![]() ![]() We hope you enjoyed the article, feel free to give this article a little Facebook like if you have time. One thing that’s for sure when removing lacquer to smooth the cue can be a bit risky if you are unfamiliar who the manufacturer is. ![]() Either way, it’s not as described in the advertisement. Fake Snooker Cues - Always be careful when purchasing snooker equipment. Who needs it? Fake snooker cues, the term might not quite be right but neither was the original advert I reckon.įake Snooker Cues – Whether the sole purpose of the ebony paint was to cover up the fact that a cheaper wood was used or because the cue was damaged in a few places it’s uncertain. This cue now feels great with the oil and slides across the fingers well and I’m sure it will be a good player. Now the ebony paint has been removed, it has revealed a nice deep shine with the oil on and all the cracks have been attended to. Well now the cues been re-finished, I’ve got to say it looks great with that nice deep shine. ![]() Now I’m not normally in the habit of wrecking new products but every now and again I like to see that a product is what it says it is on the box, so to speak. Surely these guys cannot afford to make and deliver an ebony cue at that price? Well let’s take a look what I found. I recently purchased a cue from a make growing in popularity overseas to see why it sold at such a great price. Well I guess I’ll leave that one to you but you should certainly receive what you ordered or at least be able to have a frank discussion with the merchant if not. The general discussion doing the rounds is, “Does it make a difference as long as the cue plays well?” What sorts of problems are surfacing when receiving a new snooker cue? The snooker market is flooded with unknown imported cues and equipment, some unscrupulous sellers can take advantage of this lack of knowledge so it can be really difficult to know which names to trust and which ones to avoid. Did you get what you thought or what you paid for? Some things have caught our attention of late and this topic has been a popular discussion around the snooker circles. If you use the same cue tip press, the same turns and the same cue tip make and height then guess what, you should be as close as you can be to replicating the start point of your last tip.Well there would be no point in making fake snooker cues but certainly things are not always as they seem. This entry was posted in Blog, Cue Tips, Equipment, Snooker Chat and tagged Duds, elkmaster, Leather, making, Old, Punch Tool, Replacement, snooker, tip, Tips. If you get slightly out of position, try and aim at different parts of the pocket so you. Tweeten Tenoning Machine In this video we thought we’d give you a quick overview of. This is a fine touch exercise where you want to try and not move the white ball too far. If it’s an unusual make, buy a good stock as I know many people who are looking for discontinued tips that were previously well known for a while.Īs regards hardness and pressing, you need to measure your snooker tip prior to pressing so you have an equal start point prior to pressing in the future. Potting Multiple Blue Balls: Place the white in a position to pot the red and to leave an angle to pot the blue and get on the next red. AB Earth Cuboid 8 in 1 Aluminum Pool Cue Tip Repair Tool. This entry was posted in Blog, Cue Tips, Equipment, Snooker Chat and tagged laminated, making, pigskin, replacing a snooker tip, snooker tip, super glue. This item: Tweeten Extra Chuck Tenoning Machine, 9 to 12 mm. Tweeten Tenoning Machine In this video we thought we’d give you a quick overview of. I think that once you have found your personal ideal snooker tip then photograph it’s shape, measure the depth (height) and just replicate this when you need a replacement. Some of these items ship sooner than the others. People get very tied up in the soft, medium and hard type tips, is it laminated, leather or is it a milk dud? etc etc. I prefer the stainless steel type and one that’s domed, why make it difficult I say, simplest is usually best? So, onto some of the basics of how to press a cue tip. Personally, when people ask me how to press a cue tip I think the easiest way is just to put it in a cue tip press. For the people that do press cue tips they use all sorts of ways including putting it in a vice, G clamps, wood and blocks and even tapping the tip a few hundred times after fitting. Now I’m sure many will disagree with that statement but I’m talking in percentage terms. I’ve fitted hundred’s of tips over the years with all sorts of shapes and sizes being requested but few beginners know too much about tip compression and how to do it. Well I’ve got to say that if I had a quid for every time I get asked how to press a cue tip I would certainly have a few bob! ![]()
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