Tip Mushrooming

[DelayedJuice]

Does the mushrooming of a tip have a negative effect on the ferrule? I let my tip mushroom a little too long and a very small chip came off the ferrule under the tip. Does anybody else have this problem? Its probably just a rare occurance and maybe a bad ferrule.

 

[SK Custom Cues]

It's hard to say without looking at it. It could be from the mushrooming or it could be from the tip being too low. You could also have a brittle ferrule coincidentally. It really ain't no biggie considering the chip isn't that bad. You can just have it faced off when you get a new tip.

If it is from the mushrooming, get a tip pad. That is part of the reason people put them on.

 

[manwon]

Does the mushrooming of a tip have a negative effect on the ferrule? I let my tip mushroom a little too long and a very small chip came off the ferrule under the tip. Does anybody else have this problem? Its probably just a rare occurance and maybe a bad ferrule.

I have seen this happen myself, but normally you have to let the mushrooming go for a long time and the tip must be very thin to chip the ferrule. Another common thing I see happen when people do not do the proper maintenance on their tips, is the side of a mushroomed tip will chip off.


In the future I would recommend taking better care of your tip!!!!:smile:

JIMO

 

[DelayedJuice]

The tip is still fairly thick, but I think it might have been from letting it mushroom a little too long and maybe a bad ferrule. My usual cue smith retired and I just recently found a new guy. I think I will look into having a wafer put in there, and have it faced off.

Thanks for the advice and input guys.:thumbup:

 

[LAlouie]

The tip is still fairly thick, but I think it might have been from letting it mushroom a little too long and maybe a bad ferrule. My usual cue smith retired and I just recently found a new guy. I think I will look into having a wafer put in there, and have it faced off.

Thanks for the advice and input guys.:thumbup:

Chipping in and of itself shouldn't happen, imo. That being said you don't know what kinds of stress are being exerted when the tip surface is expanded beyond the plane of the cylinder. When the tip is flush to the ferrule, you figure all the pounding is absorbed directly down through the tip, but if there's a mushroom the pounding also comes from the side.

 

[Vahmurka]

When a tip is mushrooming its base expands as its edges do. So it kind of tears the surface it is glued to apart. So chipping is a common thing if a tip is glued to the wood directly. It is unusual to see such happening to the ferrule but it could be the reason too. Fiber pads are good solution.