I recently had my buddy take my shaft with him when he went to Detroit to get my tip replaced. I asked that he get me a Moori soft and when he came back the tip was great but the installer had put one of those pads on it and I can't stand it. I was wondering if it was possible to have the pad removed while saving the tip and reinstalling it? Thanks in advance...
Tip "Pad" Question...
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mudball said:
Won't say it can't be done, but it's usually not worth it. If it's not _PERFECTLY_ centered on the ferrule, it will be a problem. When you're working with the kind of glue that works best for tips, you can't reposition the tip. As soon as it touches the ferrule it's there perminantly, or at least til you cut it off to replace it. I've replace a bunch of ferrules for people who've tried and ended up trimming the ferrule to the tip!
Are you sure it's the pad that you "can't stand"? It's been my experience in the past that a pad makes no noticable difference in the way a layered tip plays. It could be the tip you're not used to, or even a tip not glued properly at either glue joint. If it's a matter of the extra height, you could trim off a layer or two of the tip. Most of the players I install layered tips for, have me cut them nearly in half. Same with the thick water buffalo tips.
just more hot air!
Sherm
cuesmith said:
Yes That's true, You get one shot at it and that's it. Not easy to position the tip perfect in that little amount of time. I just put a moori back on that popped off for someone, and got lucky the first time, but have not always been that lucky. I would not even attempt It, if It were not a higher dollar tip, and I would just put a new one on if It were a lower dollar tip. I had new mooris, but this tip had lots of life left, and I was trying to save them the money. Trying to sand the ferrule to match is no good, so I tend to aggree. Now I would save the tip if it were me, and It was replaced, because It could be reinstalled on a cue with a smaller diameter ferrule easy enough if there's life left in It.
The pads are subjective like many things, some people like them, and think they hit different, some don't like for the same reason, but instead don't like the hit they produce, or think the pad distracts their vision when aiming. I've shot with them, and personally does not seem to make any difference either way to me, nothing that a capped ferrule could'nt do, so I don't bother with them on My personal cue, unless to protect a ferrule that's not capped, and prone to cracking. If It sounds like It's clicking when you hit the cue ball, then I aggree to look for seperation of the tip or pad.
Greg