Mushroom tips

[Semih_Sayginer]

if you want a slightly bigger coverage of tip than your ferrule diameter, and dont want to "mushroom" it in the 'normal' way, then you can use a very sharp scalpel to trim the excess off, but when doing so fan it out so that the playing part is slighlty wider than the ferrule. this means it usually runs smoothly on cushion shots too.

[Bendy]

Yep, I must have had too much overhanging the ferrule, I remember seeing John Parrot with a mushroom tip and it appeared he had about 2 mm of overhang, must have been a trick of the light.

I'm pretty fixed in my ways when it comes to tips, but i'll try something new once in a while....mushroom tips , talisman tips ...but I'm back to a flush fitting elkmaster tip now...

Cheers.....

[snooker_wiz]

You then just shape the tip as you normally would i find as the quality of elk and blue diamonds are not what they were so i press mine in a vice before fitting which seems to give them the right hardness and makes them easier to shape.

Could somebody please post a pic of what type of VICE CueAntW147 is talking about ?

cheers

[CueAntW147]

Could somebody please post a pic of what type of VICE CueAntW147 is talking about ?

cheers

hi snooker_wiz basically i have a normal vice on a work bench with a turn handle that applies pressure. But you could use anything a clamp or even just some wood with something quite heavy on the top of it to press down on the tip before fitting all your actually doing is compressing the tip that little bit more which will make it harder and give it that played in/bedded in feel straight away.
Another way of doing it is once the tip is fitted on the cue tap it lightly with a block of would this will have a similiar effect and give it that bedded in feel.

hope this helps
cheers