Ive just bought a cue from ebay and its come with a shite mushroomed tip which i want to remove and replace with a nice new item. The cue didnt come with any instructions as it was used so i dont know if theres a minimum size i can use. Ive seen some tips called Blue Diamond on Ebay which i think ill go for but i wondered if theres any limit to how small i can go. Anyone got any tips? (Excuse the pun)

 

measure the top of the cue ,should be 9mm or 10mm buy the tip to suit the size ,blue diamond are the best
jp

 

hmm im into my pool/snooker but ive no idea about cues etc

sounds like a question for steve davis or dennis taylor!!

 

If its a pool cue, you don't want it any bigger than 9mm, if its snooker you'll be playing, you might want it a little bigger to make your accuracy better.

 

the tip size is purely an individuals preference, if you watch it on telly some have big, some have small,

 

Well i was thinking 9 - 9.5mm but like u say ill have to measure the tip of the cue. The one that is on there is too big for the tip of the cue hence why it is overlapping/mushroomed. Ill wait till i get home and have a measure up!!

 

Pool cues have bigger tips than snooker cues......

Snooker cue tips will be 9 or 10mm as JP says. Blue Diamond tips all the way, then get a domer and grind it for about 5 hours till it's nice and thin with a nice shape and you'll be well away

 

Big fat American pool cues suck. Smaller tip = more spin, less accuracy and visa versa, so I'd think you would want more accuracy on a snooker table, well, I would anyway. And I love spinning round the angles and a pool table, so I go for smaller tips. Personnel preference I guess.

 

Not true imo. A larger softer tip will have a bigger contact area and impart more spin. Pool cues are often bigger tho because there are a lot more power shots in pool.

Tips are a very personal thing tho. Depends on what the individual likes, like you said.

 

get one a mm bigger than your actual nib size, as often the tips arent exactly what they should be, also glueing them on dead centre is near impossible, then rub off the excess with sand paper, also dont forget to key the top of the que and the bottom of the tip or after a few shots it will pop straight of again.

I find a few shallow cuts with a kitchen knife does the job quite well

 

Well ive taken all that in and have decided that im gonna go for 9.5mm (as long as my ferrule accepts this, which it should), i think its needs to be as small as possible so u can hit a more precise area of the white. Might get a couple of each and see how i get on though Nice one for the advice!!

 

I've not used my snooker cue for years, but I used blue diamond tip's, and as said, grinded them into shape, I also use triangle or embassy chalk

 

Smaller tips impart more spin, as you are putting the same amount of power through a smaller contact patch, enabling you to "grip" a smaller amount of the cue ball, and turn the ball faster.

I run a ground down 8.5mm tip, and wouldn't go bigger, as I like to be able to move the cue ball around a lot more than some larger tips will allow.

 

Providing it actually grips 100% yes i agree. But it depends on how hard your tip is and how deep it is too. I use an 8.5mm tip too on my snooker cue.

 

Thats what I thought, but wasn't gonna start bitchin bout it, cause I wasn't 100%

 

Of course it grips. If you use a pool cue with a 10mm tip and try and hit the same shit, you wont create as much spin.

Simple physics.........

 

Best bet is to leave the cue in to be re-tipped, wont cost you much and the job gets done proper. Im off tonight to play pool and have a few nelson madelas.

Tips size is indeed personal to each player and there style of play as rich has said.

 

Not at all. The contact patch is the same whatever sized tip as you are hitting a sphere ( simple physics , unless you use a tip with a perfect concave ) so the grip is dependant on the 'give' in the tip, with a bigger tip you need less give to get a bigger contact patch, ergo more grip. i have played since I was 11 and played in pool and snooker leagues for a number of years so I'm talking from experience not just speculating. Anyway in snooker/pool being happy and relaxed is much more important so if you are happy with your tip then you are halfway there no matter its size

 

I have also played for a number of years, and at the end of the day, the contact patch is smaller with a smaller tip.

Try and hit say 1 cm left of dead centre of the cue ball with a small tip, and now try the same with a larger tip.

You simply will not be hitting the same part of the ball.

 

Thats what I'm saying. the contact patch is smaller with a smaller tip this gives less grip to impart spin.

You dont fit small narrow tyres to your car do you?

 

No, of course not. But in the car scenario, only one of the surfaces is moving on contact, and your not talking about transference of energy...........

Now think back to your physics.

Remember your pressure/force/area equations...............

Remember the old analogy of the woman in a high heel...........

 

I do agree with p/f/a but in my experience the tip doesnt have a 100% grip coefficient and i find the smaller it is the more it skids on the cueball as more force is concentrated at it's point whereas a bigger tip doesnt skid so much as the force is less concentrated.

Dunno why i persist in using a tiny tip :s

 

You want 9mm blue diamond or elkmaster tips - http://www.pjnsports.co.uk/tipsMain.php

 

lol just noticed the date

 

if you have done a search of the site or clicked on page 9877777 then yes it tends to be VERY old


And i see i even commented, all be it 5 years ago