I asked over in rec.billiards, but no one answered.
Last evening, I messed up two tips with SuperGlue. I had used it before
successfully. What is a good glue besides Tweeten's, which can be hard to
find? Is regular contact cement good? Another?
I need to make a mini lathe, and alignment rig that will do it right, but
until then, I'm stuck with a cheap clamp and glue.
The new tips I am looking at are up to $25 per tip, so I don't want any
screwups.
Help appreciated.
Steve
I found Tweeten's to be absolutely useless, though it's possible I got a "b=
ad" tube.
This is not so much a recommendation as just a data point for you. I've re-=
tipped a number of cues using a dab of boat epoxy (because that's what I ha=
d). Gives me more time to align than "super glue" but doesn't take all nigh=
t to set like some glues. I assume it will be a pain if I ever need to redo=
one of those tips...
FWIW, I even broke the end off my cheap cue (split diagonally with the grai=
n when I dropped it), and epoxied it back together. I've been breaking as h=
ard as I can (which is pretty hard) for several years now without it failin=
g.
Steve B wrote:
> I asked over in rec.billiards, but no one answered.
>
> Last evening, I messed up two tips with SuperGlue. I had used it before
> successfully. What is a good glue besides Tweeten's, which can be hard to
> find? Is regular contact cement good? Another?
>
> I need to make a mini lathe, and alignment rig that will do it right, but
> until then, I'm stuck with a cheap clamp and glue.
>
> The new tips I am looking at are up to $25 per tip, so I don't want any
> screwups.
>
> Help appreciated.
>
> Steve
>
>
If you are serious enough about the game to buy a $25 tip, then you
should pay someone to install it right. Certainly the diameter of the
tip and the diameter of the end of your queue are not identical... So
why "waste" a $25 tip and possibly ruin your queue over this?
On 8/25/2012 11:21 PM, Steve B wrote:
> I asked over in rec.billiards, but no one answered.
You asked yesterday and got two answers by today. You think people hang
around all day just to answer your questions?
> Last evening, I messed up two tips with SuperGlue.
It wasn't super glues fault.
I had used it before successfully. What is a good glue besides
Tweeten's, which can be hard to
> find?
Tweetens is not a good glue, super glue gel is a good glue for this.
Is regular contact cement good? Another?
Nope! and Nope!
Super glue gel is the way to go, detailed answer sent an hour ago on RSB.
--
Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
http://jbstein.com
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> On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:21:06 -0700, "Steve B" <[email protected]>
>>I need to make a mini lathe, and alignment rig that will do it right, but
>>until then, I'm stuck with a cheap clamp and glue.
>
> http://www.ozonebilliards.com/tiintipgl.html
Am going to Vegas tomorrow, and will check it out. Am going to stop by a
new pool supply house near my houses. Trop and Pecos area. Maybe even pick
up a measles ball. I can easily total a Franklin right now in my mind of
things I "need".
Steve
"Jack" <[email protected]> wrote
> Super glue gel is the way to go, detailed answer sent an hour ago on RSB.
>
> --
> Jack
Noted. I will just be making a small alignment jig/clamp setup.
Steve
On 8/26/2012 4:09 PM, Steve B wrote:
> "Jack" <[email protected]> wrote
>> Super glue gel is the way to go, detailed answer sent an hour ago on RSB.
> Noted. I will just be making a small alignment jig/clamp setup.
If you get that to work well, I would love to see a pic, or get some
details. My attempts to do that came up short. I just use my fing-ees
and then run my tailstock lightly against the tip with a flat piece
against the tip. It works OK, but not automagically easy. I tried a
dished out thing that was more trouble than a help.
Here's a pic of what I use to hold the tip end of the shaft when
cleaning/sanding/finishing a shaft. It doesn't work well to press on
the tip, but I put a flat hunk of wood between it and tip and that works
OK, but care is needed, and an over sized tip.
http://jbstein.com/Flick/Tiptool1030712.jpg
--
Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
http://jbstein.com
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:21:06 -0700, "Steve B" <[email protected]>
>I need to make a mini lathe, and alignment rig that will do it right, but
>until then, I'm stuck with a cheap clamp and glue.
http://www.ozonebilliards.com/tiintipgl.html