Hey, just wanted to say how much i appreciate your enthusiasm in the sport. Without your guide, i would have been stuck with a cue that looked like i glued an old rug to a broomstick. Thank you for this amazing guide.
And i thought i used to be over the top on detail when changing tips, this is next level. Great insight, and a couple of things that i had failed to consider. Thanks Barry.
Been playing pool and snooker for a little while now but always used the cues at the snooker hall, got myself a nice cue today so this really helped me to shape my tip and know how to replace when its needed, thank you 👍 (now i cant wait to play with my new cue and tip)
who would of thought a putting a tip on video would be so good to watch. ill be fitting a new tip at the weekend wish me luck . great video sir thanks .
Simplicity at its best, thanks mate. Nice and easy guide. Used someone else's advice and the tip ended up jagged. This was straight forward and will use this guide tonight 👍
I subscribed for all the jigs this man made, I'm a hobbyist knife maker and play 8 ball for my down time. I bought my second pool cue and I'd rather replace the tip myself and seeing this man do what he did inspired me beyond what I was expecting. I'd like to give you a big Texas thank you for sharing your trade secrets with all of us on here.
Tanis. Great that you like the videos, I often have to fit tips on site and am only allowed 15 minutes to do it, I had to find a quick and effective way of doing it.
Hi Barry, just discovered you after buying a 6 foot snooker table in lockdown and it's rejuvenated my love for the game even at my silly level. A couple of weeks later, I bought a pretty cue craft Buxton cue and found it quite tinny in sound during any pot. Felt really disheartened as it was a beautifully made cue but it sounded awful and wrong with every shot. I followed your advice on changing a tip and my cue has been transformed . You are a treasure to snooker and you keep it so simple for all to have a go . Best wishes and keep up your great input. Best
Thanks, Mr. Stark, for making the excellent video. I'm from the US and there isn't much snooker played here compared to 8-ball and 9-ball pool. It's hard to find a snooker table in my local area, so I've only played a few times and found it to be quite the difficult game for a beginner. I really like watching the videos of the great players, though.
I used to attend the Billiard Congress of America tournament in Las Vegas each year and get my tip replaced at the cue repair booths set up there at the tournament. They use a lathe to trim off the old tip and glue. After gluing on a new tip, the lathe is used to trim it flush with the ferrule and to burnish the edges. Works pretty well, and cost is reasonable.
OhMost. Over the years I have become reasonably good at fitting a tip but there is no way that I can compete with a lathe, either to ensure a flat surface or to trim the tip flush. However, I usually have to fit tips on site and unfortunately a lathe is never available.
Ive recently purchased a nice cue and now play at my golf club ( both Snooker & Golf) . I used this video for changing my first tip. This video is very well detailed and I have used this to change my tip sucessfully. Im very pleased. I used the elk master 10mm tip on a 9.5mm ferrule. I also found using a square foam sanding block from my local wickes DIY works very well too. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your videos, Mr. Stark. I'm an English teacher from Switzerland, have just started playing snooker more seriously and your tips & instructions are immensely helpful.
Hello Barry just wanted to send a message thanking you this video. I am a big snooker fan & play on average about once a week ( high break 42 ) I put a new tip on yesterday by following this video. I was amazed by the difference it made I have so much more touch in the balls now and am sure I will be a 50+ break play in the very near future. Keep your videos coming they very informative & great to watch !!! Thanks John
johnnyeboy. It has always surprised me a little that even some professional players have difficulty in putting a tip on, I am pleased that you have had a go and that the video has helped. Roll on the 50 break.
Thank you. You have given me the confidence to try once again .. my father was a shoe maker and artists are hard to find. Thank you again for sharing your expertise. I use a soft tip and tend to wear them out rather quickly and need to wait til I get to the states to have it replaced.
Michael. I openly admit that there is no substitute for trimming a tip on a machine. Unfortunately most of the tips I put on are done on site with no machinery available so I had to devise my own method. I volunteered to fix the tips on the club cues practising until I was confident that even professional players would come to me. Where there is a will there is a way, you can do it, it just needs a little patience and practise.
I've been putting tips on for years, lost count as to how many but I know this month I've done 15-16 and pretty much exactly this way except I use a clamp to hold the tip in place for 5 minutes. Also I made a little paddle, like a mini table tennis bat and stuck a medium and a fine piece of emery cloth on either side and it is great for shaping the tip. I loved the little clamp to remove the glue and old tip too, I've had a few nicks over the years from slippy hands so will defo add that to my tip kit:)
Thank you very much for this video, no more messed up ferrules from me! I'm afraid my lack of experience and knowledge led me to absolutely butcher my old cues ferrule by filing it, scratching it and getting glue all over it. Luckily it was a cheap cue but this video saved my new cue craft cue, thank you very much Mr. Stark 👍
Thank you so much for this video Barry. I’ve always struggled to get my tips on properly and this video has helped me a lot. I’m going to find one of those knives you used in order to help me get my tips flush. I wasn’t aware that you should put a bigger tip on.
Nay. Great that the video helps, some players have a problem fitting a tip exactly the same size as the cue so trimming a slightly bigger tip after fitting makes the task easier. I am afraid my knife is hand make from a machine hacksaw blade so you may have to shop around to get something similar.
hi Barry, I am thinking of re tipping my cue soon. I just wanting to say thanks for uploading your videos, they are very informative and helpful. All the best thanks john
i have been replacing my own tip for a while now and have also been replacing tips for my friends. I like the idea of using masking tape and the type of knife you're using looks like would make doing this much easier. thank you.
Joseph. The knife is one that I made from an old machine hacksaw blade, I find the fact that it is chisel sharpened helps in keeping the blade flush with the cue and ferrule. The masking tape just ensures that no glue gets on the cue itself.
Great video, I had no idea ! I've been playing since I was a kid and never gave proper respect to the tip as I only used house cues...Now that I have my own cue it's clear as day that the right tip is essential ! Many thanks good sir.
My dad used to own a snooker hall around the late 90's, early 2000's, I used to be there all time, I was only around 9, 10 years old, I remember him doing this, ahh the good times.
LMAO :D I did the same once with a video on how to build outdoor outdoor cat houses. I watched about 1hrs worth of videos on it and I dont even own a cat.
Great video. I tried doing this on my own and I ripped the fiber off my tip. The second time I was a bit better but I really needed this video to get my cue tip perfect ;)
Barry Stark Snooker Coach yeh thought about asking him because I definitely need to get used to doing it as I've never done one before and my tip is now worn. If I can do it and not scratch the ferule and learn how to shape it correctly I will be changing my tip more often
This video was very informative, thank you for posting. I have tried to fix tips on my cue and in the process damanged the wood and the ferrule, there are minute cracks on the shaft, i would really appreciate if u make a video on cue maintainance.
I live in America and my local pool hall uses a lathe, but I would like to know how to change a tip by hand if I ever need to. I found that Snooker players have much more detailed videos on how to change a tip, thanks for this useful lesson!
SUSU101. There is no doubt if you have access to a lathe it is an advantage, however, I invariably have to change tips for players at the venue where there are no aids and doing it by hand is a necessity.
Nice tutorial, I'm a bit old fashioned, I still use my very old stock of green wafers, my preference is to get them soft/gooey from boiling water (placed in a spoon,) I find they stick just fine and you get more time to move the tip around centralising it, also the thickness of the wafer allows for any undulations/miss shaped tips to be evened out, I do like the idea of using gel glue though, much better than getting the runny stuff stuck all over your fingers LOL.
Gregory. Great, stick with what you know and with what you get success. In the pro game you have to use super glue simply because you are only allowed minimum time. Even in practise pros are an impatient lot and feel it is a waste of time waiting for the glue to set.
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach Well they were ok for me, but going to try your wat this weekend. Have never domed my tip like that, so i'll let you know how it goes...
Thanks so much for replying to my questions Barry, I really do appreciate it. Would you be able to do a video on how to brush, block and iron a table correctly ? Also, what is the best way to restore a badly scratched ferrule without actually replacing it? Maybe 0000 wire wool first and then a nail polisher to finish maybe? Or do you need extra fine sandpaper I.e. 2000 grit or 2500 grit wet and dry? I'm just not sure on the different stages to get the scratched ferrule to a decent looking ferrule. Many thanks Barry.
Here I am in Australia in a stinking hot day watching this, Thought I would give it a go and turned the cue upside down to apply pressure on the glue and smashed the ceiling fan above me with the butt. Now I have went from the living room with no fan to the dog house with the wife. Got a smashed and warped ceiling fan and a nice mark on the butt of my cue and a cranky Shelia. I think I will have a cold one and put a lottery on. Gid day for Australia regards Walter Riley. Aka Wally
S O. Oh! dear I showed this comment to my wife and it reminded her of something that happened many years ago. We had had a little tiff, she was washing the pots, I turned to wipe my cue down prior to going out to play a match and the wedding ring was threaded on it. We are still married.
Barry Stark Snooker Coach Yip you know that feeling. I never won the lottery by way. But I did have a cold one and will have another for you and your good lady tomorrow New Year’s Eve Ps I am out the dog house. Gid day from Oz Wally and have a great new year
newjerseybt Am to big for a cat house my gut would get stuck and that would allow the wife to beat me on the backside and I won’t be able to run 🤗. Sometime it’s just good to go with flo for a few day and get out of solitary confinement.
BarryStark, you are a genius. I was always struggling to remove remnants of glue wood portion and ferule using emery and usually ending with slightly rounded edges on the ferule. The implement at 5.55 mnts is brilliant. Can you guide me how to make this implement? I am making the Kiridashi knife from a hacksaw blade; online the knife is equivalent of ten pounds! I already have the tip clamp which I use. Here in india, the gel variety of glue is rare and hard to get. Most cue technicians use the quick setting instant glue requiring placing the cue tip centrally first time or remove and do all over again. Lastly the sponge burnishing is again new to me and a brilliant innovation. Thank you for the great video. P.S. I would request you to add your advice to every player to do the tip on their own as no one else will take the care which the player himself will for the most important part of the game!
ViswaNath. All it is is a piece of copper tube which fits nicely over the cue, so the diameter is important as you don't want too much room or play but equally you don't want it too tight as it may mark the cue. Put a saw cut a few inches down the tube, this is to hold the Stanley blade. The next bit is the hard bit because you need something to hold the blade in place, to do this I acquired the help of a friend who made it for me on a lathe, something that I do not possess, it slots into the copper tube and holds the blade in place while I apply slight pressure to clean the top of the cue and ferrule.
The green wafers you could get in the past were great. Can't get them now. They were glued both sides and you dipped them in boiling water for approx 5- seconds holding with tweezers or needle. Straight on the cue and then your tip on top. The wafer would take up any uneveness too. Tips rarely come off with these.
Amigo. Yes a lot of players used and liked them, for the modern player though the glue didn't dry quick enough and they prefer the quick drying super glues so they can use the cue almost immediately.
The only thing I disagree with is cutting the tip to flush it with the ferrule, It's best to use a cut tip pencil sharpener, They're very cheap you can get them off Ebay for about $1 each, Very sharp and very effective in making your tip nice and flush. And 10x neater than cutting it. Other than that this is easily the most informative guide for new comers. Job well done Barry.
I think the key thing for me to remember was, keep pressure applied down onto the cue to stop the fibres from opening, whilst trimming excess tip..in the past I have not done so..an the fibre has spread everso slightly an affected it in a way that the tip shape became mis shapen? Great clip
brilliant..im changing from a blue diamond and trying a Kamui..im wondering due to the layers just like a talisman, is it still the same process..i love watching your videos..lovely bloke who knows his stuff....respect
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach I am not a pro and this is the first time i installed my cue tip myself, and i already think it makes you more confident taking the shot.
As a hobby player one would say that I just screw the old one out and the new one in, play a bit and all is okay.... and now I discover rocket science. Wow. Gotta try that out first thing tomorrow :D
Love your videos, good to get other perspectives, as I'm in the states, and it's all full sized balls here. ;-) A comment on your glue. I agree completely, Loctite is the brand to use, but not the gel version. The kind of gaps the gel version is meant to fill are far larger than any you are likely to find on a cue tip repair. What makes the gel version fill gaps is, well, a filler. That is, an adulterant is added to the basic glue to make it more viscous, that makes it weaker. Not by much probably, but I have a problem spending more for something that doesn't work as well. How much more? At my local Home Depot 4 grams of Ultra Liquid Control Super Glue costs between $1.29 - $1.42 / gram, 20 grams of Professional Liquid Super Glue costs ~$.37/gram, and on Amazon you can buy a two pack of 20 grams of Professional Liquid Super Glue for $.30/gram. I use a fair amount of super glue in a year so it adds up for me. NB! Liquid Super Glue will NOT penetrate the leather or the tip to any significant distance, if anything I would expect the gel glue to penetrate further as its kick time is longer. I haven't measured it, but my guess is no more than .0001 inch. Perhaps I will measure and get back to you... You just eyeball the radius? Tips over here are generally between 11.5 mm and 13 mm diameter, and players usually want the tip to be a US Dime radius,~9 mm, for a playing cue, and 13 mm with a Nickel coin radius, ~10.6 mm, and of course uniform.
Thank you Barry, great seeing a master of his trade using self made tools.
Awe the best for ‘24. 🥃🏴
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey, just wanted to say how much i appreciate your enthusiasm in the sport. Without your guide, i would have been stuck with a cue that looked like i glued an old rug to a broomstick. Thank you for this amazing guide.
Glad I could help!
Wow. You're 10 levels above all I've seen about removing tips. Thank you.
Glad to help
hands down the best video about cue tips on youtube! thanks mr,barry your videos are pricless
I was a little disappointed, he didn't even mention how to properly clean the ear wax off of them.
That'd be a Q-tip ;)
Never a truer word has been spoken
absolutely right
And i thought i used to be over the top on detail when changing tips, this is next level. Great insight, and a couple of things that i had failed to consider. Thanks Barry.
This is by far the most comprehensive tip changing and shaping video I've seen after a long time searching.
Bravo Mr Stark.
Glad it was helpful!
Been playing pool and snooker for a little while now but always used the cues at the snooker hall, got myself a nice cue today so this really helped me to shape my tip and know how to replace when its needed, thank you 👍 (now i cant wait to play with my new cue and tip)
I enjoy watching this man with his snooker instructions, and now his artisanship on installing a new tip. He's a real pro.
Easy. Many thanks, glad you like the videos.
who would of thought a putting a tip on video would be so good to watch. ill be fitting a new tip at the weekend wish me luck . great video sir thanks .
Simplicity at its best, thanks mate. Nice and easy guide. Used someone else's advice and the tip ended up jagged. This was straight forward and will use this guide tonight 👍
wonderful video, I recently got my very own cue and I'm looking forward to using this tutorial for maintaining it! Thank you for making this!
M. A lot of pros have difficulty changing a tip, just take your time it is easy.
Wisdom and experience, so rare this days. Thank you sir!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for that. You explained it very well, especially the tip shaping bit where you explained you're actually filing from the centre to the outside.
Dalai. Yes, you need to do that otherwise there is a risk of lifting the fibres and ruining the tip.
I subscribed for all the jigs this man made, I'm a hobbyist knife maker and play 8 ball for my down time. I bought my second pool cue and I'd rather replace the tip myself and seeing this man do what he did inspired me beyond what I was expecting. I'd like to give you a big Texas thank you for sharing your trade secrets with all of us on here.
Tanis. Great that you like the videos, I often have to fit tips on site and am only allowed 15 minutes to do it, I had to find a quick and effective way of doing it.
Watching your videos has not only been a pleasure but its improved my pool game. This video is an absolute gem. Thank you for the knowledge!
abstracthc. Glad to be of help, good luck with your game.
Thanks for the reply about making the bottom of the tip smooth or not Barry, at least I know now! Many thanks, all your advice is much appreciated.
Hi Barry, just discovered you after buying a 6 foot snooker table in lockdown and it's rejuvenated my love for the game even at my silly level.
A couple of weeks later, I bought a pretty cue craft Buxton cue and found it quite tinny in sound during any pot.
Felt really disheartened as it was a beautifully made cue but it sounded awful and wrong with every shot.
I followed your advice on changing a tip and my cue has been transformed .
You are a treasure to snooker and you keep it so simple for all to have a go .
Best wishes and keep up your great input.
Best
joe. Great that you have resolved the problem, when you next change the tip may I suggest that you make sure that the ferrule is secure.
Thanks, Mr. Stark, for making the excellent video. I'm from the US and there isn't much snooker played here compared to 8-ball and 9-ball pool. It's hard to find a snooker table in my local area, so I've only played a few times and found it to be quite the difficult game for a beginner. I really like watching the videos of the great players, though.
I used to attend the Billiard Congress of America tournament in Las Vegas each year and get my tip replaced at the cue repair booths set up there at the tournament. They use a lathe to trim off the old tip and glue. After gluing on a new tip, the lathe is used to trim it flush with the ferrule and to burnish the edges. Works pretty well, and cost is reasonable.
OhMost. Over the years I have become reasonably good at fitting a tip but there is no way that I can compete with a lathe, either to ensure a flat surface or to trim the tip flush. However, I usually have to fit tips on site and unfortunately a lathe is never available.
Ive recently purchased a nice cue and now play at my golf club ( both Snooker & Golf) . I used this video for changing my first tip. This video is very well detailed and I have used this to change my tip sucessfully. Im very pleased. I used the elk master 10mm tip on a 9.5mm ferrule. I also found using a square foam sanding block from my local wickes DIY works very well too. Hope this helps.
krooke. Well done, glad that the video helped. The sanding blocks are a useful accessory, I have used them myself on occasions.
Thank you for your videos, Mr. Stark. I'm an English teacher from Switzerland, have just started playing snooker more seriously and your tips & instructions are immensely helpful.
Uriel. Glad to be of help.
I love using the gel glue gives you a more time to manoeuvre the tip central.
Great video
Hello Barry just wanted to send a message thanking you this video.
I am a big snooker fan & play on average about once a week ( high break 42 )
I put a new tip on yesterday by following this video.
I was amazed by the difference it made I have so much more touch in the balls now and am sure I will be a 50+ break play in the very near future.
Keep your videos coming they very informative & great to watch !!!
Thanks John
johnnyeboy. It has always surprised me a little that even some professional players have difficulty in putting a tip on, I am pleased that you have had a go and that the video has helped. Roll on the 50 break.
Thank you. You have given me the confidence to try once again .. my father was a shoe maker and artists are hard to find. Thank you again for sharing your expertise. I use a soft tip and tend to wear them out rather quickly and need to wait til I get to the states to have it replaced.
Michael. I openly admit that there is no substitute for trimming a tip on a machine. Unfortunately most of the tips I put on are done on site with no machinery available so I had to devise my own method. I volunteered to fix the tips on the club cues practising until I was confident that even professional players would come to me. Where there is a will there is a way, you can do it, it just needs a little patience and practise.
Ive been changing my own tips since I was 15 and am pretty good at it now but I still learned a few things from this video. Cheers!
Kaboom. Glad you like the video, not all players, including some professionals can change a tip adequately so well done.
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach hi I’ve just bought a new cue and the tip is hard really hard like plastic should I re tip that or sand it down thanks
You are legitimately a legend sir what a fantastic guide, Hilarious personality telling from the comments just incredible.
eLeBrice. Thanks for the compliments I will try to live up to them.
I've been putting tips on for years, lost count as to how many but I know this month I've done 15-16 and pretty much exactly this way except I use a clamp to hold the tip in place for 5 minutes. Also I made a little paddle, like a mini table tennis bat and stuck a medium and a fine piece of emery cloth on either side and it is great for shaping the tip. I loved the little clamp to remove the glue and old tip too, I've had a few nicks over the years from slippy hands so will defo add that to my tip kit:)
John. I'm sure we can all learn little tricks from each other, well done.
great video. liked the idea of the pipe with the cut in it accepting the stanley blade. quality improvising.
kenneth. Whenever I have a task which I feel I will be doing regularly I try to find an easy way of doing it, glad you like it.
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach yep, me too. keep up the good work Barry.
Thank you very much for this video, no more messed up ferrules from me! I'm afraid my lack of experience and knowledge led me to absolutely butcher my old cues ferrule by filing it, scratching it and getting glue all over it. Luckily it was a cheap cue but this video saved my new cue craft cue, thank you very much Mr. Stark 👍
Rhys. Glad to be of help. Buying a decent snooker is expensive and many are damaged by not knowing how to put a tip on. Well done.
improved my game so much in less than a month! thankyou
lenny. Glad to be of help.
Thank you, before watching this video I wasn't exactly getting the best results -_- now my tip is put on properly and it works a treat! Thanks!
Kane. My pleasure.
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach Also, congratulations on surpassing 100k! Happy new year Barry.
Thank you so much for this video Barry. I’ve always struggled to get my tips on properly and this video has helped me a lot. I’m going to find one of those knives you used in order to help me get my tips flush. I wasn’t aware that you should put a bigger tip on.
Nay. Great that the video helps, some players have a problem fitting a tip exactly the same size as the cue so trimming a slightly bigger tip after fitting makes the task easier. I am afraid my knife is hand make from a machine hacksaw blade so you may have to shop around to get something similar.
Thanks now i am happy God give everyone who play snooker teacher like u thanks sir again
hi Barry, I am thinking of re tipping my cue soon. I just wanting to say thanks for uploading your videos, they are very informative and helpful. All the best thanks
john
Salam, subscribe to my channel as well as not a thing and thank you in advance
Searching 'cue tip pressing tool' will more accurately find on the web the type of tool Barry uses in the video.
Mistakenly bought myself a tit-clamp
@@ronaldmariah lol
Excellent comprehensive explanation, I know feel confident to take it on. Thank you
bswills. Takes a little practise but relatively easy.
i have been replacing my own tip for a while now and have also been replacing tips for my friends. I like the idea of using masking tape and the type of knife you're using looks like would make doing this much easier. thank you.
Joseph. The knife is one that I made from an old machine hacksaw blade, I find the fact that it is chisel sharpened helps in keeping the blade flush with the cue and ferrule. The masking tape just ensures that no glue gets on the cue itself.
Great video, I had no idea ! I've been playing since I was a kid and never gave proper respect to the tip as I only used house cues...Now that I have my own cue it's clear as day that the right tip is essential ! Many thanks good sir.
Douglas. My pleasure, remember there is only one thing that has contact with the cue ball, the tip, it needs to be looked after.
Kyren is my favourite player because I love his cue action. Rock solid.
My dad used to own a snooker hall around the late 90's, early 2000's, I used to be there all time, I was only around 9, 10 years old, I remember him doing this, ahh the good times.
Thank you Barry, I have trouble with adapting my tip to my liking and this video helps me a lot.
Kai. I am pleased to be of help.
Barry Stark Snooker Coach Thank you Barry. Could you do a video in my favour. I would like practice in controlling the pace of the cue ball
Thanks Barry, (from Australia). Very helpful.
Glad to help
that was the best video on changing a tip :)
amarsbarr
Quite
amarsbarr j.
Never played snooker. Probably will never play. Watched all 17 mins ffs.
Steve Worrell why lol
Well now you can change the tips for people who do play! :)
Very good video! Thanks.
Only at the end do I realize how long this video was. I don't even play snooker. What am I doing here?
John Miller the same with me...hahaha. But at least now I know how to change the tip.
time waste
Maybe you should try snooker - use Barry's video lessons and tips - it is a wonderful game and you will enjoy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was going to like this comment, but who am I to end a 147?
LMAO :D I did the same once with a video on how to build outdoor outdoor cat houses. I watched about 1hrs worth of videos on it and I dont even own a cat.
Great video. I tried doing this on my own and I ripped the fiber off my tip. The second time I was a bit better but I really needed this video to get my cue tip perfect ;)
Video. I volunteered to re-tip the club cues to gain experience and learn from my mistakes.
Excellent video I will try this myself now before I didn't have the confidence to change my tip in case I completely damaged it
Adam. Instead of running the risk of damaging your own cue, why not ask the club owner if you can practise on an OLD club cue.
Barry Stark Snooker Coach yeh thought about asking him because I definitely need to get used to doing it as I've never done one before and my tip is now worn. If I can do it and not scratch the ferule and learn how to shape it correctly I will be changing my tip more often
you are the boss SIR.
This video was very informative, thank you for posting. I have tried to fix tips on my cue and in the process damanged the wood and the ferrule, there are minute cracks on the shaft, i would really appreciate if u make a video on cue maintainance.
I live in America and my local pool hall uses a lathe, but I would like to know how to change a tip by hand if I ever need to. I found that Snooker players have much more detailed videos on how to change a tip, thanks for this useful lesson!
SUSU101. There is no doubt if you have access to a lathe it is an advantage, however, I invariably have to change tips for players at the venue where there are no aids and doing it by hand is a necessity.
Barry Stark does it "unplugged". We Yanks are silly dependent on power tools for everything. Mr. Stark shows us how simple it can be.
Very good informative video. Learned some thing useful today. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Very nice video. Just in time because tomorrow I going to change my tip.
Nice job fella, very easy to follow
Wise man. Great tutorial, thank you.
Taylor. My pleasure, a lot of good players struggle with this.
Hello Barry I gave this very helpfull video a like
Glad you enjoyed it
tax for sharing tips it was very helpful video for me.
This is the most important lesson as a new snooker player(newish).
Great video, thorough explanation. Thank you :)
Great video he's right about those women's nail buffer or what ever u call them I've been using them for years there great
Great advice Barrry, keep up the great vids.
Thanks for the video I only asked about this a month or two ago, great channel
Trippy. This goes deeper than I thought. Then again, in hindsight it seems obvious
Haa I used my mums nail file last time worked perfect
Amazing video! It has surely helped me a lot!! Thank you sir!
Matheus. My pleasure.
Great info, wil be using this to change my tip this weekend ;)
I hardly play billiard, let alone snooker but this was very informative. Thank you. :)
Aedrieus. My pleasure.
Nice tutorial, I'm a bit old fashioned, I still use my very old stock of green wafers, my preference is to get them soft/gooey from boiling water (placed in a spoon,) I find they stick just fine and you get more time to move the tip around centralising it, also the thickness of the wafer allows for any undulations/miss shaped tips to be evened out, I do like the idea of using gel glue though, much better than getting the runny stuff stuck all over your fingers LOL.
Gregory. Great, stick with what you know and with what you get success. In the pro game you have to use super glue simply because you are only allowed minimum time. Even in practise pros are an impatient lot and feel it is a waste of time waiting for the glue to set.
Fantastic video thanks. Quick question, instead of a tip clamp, can I just put the tip in a vice overnight?
Love the homemade kit 💚
@halli. Certainly, please be a little careful with the pressure you apply though, little bit of trial and error needed here.
Well Barry what can I say. I have been doing my own tips for 37yrs and now after watching this I may do them properly...lol
David. After all that time I am sure you made a good job of it, I hope the video got you thinking a little though. Good luck.
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach Well they were ok for me, but going to try your wat this weekend. Have never domed my tip like that, so i'll let you know how it goes...
Thanks so much for replying to my questions Barry, I really do appreciate it. Would you be able to do a video on how to brush, block and iron a table correctly ? Also, what is the best way to restore a badly scratched ferrule without actually replacing it? Maybe 0000 wire wool first and then a nail polisher to finish maybe? Or do you need extra fine sandpaper I.e. 2000 grit or 2500 grit wet and dry? I'm just not sure on the different stages to get the scratched ferrule to a decent looking ferrule. Many thanks Barry.
very excellent advice, thank you!!!
Salam, subscribe to my channel as well as not a thing and thank you in advance
Brilliant job.
Be very careful when searching for tip clamps
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Beat me to it 😂😂
@@jamiepurnell307and me... by 7 months!!
Here I am in Australia in a stinking hot day watching this, Thought I would give it a go and turned the cue upside down to apply pressure on the glue and smashed the ceiling fan above me with the butt. Now I have went from the living room with no fan to the dog house with the wife. Got a smashed and warped ceiling fan and a nice mark on the butt of my cue and a cranky Shelia. I think I will have a cold one and put a lottery on. Gid day for Australia regards Walter Riley. Aka Wally
S O. Oh! dear I showed this comment to my wife and it reminded her of something that happened many years ago. We had had a little tiff, she was washing the pots, I turned to wipe my cue down prior to going out to play a match and the wedding ring was threaded on it. We are still married.
Barry Stark Snooker Coach Yip you know that feeling. I never won the lottery by way. But I did have a cold one and will have another for you and your good lady tomorrow New Year’s Eve Ps I am out the dog house. Gid day from Oz Wally and have a great new year
Old Chinese saying: A wife who puts husband in doghouse may find him in cat-house.
newjerseybt Am to big for a cat house my gut would get stuck and that would allow the wife to beat me on the backside and I won’t be able to run 🤗. Sometime it’s just good to go with flo for a few day and get out of solitary confinement.
Absolutely perfect tutorial, as always 🙏 thank you so much fo all your videos
Fabrizzio. My pleasure.
Thank you very much! Extremely useful and informative :)
BarryStark, you are a genius. I was always struggling to remove remnants of glue wood portion and ferule using emery and usually ending with slightly rounded edges on the ferule. The implement at 5.55 mnts is brilliant. Can you guide me how to make this implement? I am making the Kiridashi knife from a hacksaw blade; online the knife is equivalent of ten pounds! I already have the tip clamp which I use. Here in india, the gel variety of glue is rare and hard to get. Most cue technicians use the quick setting instant glue requiring placing the cue tip centrally first time or remove and do all over again. Lastly the sponge burnishing is again new to me and a brilliant innovation. Thank you for the great video. P.S. I would request you to add your advice to every player to do the tip on their own as no one else will take the care which the player himself will for the most important part of the game!
ViswaNath. All it is is a piece of copper tube which fits nicely over the cue, so the diameter is important as you don't want too much room or play but equally you don't want it too tight as it may mark the cue. Put a saw cut a few inches down the tube, this is to hold the Stanley blade. The next bit is the hard bit because you need something to hold the blade in place, to do this I acquired the help of a friend who made it for me on a lathe, something that I do not possess, it slots into the copper tube and holds the blade in place while I apply slight pressure to clean the top of the cue and ferrule.
The green wafers you could get in the past were great. Can't get them now. They were glued both sides and you dipped them in boiling water for approx 5- seconds holding with tweezers or needle. Straight on the cue and then your tip on top. The wafer would take up any uneveness too. Tips rarely come off with these.
Amigo. Yes a lot of players used and liked them, for the modern player though the glue didn't dry quick enough and they prefer the quick drying super glues so they can use the cue almost immediately.
hi sir another good video.Great idea with the Stanley blade in piece of copper pipe maybe try that alot safer method
Love you Barry Ironman Stark
Matthew. Gone a bit flabby these days, but thanks anyway.
Is it me or this is soo satisfying
The only thing I disagree with is cutting the tip to flush it with the ferrule, It's best to use a cut tip pencil sharpener, They're very cheap you can get them off Ebay for about $1 each, Very sharp and very effective in making your tip nice and flush. And 10x neater than cutting it. Other than that this is easily the most informative guide for new comers. Job well done Barry.
I think the key thing for me to remember was, keep pressure applied down onto the cue to stop the fibres from opening, whilst trimming excess tip..in the past I have not done so..an the fibre has spread everso slightly an affected it in a way that the tip shape became mis shapen?
Great clip
AQSAPAL. Yes, if you use the method shown to trim your tip you must apply downward pressure or you will open the fibres of the tip.
I been using my tip for 20 years and it’s fine.
Great instructional video, thanks so much.
Gary. My pleasure, glad to be of help.
amazing videos! really helpful! gotta love snooker! oleee!
He did a really good job! I learned something. :)
Daniel. Glad you learned from the video, it takes a little practise to get it right.
brilliant..im changing from a blue diamond and trying a Kamui..im wondering due to the layers just like a talisman, is it still the same process..i love watching your videos..lovely bloke who knows his stuff....respect
Dazza. Exactly the same process, just be careful when trimming or shaping not to seperate the layers.
Dear Sir,
I really like your all video.And an information.Thank you. i am from Nepal.
Ang. My pleasure, glad you like the videos.
13:25 the audio is of an equal UP AND DOWN file.
If the motion was only DOWN it wouldn’t sound the same 👍🏻
And now Kyren is playing for the World Championship!!!
Final!
Bobby. Its quite an occasion.
Beautiful work
Kenneth. I change that many tips for players that I had to find a simple and effective way of doing it on site. Many thanks.
Thank u Barry！You are the best❤
Thanks a lot Barry, this was really useful :)
i zaman. Even some professional players cannot put a tip on, which has always surprised me a little.
@@BarryStarkSnookerCoach I am not a pro and this is the first time i installed my cue tip myself, and i already think it makes you more confident taking the shot.
Well explained thanks you made it look easy.
MrZamo99. I used to volunteer to re-tip the club cues, all the time trying to learn from the experience.
As a hobby player one would say that I just screw the old one out and the new one in, play a bit and all is okay.... and now I discover rocket science. Wow. Gotta try that out first thing tomorrow :D
Thanks. Emboldened me to do tip replacement myself.hehehe
Shingen. Its not that difficult once you know how and are prepared to have a go.
Excellent video
David Heywood
Love your videos, good to get other perspectives, as I'm in the states, and it's all full sized balls here. ;-)
A comment on your glue. I agree completely, Loctite is the brand to use, but not the gel version. The kind of gaps the gel version is meant to fill are far larger than any you are likely to find on a cue tip repair. What makes the gel version fill gaps is, well, a filler. That is, an adulterant is added to the basic glue to make it more viscous, that makes it weaker. Not by much probably, but I have a problem spending more for something that doesn't work as well. How much more?
At my local Home Depot 4 grams of Ultra Liquid Control Super Glue costs between $1.29 - $1.42 / gram, 20 grams of Professional Liquid Super Glue costs ~$.37/gram, and on Amazon you can buy a two pack of 20 grams of Professional Liquid Super Glue for $.30/gram. I use a fair amount of super glue in a year so it adds up for me. NB! Liquid Super Glue will NOT penetrate the leather or the tip to any significant distance, if anything I would expect the gel glue to penetrate further as its kick time is longer. I haven't measured it, but my guess is no more than .0001 inch. Perhaps I will measure and get back to you...
You just eyeball the radius? Tips over here are generally between 11.5 mm and 13 mm diameter, and players usually want the tip to be a US Dime radius,~9 mm, for a playing cue, and 13 mm with a Nickel coin radius, ~10.6 mm, and of course uniform.
Kate. You make some very good points which I will take to heart. Thankyou.
Thank your for sharing this to us master.
I am glad that you enjoy the videos and are learning from them.