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jgpool · December 29th, 2006, 09:33 AM

Anybody have

any hints on how to remove a tip from a cue stick?

jgpool · December 29th, 2006, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffduke

Do you have any tip removal / retipping tools? Here's what I do...You decide for yourself. I take a razor blade with my tip on a block of wood as not to scratch anything important, cut the tip off leaving about 1/8 inch of the tip left. I get my sander out and onto my shaft in place for "shaving" the tip...this sander has coarse sandpaper on it to make it quick, then once my tip is almost gone, I change the sandpaper to a really fine grit sandpaper to finishg it off without sanding away alot of the ferrule once the tip is gone. inside the clamp that goes onto the shaft, I place a penny roll as not to scratch my shaft while doing it. this sander can be found at mueller.com, and its less than $20 with sandpaper refills being about $5 I think. If I don't feel like doing this, and usually I don't, I just run my shaft down to Bob DZ and let him change it for me...He's only about 10min. away from me! Any more ??, pm me and I'll try to help you...or I can point you in the right direction if I can't.

Thanks,

I have the sander on my list to order from Muellers and other stuff necessary for the process. I just have not put the order in yet. You just confirmed that the sander will work and that was what I was looking for, confirmation. Once again you have the right answer. I will be trying this on some bar cues first. Thanks again. I knew I could count on Billiards-Talk and their expertise.

CaptainHook · December 29th, 2006, 11:25 AM

That will be great, being able to Re-tip your own cues. If I could do that, I would be trying out different tips all the time, til I found one I really liked.

If I tried anything like that, the Tip would wind up cockeyed, I would have two or more fingers glued together and a blob of glue would drip down the shaft and I would wind up with the entire shaft glued to the table.

I take mine to a local guy, lives about 10 minutes from my house.

Post some pics when you get it all set up.

acedotcom · December 29th, 2006, 12:35 PM

With my better cues, I take them to Roger, the tip guy at Capone's. Since I have a supply of Sniper and Tiger tips, he'll put them on for me for $10.

With my el-cheapo Players that I use for bars, it's not worth it to pay $10 for a tip change since 5 tip changes would cost me the price of a new el-cheapo. I remove the old tips with a razor blade of a carpet knife, shaving it as close to the end of the ferrule as I can. Then I switch to the sander. It's the same as the others described here. I too put something between the clamp and the shaft to prevent indentations but you have to be careful that this padding doesn't screw up the alignment. Otherwise you might wind up with a slanted cock-eyed ferrule. I did that once.

Last thing I do before gluing with superglue gel is sand the bottom of the tip by running it back and forth over some fine sandpaper.

jgpool · December 29th, 2006, 01:32 PM

This is all good info. I will probably get my fingers glued together too! But the bright side of this is that it will more than likely improve my bridge.

I can take them in to get them re-tipped but I just thought it would be something else that I could learn. New things like this help me stay centered when they show me how incompetent I am with new stuff.

George · December 30th, 2006, 12:55 AM

I cut mine off with a pair of pvc pipe cutters. Nice smooth cut. Then I sand down the rest with fine sand paper.

A-Train · December 30th, 2006, 05:45 PM

There is a guy at my local hall who does this on the side. He'll change your tip and ferrule for like $15.

I need a new tip, thanks for the reminder.

jgpool · January 4th, 2007, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffduke

Do you have any tip removal / retipping tools? Here's what I do...You decide for yourself. I take a razor blade with my tip on a block of wood as not to scratch anything important, cut the tip off leaving about 1/8 inch of the tip left. I get my sander out and onto my shaft in place for "shaving" the tip...this sander has coarse sandpaper on it to make it quick, then once my tip is almost gone, I change the sandpaper to a really fine grit sandpaper to finishg it off without sanding away alot of the ferrule once the tip is gone. inside the clamp that goes onto the shaft, I place a penny roll as not to scratch my shaft while doing it. this sander can be found at mueller.com, and its less than $20 with sandpaper refills being about $5 I think. If I don't feel like doing this, and usually I don't, I just run my shaft down to Bob DZ and let him change it for me...He's only about 10min. away from me! Any more ??, pm me and I'll try to help you...or I can point you in the right direction if I can't.

I just received the tip sander and refils, some tips, glue and tip holders. Now I have to get to work. Thanks for the right direction backed by your tried and true experience.

BHQ · January 4th, 2007, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgpool

Anybody have

any hints on how to remove a tip from a cue stick?

loan the cue to a goofy 17 year old trying to do masse shots!!!
or cut it off with a razor knife

December 29th, 2006, 09:33 AM	#1
jgpool User Information: Status: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs CO Forum Activity: Reputation: Score: 11	Tip Removal Anybody have any hints on how to remove a tip from a cue stick?
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December 29th, 2006, 11:25 AM	#3
CaptainHook User Information: Status: Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Flamingo, St.Pete FLA. Forum Activity: Reputation: Score: 10	That will be great, being able to Re-tip your own cues. If I could do that, I would be trying out different tips all the time, til I found one I really liked. If I tried anything like that, the Tip would wind up cockeyed, I would have two or more fingers glued together and a blob of glue would drip down the shaft and I would wind up with the entire shaft glued to the table. I take mine to a local guy, lives about 10 minutes from my house. Post some pics when you get it all set up.
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December 29th, 2006, 12:35 PM	#4
acedotcom User Information: Status: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Forum Activity: Reputation: Score: 11	With my better cues, I take them to Roger, the tip guy at Capone's. Since I have a supply of Sniper and Tiger tips, he'll put them on for me for $10. With my el-cheapo Players that I use for bars, it's not worth it to pay $10 for a tip change since 5 tip changes would cost me the price of a new el-cheapo. I remove the old tips with a razor blade of a carpet knife, shaving it as close to the end of the ferrule as I can. Then I switch to the sander. It's the same as the others described here. I too put something between the clamp and the shaft to prevent indentations but you have to be careful that this padding doesn't screw up the alignment. Otherwise you might wind up with a slanted cock-eyed ferrule. I did that once. Last thing I do before gluing with superglue gel is sand the bottom of the tip by running it back and forth over some fine sandpaper.
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December 29th, 2006, 01:32 PM	#5
jgpool User Information: Status: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs CO Forum Activity: Reputation: Score: 11	Glued Fingers This is all good info. I will probably get my fingers glued together too! But the bright side of this is that it will more than likely improve my bridge. I can take them in to get them re-tipped but I just thought it would be something else that I could learn. New things like this help me stay centered when they show me how incompetent I am with new stuff.
	Signature: _____________________________________________ [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I came into this world with absolutely nothing and I still have most of it!_____________________________________________[/FONT] [FONT="Arial Black"]Joe G[/FONT] :rolleyes: :) Playing Cue: JOSS West (#17, 1983) Other Cues: David Howard DH-3 by Meucci, Viking Z90, McDermott D-5, JOSS Limited, and 2 Schmelke A40s. 10-20 Hrs Wk Colorado Springs, CO
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December 30th, 2006, 12:55 AM	#6
George User Information: Status: Administrator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Baltimore Forum Activity: Reputation: Score: 11 Networking:	I cut mine off with a pair of pvc pipe cutters. Nice smooth cut. Then I sand down the rest with fine sand paper.
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December 30th, 2006, 05:45 PM	#7
A-Train User Information: Status: Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Las Vegas Forum Activity: Reputation: Score: 20 Networking:	There is a guy at my local hall who does this on the side. He'll change your tip and ferrule for like $15. I need a new tip, thanks for the reminder.
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