amazingly, we use the same method Kevin Varney described. Our cuemaker must have learnt it from Dearing as well somehow 
Yes, note there are some tips which absorb glue like Mcues and someone else mentioned. So coating them with CA is essential even for that matter. Follow that procedure and you shouldn't have a tip come off. If you are in a dry area, allpy some moisture on a glue side of the tip just prior to sticking it to the ferrule (accelerator is okay, usually some saliva will do
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Yes, note there are some tips which absorb glue like Mcues and someone else mentioned. So coating them with CA is essential even for that matter. Follow that procedure and you shouldn't have a tip come off. If you are in a dry area, allpy some moisture on a glue side of the tip just prior to sticking it to the ferrule (accelerator is okay, usually some saliva will do).