Retipping Cost

[lukeeyw]

Retipping Cost

I get blue diamonds fitted for £2

[Chris Bedford]

Retipping Cost

Do it yourself it's cheaper and not difficult. There's plenty of videos to watch. John Parris is one of the best but you don't need that much sandpaper. 000 grade polishes the ferrule fine. Have a go yourself and you don't necessarily have to play it in. Steve Davis showed how you play a tip in by getting a ball and hitting it on the cue a fair few times as does Nic barrow. Ali carter says told me last week he tips a cue in 4 mins I probably take 5 or 6 just practise and try it.

[lukeh147]

Can i ask why people would pay for someone to put on a tip????? Its not rocket science!!!!
Its very easy to do if you take your time.... The way i see it, Your the one who plays with the cue... you know what you like.. i find if i get my mate to put a tip on for me im always shaping it different anyway.
Do yourself a favour... Put a tip on yourself, save ur 3 dollars or whatever and buy yourself a drink while doing it

[bricktip]

...and if you've got a decent cue, you wouldn't want someone sanding the shaft as part of the re-tip process. Do it yourself, unless you're paying a real pro to do it.

I'd like to see Ali's 4 minute job, as i think it takes quite a bit longer to do a proper job, and without damaging the cue in any way. I take about an hour to do one.

[Chris Bedford]

Retipping Cost

Hour my god that's slow lol! Let's break it down.
Cut off tip and get all old glue off, maximum 2mins, sand back of new tip 30 secs, wirewool if needed ferrule 10 secs, glue tip on and hold in place 30secs, turn cue upside down trim with sharp knife 1 min. Turn over shape tip maximum 5 mins I'd normally take 2 mins depends what grade you use. I've never had any problems with the ones I've put on I also do it free for my mates and the local snooker club asks me to put there's on. They give me a couple of quid I just do it to help out. 1 hour how?

[Ben "The Chancer" Brown]

John Parris charges £6 for either a blue diamond or elk master, if u are looking at the talisman tips they cost around £11-£12 to be fitted.... Hope this helps

[bricktip]

Hour my god that's slow lol! Let's break it down.
Cut off tip and get all old glue off, maximum 2mins, sand back of new tip 30 secs, wirewool if needed ferrule 10 secs, glue tip on and hold in place 30secs, turn cue upside down trim with sharp knife 1 min. Turn over shape tip maximum 5 mins I'd normally take 2 mins depends what grade you use. I've never had any problems with the ones I've put on I also do it free for my mates and the local snooker club asks me to put there's on. They give me a couple of quid I just do it to help out. 1 hour how?

I won't go into detail, but i found i was getting poor results when doing it quickly. I was getting fed up with tips not feeling right or losing their shape quickly due to a quick job with less than perfect trimming, which can ruin a tip. If i take my time and do it perfectly, an Elk will last about 6 months as opposed to 1 or 2.

[Siz]

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Cut off tip and get all old glue off, maximum 2mins, sand back of new tip 30 secs, wirewool if needed ferrule 10 secs, glue tip on and hold in place 30secs, turn cue upside down trim with sharp knife 1 min. Turn over shape tip maximum 5 mins I'd normally take 2 mins depends what grade you use....

I think that this is a fair summary.

Back in the days when I used Elks / BDs, I simulated the playing-in process by hitting the newly installed tip with an empty beer bottle for a few minutes, reshaping as I went along. Easier than using a ball IMHO. Since changing to laminated tips, I don't have to bother

[Particle Physics]

If you can't do it properly yourself, pay someone; same principle as any DIY. It's a false economy otherwise. I've seen a lot of very poor tips which aren't even round, poorly domed, and not filed properly because folk are too tight to pay someone to do it properly and think 'it's only a tip'. It's actually the most important thing on your cue.

I find that an hour of curing is good for the tips I do. A lot of tips fall off/separate because folk start filing after ten seconds because they believe the glue dries in this time because it looks dry on the outside. It does provide a grip after ten seconds but because you are gluing two different materials, one which is pourous, it takes more than ten seconds to 'cure'. Because leather is a porous material, the glue that the leather sucks up also has to dry. I think £5 for basic retipping (elk), ferrule polish and shaft clean is reasonable (or a couple of beers ). More for a lammy, depending on cost of said lammy.

[hotpot]

Elks , bd , hardly need any shaping as their are perfectly domed to start with . If trimming is an issue i would recommend the joe porper mushroom grazer , its effortless and simple .

[bricktip]

If trimming is an issue i would recommend the joe porper mushroom grazer , its effortless and simple .

I use a scalpel, but would be interested to hear recommendations like the grazer or other tools that work, without the risk of cue/ferrule damage.

I've tried 9.5mm tips on my 9.5mm ferrule, but never had a tool to center them easily and quickly. Can anyone recommend a good tool for this?

[Particle Physics]

Elks , bd , hardly need any shaping as their are perfectly domed to start with . If trimming is an issue i would recommend the joe porper mushroom grazer , its effortless and simple .

Lammys are a real pain. I use the craftsman cues shaper; not bad. And a large guage file for squaring off though the Porper does look like a useful alternative.