![]() ![]() ![]() So, rather than go into it too deeply here, we’ll go through some of the simple steps in creating a ‘Milk Dud Cue Tip’ so you can understand what goes into it and why one isn’t cheap, but generally cheaper than a laminated tip. The regular chuck accommodates cues from 11mm to 15mm. Once you have found the right tip for you then it will play a certain way replicating those characteristics is the hard bit. When it comes to a ‘Milk Dud Cue Tip,’ you really want to have every part of the process and especially compression nailed! Tweeten Billiard Shaft Tenoning Machine Rating: 2 Reviews Add Your Review 378.00 315.00 Sold out SKU A.ENT.MT Subscribe to back in stock notification Add to Wish List Add to Compare Email This portable tenoning tool from Tweeten is just what you need to re-turn the tenon. I’ve been making ‘Elkmaster Milk Duds’ for some time now and it is fair to say that you certainly need a lot of patience to achieve a consistent result. If the term ‘Milk Dud’ doesn’t mean a lot to you then hopefully this article will help explain a few of the basics and give you a reasonable idea of how they are made. Bought some items and arrived less than 24 hours later we’ll. (an additional collet can be purchased to take cue diameters from 11mm to 15mm), Can’t recommend enough as Marc offers a great and friendly service. Such a shame….Well this is a topic I regularly get asked about when discussing tips and tip making but it doesn’t generally get a lot of press (excuse the pun!). 1 Tweeten Cue Tip Ferrule Cutter (Tweeten Tenoning Machine) with an 6.5mm to 10.4mm cue tip diameter collet. I love bringing cues back to life but when a player at that standard is continually killing their cue regrettably, sometimes you’ve gotta let it die. When I looked at the butt, you guessed it, someone had dabbled with the weight and filled a large hole in with some sort of glue!!Īlthough the guy used to be a decent century breaker he didn’t want to spend too much money for his playing cue so it went back the way it came as this wasn’t a two minute job. We could add to the butt length and then re taper the shaft but we would have to look at the balance point to get the cue back to the same dimensions and characteristics. ![]() I’ve got to say that seeing all these problems without understanding the true nature of why I was asked to change the ferrule was a little frustrating as clearly the cue needs a lot of work to stand a chance of being a player again.Īt least 4 inches would need to come off the tip end of this cue to get past the damage which would have reduced it to 54 inches, way too short for a standard snooker cue length of 58 inches. Holds shafts of 11mm to 15mm in diameter. This tool makes it easy to cut the dowel, it has flexible chuck so that it centers the shaft accurately while working on it. Before we give a description we would just like to ensure you understand that this tool when correctly described is a ‘Tenoning machine’ made by Tweeten. With no mention of what had happened to the cue prior to me opening the case, this was a little bit of a surprise to say the least and not in a good way I might add. The Tweeten Fibre Tenoning Machine is very useful for replacing a ferrule. “Hi Marc, I’ve been told you can fit new ferrules onto snooker cues is there any chance you could pop a new ferrule on and a replacement tip, I like Elkmaster’s if you have them.” Tweeten Tenoning Machine w/Regular Chuck for Billiard Cues from 11 to 15 mm - Made in the USA. This tool makes it easy to cut the dowel, it has flexible chuck so that it centers. Well let’s have a recap to my first communication. ONLY BY ORDER The Tenoning Machine is a do it yourself at home tool. Let’s take a look and see if we can see what he had done prior to giving up and also how not to fit a cue ferrule. Well, when I opened the cue case and took a look inside I was a little stumped and also a little sad that one mistake had clearly led to another and had then turned into a major issue. I knew this guy some 30 years ago and he was a really good player so you have to be spot on with any alterations as many players can only perform with the one cue. Now I knew from previous experience he had a small cue tip ferrule so there certainly wouldn’t be a lot of wood to work with! He asked me if I could fit a new tip and ferrule to his snooker cue. Recently, I had a chat with a guy who used to be a century breaker back in the day. Now you can put the odd minor error right but every now and again you get to see an attempt where someones gone ‘all in’ with a quick fix and totally wrecked a decent cue just occasionally, they don’t tell you this up front! Well I’ve fitted a few hundred tips and ferrules over the years so it’s not a surprise when I get that desperate phone call. ![]()
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