I have been replacing tips for my cues and for those of my friends for a few years now. One of my friends bought an older cue at a garage sale that had a really thin worn tip and asked me to replace it. The only thing that's odd about it is the tip has a thin (maybe 1/32") black disk between the ferrule and the tip. I asked a few people at our pool league about it and one said that some tips used to come premounted on a plastic backing and I should remove it before I put the new tip on. I have a Rapid Cue top sander and I could easily sand it off, but since I've never seen this before I thought I would ask a larger audience first. Not knowing what this disk is called its been difficult to search for information. Also this isn't a screw on type tip, just a normal tip on an old Adam Cue. I can include a picture if I'm not explaining this well enough.
What is the Black Disk Between Ferrule and Tip
- Thread starter NickCody
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A fiber backing pad. Its main job is to protect the ferrule. I would only use one if I had medium or soft single-layer tips on an ivory or other brittle ferrule. Or if I let the tip get very thin. (which I don't).
It will keep a mushrooming tip from exerting lateral force on the face of the ferrule.
It will keep a mushrooming tip from exerting lateral force on the face of the ferrule.
The fiber pad or disk as you call it was initially used to protect an ivory ferrule. It was thought to be a shock absorber of sorts that helped to spread the impact over the entire top surface of the ferrule rather than just at the point of impact. They are still used today even on non-ivory ferruled shafts. Schon & Pechauer immediately come to mind.
There are/were some Chandivert tips that came with pre-mounted pads on some of their different types of tips.
I'd let the client make the decision as to whether to leave it or remove it.
It's not going to hurt anything and as stated earlier, will provide an extra element of protection to the ferrule.
There are/were some Chandivert tips that came with pre-mounted pads on some of their different types of tips.
I'd let the client make the decision as to whether to leave it or remove it.
It's not going to hurt anything and as stated earlier, will provide an extra element of protection to the ferrule.
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It appears that the ferrule may be Ivory, above you said it was on an old Adam cue. On certain models of the first catalog Adam cues they did have Ivory ferrules on them from the factory. Also, during the cues life time some one may have had an Ivory Ferrule added to the cue, there really isn't any other reason for the pad.
Hope this helps
Thanks everyone for the help. After finding what they are called, looking up info on them was much easier. It looks just like these: http://www.cuestik.com/store/product.asp?ITEM_ID=5883&DEPARTMENT_ID=161
I will suggest to my friend that we just leave it in place since there is no need to replace or remove it.
Looking at the ferrule it seems just too white to be ivory so my guess is the backing was put on after the shaft was built. The ferrule also doesn't fluoresce under a blacklight like most ivories do. The cue itself was the type of thing you would expect to see at a garage sale and isn't really anything special (but rolls straight and hits solid). I would guess it is most likely from the mid 80's so my use of old was a relative term.
Thanks again everyone for the information.
Nick
I will suggest to my friend that we just leave it in place since there is no need to replace or remove it.
Looking at the ferrule it seems just too white to be ivory so my guess is the backing was put on after the shaft was built. The ferrule also doesn't fluoresce under a blacklight like most ivories do. The cue itself was the type of thing you would expect to see at a garage sale and isn't really anything special (but rolls straight and hits solid). I would guess it is most likely from the mid 80's so my use of old was a relative term.
Thanks again everyone for the information.
Nick