I recently bought a cue stick but the tip is a piece of wood. What can i do to place a tip to start playing with it?
2007-09-06 05:15:06 · 11 answers · asked by maelongo 1 in Sports ➔ Snooker & Pool
Go to a billiards retail store and ask if they repair cues. Most do. They will advise you and for a small fee, you can get the tip you need.
2007-09-06 05:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blu is right. So is Just Kim. When you first get your cue, the tip usually needs to be scuffed and shaped. Custom cues usually come with better tips than production cues. You should always use chalk on your tip, but the tip needs to be "worked" so it will hold chalk. Tips work best if the curvature of the end is the same curve that is on a nickel. Tips come in many different styles, from soft to very hard. If you don't like the tip that came with the cue you can easily replace it. You can call a billiard supply store or a pool hall to find someone who does billiard repair, or you can buy a tip kit and do it yourself. Kits usually come with a sander, shaper, glue, tip clamp, and assorted tips, the most popular ones cost $15 - $20. I suggest you find someone who repairs cues and tips, and take it to them. A lot of them will do it for $10 - $20 plus the cost of the tip ($2 - $30+).
2016-05-22 17:29:22 · answer #2 · answered by jolyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely get a ferrule and tip put on professionally...A new tip is usually about $15 (more for something like a Moori tip), but if it's missing a ferrule, too...don't know how much that'll be. If you didn't buy it used, you should definitely ask the seller to right it for you. Also, is there any chance you just have a Sledgehammer tip on there? Is it a jump/break cue by any chance? Those tips are really funny-looking if you don't know what you're looking at.
--Lea
p.s. Alternatively, you can always ask Johnny if he could part with one of those screw-on tips he used to offer to go with Donald's old cue (not that any of us could afford that!)
2007-09-06 09:14:07 · answer #3 · answered by Lea A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless the cue is a total piece of crap and you want it to play like a total piece of crap, do NOT buy tips at a sporting goods store. Take it to a billiards store and have them look at it. It sounds like you may need a ferrule as well, since they do not ever make tips out of wood.
2007-09-06 10:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by Vegas Matt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will need to buy some cue tips at a local sports shop they don't cost that much and they are plastic
Hope This Helped :D
2007-09-06 05:18:41 · answer #5 · answered by adam_07461 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why don;t you take it back to the place of purchase, and let them give you a new stick, or let them repair it, like factory.
I never heard of that, are you sure it's not a very hard tip?
I wpuld take it back where I got it.. and demand satisfaction,
2007-09-06 07:59:20 · answer #6 · answered by Dragon'sFire 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like the previous posts stated, get a place that sells tables and accessories put one on for you. Should'nt cost more than $10 .
2007-09-06 05:47:39 · answer #7 · answered by ELSEGUNDO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you are missing the ferule. THat is the plastic tip topped with leather. Find a place that repairs them and have it done professionally.
2007-09-06 05:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Jenyfer C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make a kit that comes with tips, glue, sand paper etc. They probably have it at Walmart. Or order it online & ebay to.
http://www.billiardsstore.com/products/description/198.cfm
http://cgi.ebay.com/Eddie-Charlton-Complete-Pool-Cue-Repair-Kit_W0QQitemZ150158715780QQihZ005QQcategoryZ21212QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
2007-09-06 05:20:16 · answer #9 · answered by char__c is a good cooker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can buy a tip set and then its pretty much just glue to hold it on. another idea would be to go to any local pool hall and have them do it for you
2007-09-06 05:20:06 · answer #10 · answered by matothett123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋