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#1 headmuses

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 06:35 PM

Do you put your own tips on or do you let a pool shop repair man do it for you? If you do it yourself, why or why not? :lol:

#2 gian323

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 03:59 PM

I let a professional do it for the consistency of the hit between tip to tip and the quality of application. I like to make sure the tip doesn't come off.

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Posted 28 November 2007 - 03:19 PM

Never again!

I have changed a few tips and the results was always lousy. Doing a tip change by hand is very difficult just to get the tip to line up. Then you got to shave the sides with a carpet cutter and it's usually a poor result.

I also once had A.E. Schmidt (pool table manufacterers in the St. Louis, MO area) refinish and replace the tip on the only shaft my now retired Meucci cue had and it took them five weeks to return it. :lol:

Of course, now that I have a fairly novice custom cuemaker operating in a 2 mile radius from The Woim's home, I'll never have to worry about changing tips again.

Find a pro to do it for you. It's a minimal charge and he can do it in 10 minutes and with the buffing lathe a builder would have, it looks better than new when done.

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Posted 01 December 2007 - 11:26 AM

headmuses, on Nov 12 2007, 06:35 PM, said:

Do you put your own tips on or do you let a pool shop repair man do it for you? If you do it yourself, why or why not? :ph34r:

I normally let a professional do it... I'm kind of scared to try it on my own. Chances are the tip is somehow going to end up glued to the side of the ferrule or something.

Last time he didn't sand the sides down properly though, but it wasn't that big of a deal.

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Posted 01 December 2007 - 07:55 PM

JoeS, on Dec 1 2007, 04:26 PM, said:

Last time he didn't sand the sides down properly though, but it wasn't that big of a deal.

Hmmm I would question "pro" if he didnt do a major part of retipping. Sanding the sides is part of the job.

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Posted 08 December 2007 - 12:19 AM

headmuses, on Dec 1 2007, 07:55 PM, said:

Hmmm I would question "pro" if he didnt do a major part of retipping. Sanding the sides is part of the job.

True. Maybe I should find someone else.

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Posted 10 December 2007 - 01:36 AM

A pro is some one that gets paid for doing a job and since he recived money I guess you would have to call him a "Pro". Maybe not a good one but still a Pro!!

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