...still not satisfactory and I certainly won't be going back...
Oh and I appreciate the "how to" reply's on the DIY tip replacement...I will be learning to replace my own tips for sure! This is the first time that I have ever received my shafts back with negative results...Hell most of the guys that have done my tips in the past have gone the extra mile and cleaned/sealed my shafts at no extra charge (they always got a tip for that too)....
You really should have written off the loss and found somebody else. Maybe it's just the pics, but it sure looks like he cut the tips smaller than he ferrule and tapered the ferrule to match.
If you don't have anybody locally you can trust, and don't want to do it yourself, you can't go wrong using Muellers, or Seyberts for tip work etc.
Chuck
If you don't have anybody locally you can trust, and don't want to do it yourself, you can't go wrong using Muellers, or Seyberts for tip work etc.
Chuck
New Tip install
This is the way it should be done.. Nice having a buddy with a cue lathe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHw-F4PQyLM
This is the way it should be done.. Nice having a buddy with a cue lathe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHw-F4PQyLM
you're probably right...I was feeling a little desperate to have my cue's back in action and when I went back he wasn't having any part of giving me my money back so i decided to let him try to make it right by cleaning up the tips...he cut the pad and tip slightly smaller that the ferrule (you can barely feel the lip with your finger nail) but I stood over his shoulder and watched to make sure he wasnt getting down into the ferrule....I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned and I'll do them my self or take the drive to Vegas or Phoenix to have it done right...
thank you!