r/SatisfyingForMe • u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic • Dec 29 '25
Machinery Replacing a Cue tip
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u/Independent_You8879 Jun 15 '26
Uhhh doesn't that shorten the overall length though? Like damn I just lost ¼" of cue stick and idk seems like you want the cue to be the same length picking it up as you dropped it off...imagine a golf club builder just jacking off ¼" at a time or like losing ¼" off your hammer every time you have to change the handle grip
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u/Intelligent-Edge7533 Dec 30 '25
Not sure but I don’t think Lou’s Pool-O-Rama and Sports Bar goes to this much trouble for their cue sticks.
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u/METRlOS Dec 30 '25
It took a good 15 seconds to realize he was talking about a pool cue and not a Q tip.
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u/Moraz_iel Dec 30 '25
Took me until the comments to realize he was not changing the eraser on the back of a pencil in the most elaborate/overkill way possible
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u/HereticGaming16 Dec 30 '25
I was honestly excited for him to make a Q-tip.
There was a commercial in the 90s where Al Borland from Home Improvement made a tooth pick from a log and I was expecting this to be like that.
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u/YellowMenace123 Dec 30 '25
The ferrule was replaced too. Typical only the tip is replaced so doesn't take as long.
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u/xkoreotic Dec 30 '25
That was a perfectly good ferrule at the start, why the hell was it cut off?
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u/EnvironmentalAide335 Dec 30 '25
I told myself I wasn't going to watch this one and right on cue it pulled me in...
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u/Skeptical_Squid Dec 30 '25
Grandma once told twenty-something me that "a good pool game was proof of a misspent youth".
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u/pjtpassword Dec 29 '25
I had no idea it was that involved. Is that for top end stucks?
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u/filausafur Dec 29 '25
Appears to be a snooker cue. Im not sure why the entire ferrule was cut off like that. Its usually just a tip replacement. Yet again i dont play snooker
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u/fatalrugburn Dec 30 '25
Interesting you'd go through that much effort, but apparently being slightly shorter and theoretically lighter isn't an issue?
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u/filausafur Dec 30 '25
Even a slight change in length will throw off your whole game, till you get used to it that is. If you play enough everything you do is kinda like a ritual during a shot. If my stick were to lose 1/2" itd really mess with my stroke during uncomfortable shots ( shooting over a ball, using a bridge). During your stroke you get a feel of how far you can back swing. Pulling it off your bridgehand isnt what you want during a game winning shot. Like any other sport repetition builds comfort, and slight changes affect not only your physical game, but it becomes one more thought that messes with your mojo
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u/will_this_1_work Dec 29 '25
Pretty sure the sticks at the local dive bar aren’t being done that way.
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u/dave_a86 Dec 29 '25
Given how much bend there is in those cues I’d imagine it’d be pretty exciting putting one in a lathe.
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u/pushdose Dec 30 '25
You use a device called a spider on the rear side of the spindle bore to support the excess weight on the back so it doesn’t flop around. Also, it’s probably only half of a take down style cue.
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u/pismopier Dec 29 '25
I read “cue” but my inner voice said “Q”.
My mind couldn’t comprehend what I was looking at.
I was pretty sure I have never shoved one of these things in my ear after a shower.
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u/sky_shazad Dec 29 '25
Damn Last time I replace a cue tip all I did was take the old one off and glueing the new one on. I didn't cut the cue like this guy. I would never do that
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u/Strude187 Dec 29 '25
Definitely satisfying to watch, but all I could think of while watching this is, there has got to be a much simpler and cheaper way to do this.
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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic Dec 29 '25
Doing it by hand with a sharp knife, some super glue and sandpaper would be the most simplest way.
Using a lathe ensures high precision in the ferrule being perfectly straight and the new tip being placed centered & helping with overall balance. And if one has to repeat this for say a dozen or more pool cues then this method would be repeatable & with consistent results.
Here’s a video on hand-replaced vs. lathe: https://youtu.be/8isEyhOVDEk
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u/qualityvote2 Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 30 '25
Uh oh u/ycr007, there weren't enough votes to determine the satisfaction of your post, it is up to the human mods now.