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WTB: Tascarella 4 point

Burns
Im seeing what's out there for a nice Tascarella 4 pointer preferably w/ some colorful veneers, wrap, Hoppe style and cocobolo is a bonus. Would possibly be interested in other builders like Scruggs. Not looking for a super loaded cue, and actually prefer minimal to no inlays. It will be an occasional player. I'm looking for something that I really like, so I'm going to be kinda picky here.
One thing is that im in Canada, so you would have to be able to ship here. Let me know what you've got.
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I need a little help identifying this Gold Crown

Jaden
u12armresl said:
Haven't heard double or triple shim in a long long time. Before all the good table mechanics, shimming was the way. Also heard double and triple tough as a reference to tables.

Stupid tough only comes to mind thinking about the golf table at Hard Times.
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Funny story about that. I rented out big bertha while I was waiting for a match in one of the big tourneys there. The swanee or a predator 10 ball event, I don't remember which, I was shooting some shots and Butch Barba comes over and says I'll shoot that shot with my eyes closed and he did, it was an object ball in the center of the table and the cueball about a diamond out, shooting it into the far corner.

I said, I'll do it too. and they set it up and I shot it and looked up and someone was picking a ball off the floor to put back on the table and Butch was just walking away so I figured I had missed since I had my eyes closed and everyone was laughing. They weren't laughing because I had missed they were laughing because I made it and that's why Butch was walking away.
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Does top spin and bottom spin affect the cue ball's path after hitting a cushion?

H
macbookmike said:
I understand that using top and bottom will change the path of the cue ball after hitting the object ball. But what about after it hits a rail? I think the common saying is that, without sidespin, angle in equals angle out. But does having a lot of top spin or bottom spin on the cue ball when it hits the rail affect its path after it comes off said rail?

I know that using bottom / top on kick shots will shorten or lengthen the kick but I haven't noticed that the top/bottom affects the cue ball after it hits a rail after shooting at an object ball.

Here's an example shot where if I shoot with maximum high, it seems the angle in really equals angle out without the top spin affecting the cue ball after rail contact. https://www.chalkysticks.com/diagram/CF244cY.png

So why is it so apparent on kick shots but not on shots where you hit an object ball?
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I don't recall if I posted this in on AZ before, or in a Discord thread, but I could not find it with a quick search (and too lazy to really dig)....

I have done this on a 9 ft table, with fast cloth, and HEAVY topspin. The reason that I remember it, is *because* I remember it bending twice, after both rebounds:

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Obviously, the curves are not exactly what went down, but essentially it was straight-in, rebound short and curve forward, then repeat off the 2nd cushion. The ball may have been deeper in the jaws....this happened in like '97 or '98.

So, I would say top alone definitely affects the movement off the cushion, although it's "extreme" spin.
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