[gian323]

The top layer on my talisman h tip is delaminating. Should I get a pro to shape it to get the layer off? It's a damn good tip and i still get great spin on the cb on my mcdermott because the delminating layer is on the very tip of the tip.

So what should I do?

Also I have a chip on my pro cup cue ball

[WebDude]

The chip on the cue ball I doubt you can do a whole lot about. Perhaps try to fill it with epoxy or something? An acrylic nail product might work also.... talk to your girlfriend about that one ;-)

How worn down is the tip? I've been using a Willard dime keychain shaper, and it works wonders. It's rough enough to scuff the tip with a couple of twists, and it can shape the tip fairly quickly. I would get one of these, or something similar, and just wear it down past the delaminated part. Putting a tip on is best left to those who know what they're doing, but shaping is something you can (and should) get used to doing yourself.

[ Edited by WebDude on 2005/11/15 15:52 ]

[Pelican]

I quit using Talisman fopr that reason. Don't know if I got a bad batch or what but had 4 of them that the center came out leaving a hole in the tip.

Pel

[WebDude]

I've been pretty hard on my Talisman S that I have... I had a layer that looked like it was starting to come off, but I just filed it down a little, and it hasn't been a problem since. I keep a very close eye on my tips, though.

Larry just sent me 4 more tips, and I'll be using them eventually. I can juice the cue ball like mad with it, and I don't have any complaints. I'll let you guys know my opinion of them after I use them for a while.

Which hardness did you guys have?

[Pelican]

All you young'uns want to really "juice" that ball as y'all call it. The old pros always said to use as little english (juice) as possible. A top flight shooter (like our own FL) can move the cue anywhere using just high-middle-and low center ball. It's all in knowing how. Don't get me wrong, I am certainly not saying I can do it. Heck, I can't hardly move it using "juice". I have learned one thing if nothing else and have tried to get my stepson to apply it to his game. Finese is better than force.

Later, Pel

[WebDude]

But force is fuuuun. I don't put english on every shot, and I try to get most of my shots to float into the next. Usually I'll get a little out of position after a few shots, though, and I'll have to 'juice' it in the direction I want it to go. Sometimes I overshoot it, and sometimes it doesn't get far enough, but I like knowing I can draw to almost anywhere on the table.

[Pelican]

Yep, sounds like my stepson. He can draw like crazy so he uses it 85-90 percent of the time. Get's him in trouble a lot because as Fast will tell you you can't control draw as much as you can follow. I always tell him when he makes one of those table length draws he loves to do and he winds up hooked - Live by the Draw, Die by the Draw. :-D

Hey, it's a game, have fun and enjoy it however you like to do it.

Later, Pel

[WebDude]

Ha! I like that. Hope you don't mind me borrowing that phrase :-D

[Pelican]

You have my permission to plagiarize sir. :-D :-D

Pel

[FASTLARRY]

Pel, you are a true work of art.

[WebDude]

Quote

Pelican wrote:
You have my permission to plagiarize sir. :-D :-D

Pel

Thank you, good sir. (you deserve the sir... not me :-D)

[Pelican]

Well now, thank you for the sir, sir,

Pel ~ sir'ing a specialty