Never Own One, but spent Two Years in Apprenticeship to be Prototype Machinist, did notably short runs. Running Lathes, Mills, Grinding Tool, Sharpening Drills, etc. Decide I liked being outdoors more than in side a building stand confront of a machine 8 hours or more a day.
Running a Lathe is not NURO SURGERY, or Rocket Science.
Zero...
Running a lathe and piddling around on one has Zero to do with building and/or constructing a quality playing instrument to be used in any billiard games.
Give it up Bruce
You're a minus zero when it comes to this craft.
Quit acting like you know something that you know zero about.
The match is brutally long! Over 5 hours on YouTube! I can't imagine american style pool being that long per match. I'd probably quit pool. There was a shot clock each shot, the ref had a stopwatch in his hand he'd restart every shot. The match was conceded with 4 min left of the 240 min to start with. IDK if the clock runs during racking and/or any player breaks. The clock does continue to run when the balls are cleaned. (you can hear the beep of the ref's stopwatch when he presses the buttons).
Well I am not as nice as Mr. CajunPopeye, I hope they don't sell at all. Why anyone would carry a chinese knockoff of an American company is beyond me. I'd be surprised if you got any action here.
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So their estimates for taking a pool neophyte to these Fargo levels: 400(2-12 months), 500(6mo to 2 years), 600 (2-3) years, assumes 10 hours of table time per week, league competitive play, and professional coaching.
So reaching Fargo 400 could take ~260 hours, Fargo 500 ~1000 hours, Fargo 600 ~1500 hours
I don't think they touched on cost. If paying $7/hour table time to practice, that is $3500+ per year. Alternatively, you could buy a good home table for $3500 and be ahead after the first year.
Coaching could be $300/year online (estimating here), or $1200+ per year for a monthly session in person.
So reaching Fargo 500 in two years might cost you close to $10K?
These estimates were also assuming a young, physically able, and highly motivated student.
I hate to think how long and costly it would be for a retiree playing 3 hours per week to make it to 500.
