[row ] [col span="2/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] snooker-crazy-how to press a cue tip [/col] [col span="1/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] Cue Tip Press Drive and Chamber This the basic cue tip press that I like to use, simplistic in design and simplistic in use, what more do you need? Be careful though, there are many cue tip presses that look like this one but do not have the correct internals to press a decent dome. This version comes in two basic types of design; the flat press and the domed press, obviously most like to use the dome press as it saves time unless you have a different shape in mind. [/col] [/row] [row ] [col span="2/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] snooker-crazy-how to press a snooker tip [/col] [col span="1/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] Cue Tip Press Drive As you can see in the picture, this chamber has a domed face. The domed face is the part that fits over the domed part of the cue tip. You can see where the threaded part of the drive winds into the chamber, the more you wind it in, the more the tip compresses. [/col] [/row] [row ] [col span="2/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] snooker-crazy-how to press a snooker tip [/col] [col span="1/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] Centering your cue tip For the case of this example, we have placed a 10mm elkmaster in the press. When you put your tip in, it may seem obvious but make sure it is completely centred or the compression will not be even. As I said, at the base of the chamber is a dome, place your tip dome in there or if you have a flat tip, just ensure it is central. [/col] [/row] [row ] [col span="2/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] snooker-crazy-how to press a snooker tip [/col] [col span="1/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] Cue Tip Press – Start Measurement Using a digital vernier the Elkmaster measurement was 4.2mm in depth prior to any compression. It is important to know the size of this depth prior to any compression as when you understand your perfect start point you can pick a similar one next time. [/col] [/row] [row ] [col span="2/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] snooker-crazy-how to press a snooker tip [/col] [col span="1/3" animate="bounceInLeft"] How to press a cue tip With your tip in place (and being careful not to tilt the press), take the tension up until you feel the driver reach the tip in the chamber. This is the point at which any further movement will start to compress the tip. We need to understand these points as it will help us replicate the process into the future so this is the start point. [/col] [/row]