POOL CUE TIP PRESS FOR JUMP, BREAK & PLAYING CUE TIPS 13 mm lathe repair tools

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PICONE CUE TIP PRESS
for 13 mm tips.
You are bidding on one (1) Picone cue tip press for 13mm tips. Made from aircraft grade aluminum and tool steel this press lets you press your own cue tips. For many years players and cue repairmen have been pressing cue tips to take some of the mushrooming out of the tips and improve consistency. Most recently many players have been pressing tips to very hard consistencies for their break cues and jump cues. The advantage of the Picone tip press is, it is designed to maintain the shape and integrity of the cue tip.
In the past players have used everything from a bench vice to pounding tips with a hammer in a attempt to make them harder and more compact. The problem is, this kind of crushing of the tip just flattens the tip out, spreading and breaking the leather fibers making for a mostly poor quality tip. By contrast the Picone tip press compacts the tip while maintaining it's original shape.
I made my first tip press for my own use about 20 years ago and over the years have made quite a few for friends. You don't have to be a professional cue repairman or cue maker to find this tool useful. You can use most any tip, Le pro, Triangle or any tip on the market including layered tips to make your own custom hardened tips.
I will also including with the press some information I have learned over the years on pressing tips as well as some methods for hardening the tips.
"Did you know a thousand years ago armor was often made from leather using a boiling process"?
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The picture shows the cue tip press and it's pieces.
In the picture is the main body, end cap
and two tool steel pistons.
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Picture is the tip press assembled. Notice the relief hole
to relieve the hydraulic pressure when pressing.
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The tip press comes with two pistons for pressing.
One is flat and the second  has a concave
center for pressing tips with a curved top.
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The end of each piston is drilled with a 60 degree (see photos) center.
This lets you use your lathe center for pressing.
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See photos for some examples of how you can use the tip press. One is an inexpensive drill press vice.
Notice a ruler has been attached
to the vice so you can measure how much you are
Pressing the tip. I also like this vice for pressing
because it can just be set aside and it does not tie up a piece of equipment
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Another is about as simple as it gets. A plain "C" clamp but still very effective.
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