skor said:

I close my eyes, pray, shoot hard and hope for the best

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Coos Cues said:

The other day I was replacing the ferule on a shaft and it was threaded 5/16-18 I thought but for some reason the tenon was a bit thick. Like .330" and about .270" on the minor so I decided to build a ferule for it instead of making the tenon smaller. Cut a piece of hydex and drilled it out to .250" and then bored it to .275". So far so good. I live threaded it I took my first pass .020" deep which is my standard first cut on ferules. Nothing to see. Went back and took another pass at .010" and when the threader came out it had melted plastic on it plugging it up and the threads looked like crap. The thread mill is fine I believe as I have threaded a bunch of ferules and tenons with it since. I know feeds and speeds and technique but all things considered I find these materials too soft at too low of a temp. I have also had a sharp 5/16 drill overheat and gum up in them and never in juma. All things equal I'll stick with tried and true and leave the other to people who think they can tell the difference in how they hit. I sure can't.

Your mileage may vary this is my experience and opinion and disagreeing will not butt hurt me.

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jbart65 said:

I know lots of people want to pile on Matchroom. Its made plenty of errors while the Predator Billiard Series has greatly improved.

Yet Predator alone can't provide enough money for pool pros. Predator only has eight events all year, and not all have big payouts like the ones in Vegas and St. Louis.

If Matchroom killed the WNT and got out of the pool business, you'd figure it would sell the rights to the US Open, WPC and Mosconi. Predator would be the likely acquirer.

I don't expect that to happen, but the crux of the matter is the same. There just doesn't seem to be enough money in pool.

Pool players want better. I get it. Predator has certainly upped its game. But aside from flashy prizes for tournament winners, Predator payouts for the rest of the field are as skimpy as the WNT tournaments.

Only a few players are really making any serious money via tournaments (outside of China.) If we look at the past year, the list would include just Biado, Yapp, Gorst, Filler, SVB, FSR and Neuhausen.

Another dozen or so appear to rake in $100,000 or so before expenses if WNT and PBS events are combined.

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skip100 said:

You can teach someone the basics of pool and get them to hit some passable shots in a couple hours. Good luck doing that on the golf course. This shouldn’t even be a debate.

The only moving part in a decent pool stroke is the forearm.

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skip100 said:

You can teach someone the basics of pool and get them to hit some passable shots in a couple hours. Good luck doing that on the golf course. This shouldn’t even be a debate.

The only moving part in a decent pool stroke is the forearm.

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