Sheldon said:

I also sent you another donation to show my support.

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Thank you!

Badpenguin said:

One thing this does prove, with your attempts at a simultaneous hit, is that you cannot repeat aim and tip placement every shot. Which is why I think you should engineer something that can take human imperfections out of the equation. Otherwise, everything you are doing is anecdotal at best, it cannot be repeated by anyone else, even yourself.

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I bet even a well designed machine would have a tough time achieving and repeating simultaneous hits. The balls still need to be set up absolutely perfectly every time, and the machine would need to be aligned (and stay aligned) perfectly relative to the balls, and the cloth in between the balls can’t change at all in between shots (no fiber changes, no dirt or chalk dust), and the CB needs to be absolutely perfect so things don’t change with CB orientation. The machine would also need to be built with extremely tight tolerances, and it would need to be very stiff and mounted very firmly to the table. That’s a long list of things that can go wrong (and I’m probably not considering everything).

j2pac said:

Wow. Nice to see you back! How have you been?

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Good, and yourself. Been a long time. I was just checking on a fellow who made me a kind of custom Sneaky quite a few Moons back now.
I had already bought one of his on here also. I was saddened to hear of Leon's passing. Leon was a great guy. He was a Night Owl working in his shop, we used to chat for long time in the evenings, I don't think that he got much done.

Hungarian said:

God forbid we use the word America.

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I suppose we're still allowed to travel and try out the gulags.

Thank you. I wish you were in Central Florida.

bradsh98 said:

You are 100% wrong in your previous asserted certainty. You claimed that you are 100% certain that the Amazon set that you purchased were returned by another customer, simply because the box was not wrapped in plastic. It would be impossible for you to be that certain, unless the balls showed some sort of handling or defect. So, in essence, you are being overly critical of the merchant, without enough understanding of common practice.

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Interesting.... By the way, I am certain. 100%

straightline said:

She, and it looked like a brain fart. You know there are sharks everywhere.

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The “he” in my sentence (that Yapp was in the road and he couldn’t see the shot) was FSR. FSR couldn’t see the hit - the ref could see the hit but just blew it.

Cord said:

I predict they sell the shit out of these; just not in the North American market. (tbh, i had to go check to see if that wasn't some sort of elaborate April Fool's joke)

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Yup, you're right. SEA market, and a little bit of the China market.

davelpl said:

What's a reasonable price to pay for a GC3?

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It depends. Are you planning to purchase from a private seller? From a dealer? Is the table reconditioned, or all original? Do you want an installed price, with fresh cloth? If so, what make/model cloth? Do you expect it to have new cushions? If so, which ones?

We sell fully refurbished Gold Crown I's for $5-6K. This includes a full strip and paint, with any blemishes corrected. It also includes powdercoating all of the aluminum components, as well as fresh cloth and cushions (including sub-rail modifications to accommodate modern day K55 cushions, and tightened pocket openings). Gold Crown III's are a lesser table than a I, so I would suggest that the refurbished price should be slightly lower.

Gold Crown III

I will admire whomever wins.