BankT8Ball said:

Ken,

I'm not sure if the ebony Tomahawk cue is
more common one. I've seen a lot more of
the OP posted cue than the ebony one over the
years but thats just me.

The green Tomahawk cue is probably very
hard one to find. Just about as hard to find like the
Meucci original brochure that I have and the Meucci rotating display
case with cabinet.

Mike

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Ebony is more rare than the maple

Besides the joy of DIY, is there a benefit over a ready product?
I’m sure that there are some cheap ready products out there just for tip replacements.

Do you need it for personal use or are you planning to offer repair services?
For personal use, you can just do it by hand.
If you’re going to offer repairs, then you might want to consider a pro lathe that can do more than tip as you’ll probably grow into that direction and it’s cheaper to get the right tool from the beginning

Each generational level of cue sports has had the best ever component to it. Hopkins is no exception. In his time he was "The Best." That's until I saw Efren play the game in the 90's, 2000's and until about 2010. I thought no one could play the game any better and then comes Alex. Now maybe it's Filler and Gorst maybe just Filler. I hope I get to see someone better than Filler but that may take awhile.

BlueRaider said:

Is it possible to reach the top 75 globally in anything as an adult, even if you start your journey as a strong amateur? I say no unless it's something extremely niche.

Reaching 800 would put him one point ahead of John Morra. He'd be 5 points behind Chris Melling and Jeff De Luna. Guys who each have decades of pro tournament experience and significant titles. That just seems absurd on the face of it.

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There are exceptions but I think they tend to prove the rule. Larry Nelson in golf. John Schmidt in pool. But in wiki there were 8 years between Schmidt starting play (19) and his first professional tournament.(27) Not counting ridiculous athletes moving from one sport to another where their athleticism gets them by. Like track athletes moving to bobsled or Christian Okoye being handed a football.

Philthepockets said:

Is this ruling correct?

If you break in 8‑ball and all seven balls of one group (all solids or all stripes) drop on the break, the ruling is actually very simple — and it’s the same across all major rule sets.

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Pocketing balls on the break does not give you ball‑in‑hand or any special continuation. The break is always considered its own turn. Once the balls stop moving, your inning ends unless you pocketed the 8‑ball (which is a separate rule).

So even if you made all seven solids (or all seven stripes):

• You do not continue shooting
• Your opponent comes to the table
• Your opponent is automatically assigned the other group
• Your opponent must shoot at the remaining seven balls of their group

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They must play by different rules in Canada, everywhere else that I have seen when you make at least 1 ball on the break and do not foul you get to continue shooting and your opponent stays in their chair.

Login to view embedded media Ronnie in Rocket mode. Blink and you will miss it. The final black with the other hand.
Ronnie had an affection for Ding. I read that he stayed with his family while in China and gave tutoring.

Maybe add a dial indicator to make sure the shaft is true in the pillow bearing? 5/8" collet in a 5/8" bearing should be pretty close though.

What are you going to mount all of this to? Aluminum extrusion should work pretty nicely if you don't have something already planned.

I'm interested to see how it turns out.

Al

thenuke said:

Allen Hopkins in my opinion was the best all around player, say 1980 - 1985. One of his proposition bets was to throw out all 15 balls

on the pool table and run all 15 without the cue ball hitting a rail. I personally witnessed this in either 1979 or 1980. It was the year that

he won $112,000 at The Rack in Detroit playing 1-pkt. He told me that he left thousands in $20 bills with the houseman as sort of security that he

could walk out with the rest of the cash

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As an aside, Allen told me several years ago that he started superbilliardsexpo with the money he won playing Paul Brusloff at the Rack (Capitol Social Club). That was a great use of the funds!

Bdawe said:

Old thread but do you still have it

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It says that guy has not been on here since 2014.

datnodude

datnodude said:

Trades?

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Dm me