How do I Change from 10mm brass ferule to 8.5mm brass ferule

[jb134]

DONT ALTER THE CUE!

To play 8 ball 9mm is small enough but if you want 8.5 get on eBay and you'll get a cue good enough for pool for around £50. Which is around what the alterations would cost with postage.

With the smaller 8 ball white it doesn't need to be absolutely top notch it only needs to not be rotten.

[Swal87]

I echo this. Buy a new cheap cue for pool. Craftsman cues often go cheap on eBay and are a good value in my opinion.

[ADR147]

DONT ALTER THE CUE!

To play 8 ball 9mm is small enough but if you want 8.5 get on eBay and you'll get a cue good enough for pool for around £50. Which is around what the alterations would cost with postage.

With the smaller 8 ball white it doesn't need to be absolutely top notch it only needs to not be rotten.

yep - 100% don't alter a cue that has any meaning for you.

[Dave Walton]

bit more to it than that tel,
the majority of pubs that have pool tables take there pool quite seriously, with more than enough space around the table. in fact its vibrant scene around the country. tactically and clearing racks in one visit is a lot harder than it looks on a 3x6'. a good game and not easy to compete at the highest level, even for the best snooker players.

montrealer:

British pool has balls (and pockets) which are smaller than snooker balls and a small tip is what most British pool players adopt. It's usually played on a 3.5'x7' table in pubs with the table stuck in a corner somewhere and they also need shorter cues or at least cues which can be shortened, like a 3/4-butt where the butt is removed and the mini-butt is connected to the shaft to get a much shorter cue.

Terry

Couldn't agree more j6uk

[Dave Walton]

Hi,

My snooker cue was hand made for me many years ago (over 30) by the late Bill Turner of Grimsby, with whom I had lessons, so it has sentimental value apart from being a damn nice cue it has a 10mm blue diamond tip.

For many reasons I stopped playing for about 20 odd years, in the mean time Diabetes has badly affected my eyes and having come back to it, I now enjoy playing pool for a local team. After some thought and enquiries it seems I might do better with an 8.5mm tip.

What would be any problems changing from a 10mm brass tip ferule to an 8.5mm without adversely affecting the cue.

Hope this makes sense.

1. You cannot do it without adversely affecting the cue, it will be a different (or ruined) cue and you will not be able to undo the change

2. Sounds like you're at least 50 years old, maybe older, so why change now - a smaller tip will not make you play better, improve your accuracy or cue ball control regardless of what others tell you - there is not a single shot someone with a smaller tip can make that cannot be made with a 10mm tip, it's the person and arm that does it, not the tip

3. You will have more miscues and the cue will be worth much less

4. We do not become better players once we past fifty and our eyes start to go and we start to suffer from age related things like diabetes or arthritis or whatever - face facts, it's age, accept it and just enjoy playing the game as there is no magic gimmick that can make you a better player now - laminated tips, smaller tips, fibre ferrules, special chalk, they're all just easily sold to people looking for a wonder fix, they do the same things as normal size tips, brass ferrules with 10mm elks or diamonds and a bit of 25p chalk

Happy new year

Sorry but I have to disagree, there's good reason why almost all professional pool players play with tips between 8-9mm some smaller than that, Phil Harrison is the only exception I know of who plays with a 10mm tip and although he's known for being an excellent potter his control is not as good as the other top pros. Using a 10mm tip makes bridging over a ball that's close to the cueball more difficult aswell as playing when the cue ball is close to the rail. The fact you can achieve more spin with a smaller tip in relation to playing the same shot with the same strength/timing and follow through means you don't have to play certain shots as hard as you would with a bigger tip when screwing back as you can strike the cue ball slightly lower, not having to having to play the shot as hard or accelerate through and follow through as much gives you more control of the shot. A bigger tip is more forgiving of unintentional side though, so keep in mind with a smaller tip you have to cue more accurately. Anything between 8-9mm is ideally suited to English 8ball pool. They're completely different games, just as you could play snooker with a 12-13mm tipped American pool cue you would only be making things more difficult for yourself just like playing English pool with a snooker cue. Smaller balls = smaller tips

[Dave Walton]

Hi having your cue altered to 8.5mm tip will have a drastic effect on your cue, you'd be much better off getting a different cue either made with that size tip or buying a 2nd hand cue and having that altered. First though try a few of your team mates cues with varying sizes between 8-9mm and see what gives you personally the best balance between accuracy and control. Just because its more common to use smaller tips for pool doesn't mean it will suit how you play. Definitely wouldn't alter your current cue though. Good luck :-)

[8ball83]

I would take the advise on the above post