Sorry, I am out right now. Call Mike or June directly and I am sure you can buy a few. You might even want to send your shaft to Mike for him to put on. They can be tough to put on for an unexperienced repair guy.
Soak a Le pro tip or any leatherr tip in milk in your refrigerator for a couple days. Then mash it in a vise and let it dry over night while compressed. This is how we made them many years ago. I don't know how Mike is doing it.
I will say if you don't keep them refrigerated they will stink to high heaven. I do not think you still have to refrigerate the tips after they are in the vise . They will have to stay in the vise over night. When you are done if it stinks real bad try refrigerating it while it is in the vise.
Byron used to make these things before he died. This is basicly how he told me they made them.
He told me the first few stunk really bad so they started doing them in the fridge,
Byron was a player that sold higher end cues in Alabama and Florida and Mississippi for years and was well respected.
He swore by those tips.
Nick
I have made both pressed elkmaster's and milk dud pressed elkmasters and silver kings but they don't look anything like the Jensen's that Yally had for sale a few months back and the Jensens are supposed to play real good without miscueing with extreme sidespin.
I even have a machinest vise! I know Byron made them. I imagine a elkmaster would be about the likliest tip if they didn't miss cue. But I rember them things looking like milk duds. Try both! Did you use skim milk?
That is a serious question.
I saw those things at least 10 years ago. I was playing with the old champion tips because I still had some and they were the best tips ever made. So I had little interest.
Now a elkmaster mashed in a vise does just fine.
Nick
You can add an extra step of soaking and them repressing, dyeing them with liquid copier toner. That will give you a tip that is close to jet black and finishes out looking good on the cue. It sounds crazy (I know) but the toner thing really works. We've done them a few different batches with Elkmasters and LePros with super results.
