Coos Cues said:

Dial indicators for the win!

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Coos Cues said:

Dial indicators for the win!

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Hard to beat a rock solid dial indicator.

I still use my Mitutoyo on my carriage for when I am lazy and don't feel like turning on the techy crap, little stuff like ferrules and whatnot.

But when I am roughing out tapers and stuff similar, having a DRO saves soooooo much time haha. Just move the cross-slide and I know it's exactly where it say's it's gonna be, take my rough cut, then 2 finishing cuts and throw a caliper on it just to satisfy myself and it's within 0.001 every single time, which for a 30" taper on wood, on a 1940s atlas lathe is almost remarkable. Almost.. lol

kling&allen said:

I agree with the accuracy and precision concerns of the digital micrometers used in these diy dros (I have a few for my taig). I switched back to dials for some key measurements.

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Yeah, I'd also like to correct myself. The initial measurements to perform the movement on the lathe will be using the graduation dials, then confirmed with a caliper on the workpiece. So, you're ending up using 2 other devices to confirm the DRO does it's job every single time. Just doesn't make sense to use DRO unless the DRO is the most accurate form of measurement on the machine.

Sorry, just wanted to clarify so I don't sound like more of an idiot than I already can be.

maha said:

cant you size tips to the exact mm size someone asks for?. then no trimming needed. put on and play almost immediately.

you could also then sell any brand of tip to satisfy all.

this way people can pop off a tip and try a different one and even put back the one they took off.

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I was hoping that we have manufacturers that sell tips of typical sizes now that are already cut and shaped. do they still expect people to play with 14mm tips? pretty much the standard now is less than 13mm. hopefully they get the drift. also, I hate using the typical trimmer/sharpener. they don't cut good. I find doing it manually with a box cutter faster and much better.

Valley one piece house cues, 16oz through 21oz.. Cheap 2 piece cues 16oz through 21oz. My cue stay in their cases.

Kris_b1104 said:

That's pretty cool. Anyone ever refused to pay after losing?

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Yep. All kinds of stupid things can happen. You just black book them and keep it rollin'.
Post and put $ on the light, some dummy grabs it and runs out the door. Post with a 3rd party and some sore loser comes up with some bs foul or otherwise, now the posted $ is disputed, that becomes a whole thing. Win and get robbed in the parking lot or someplace else.
Gambling has all kinds of drawbacks. Nothing is safe.
If you want to stay on people's good action lists, do the right thing. Pool is a small community.
It is what it is.

your all over the place in gumbo. luckily its the same when you slide off the road as it is on the road if things are flat as they are.

i ran into it one time way back in the cenntennial mountains fishing. and on a narrow road with a steep side on one side.
made it most of the way but got stuck and walked out a couple miles to a farm house and they came and pulled me out. what a mess.

rusty your high boy with thin tires is the trick for it. still not to do.

Jaden said:

I could design a tip trimming tool that would adjust to a shaft size if people might be interested in that. It would at least get it really close and then can be sanded the last fractions of mm by hand.

It would be something that would slide over the end of the shaft and would be pulled down trimming as it is pulled down.

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Kris_b1104 said:

How did you do it? Since there is no way of posting.

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Cheap if I don't know the person $50/100
More if they are well known to me or trusted others.

ive seen guys loan money back and forth with them for larger amounts. but paying off in 20 dollar increments is silly.

if you gamble carry cash. it aint heavy.

Brunswick re-used some of the names over the years. Twice with the Gold Crown. The first was the Gold Crown 2000, and the second was the Gold Crown Coin.

They did the same with the Centennial or the Anniversary (I forget which one now). There was a complete POS table, I think even with a non-slate top, that had that name on the side of it. I saw the picture a few weeks ago somewhere.

Those are all obscure edge cases. When someone says Gold Crown, or Anniversary, or Centennial, what they are talking about is clear to everyone.

GideonF said:

Is this (and the ghost data) with BIH after the break?

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Yes. No penalty for a break scratch either. No spotting balls on a break scratch.

skogstokig said:

misspelled name? kiril is a russian name, kriel i've never heard or seen. rutman makes more sense as a russian (minority) name

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His real name is Kirill Rutman. He goes by Russian Kenny in pool.