Thank You .....

Arrowslinger148 said:

Even if u were getting the cushions pretty much for free would u do the super speed still?

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In the grand scheme of things cushions really aint all that pricey so I wouldn't have a problem paying for what I wanted over some freebies.

rexus31 said:

Haven't the slightest idea. Perhaps it's just the model number, like AR 6100 is the model number for the GCI.

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My GCI also has model number AR6100 on it. It has adjustable feet and nutserts instead of the figure 8 plates on the rails so I believe its a later rather than earlier GCI.

BuddyWing said:

Does anyone know where I can find the Stream fot tonight ?

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Pool after Dark has the Dominican guys stream

Does anyone know where I can find the Stream fot tonight ?

A slight variation in the shot line with a dime radius results in a variation of the cueball path. By flattening the tip the same variation in shot line will yield a smaller impact on the line of travel. My calculation is. .175 percent.

nataddrho said:

Yes. It will be a 10-year project from conception to launch. I had to wear a lot of hats. I asked ChatGPT to make a list of all of the roles that I played:

1. Inventor / Product Concept Creator
2. Analog & Mixed-Signal Electronics Engineer
3. RF / Antenna Engineer
4. Embedded Firmware Engineer
5. Wireless Power / Inductive Charging Engineer
6. Battery & Power Systems Engineer
7. Mechanical Engineer (mass, balance, shock survivability)
8. Materials & Process Engineer (resins, curing, encapsulation)
9. Test & Validation Engineer
10. Regulatory / EMC / FCC Pre-Compliance Engineer
11. Manufacturing / DFM / DFT Engineer
12. Industrial / Physical Product Designer
13. Mobile App Developer (Android & iOS)
14. PC / Auxiliary Software Developer
15. Tooling & Fixture Designer (robots, testers, chargers)
16. IP Engineer (Patents & Trademarks)
17. Program / Project Manager
18. Supply Chain & Vendor Manager
19. Startup Founder / Business Owner
20. Website Designer

All while maintaining a 9-5 job making unmanned underwater vehicles and liquid chromatography machines.

As you can imagine, I deserve a vacation. My wife deserves a lot of thanks also.

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Being your own boss is a lot of work, you must wear a lot of different hats including custodial engineer.

I've always liked a nickel radius on my playing cue and after a while, once it's settled in a little, I usually don't reshape it too much so that it does flatten out a little right in the middle of the tip, but it's still mostly a nickel radius.

On my break and jump cues though I do like it flatter, I have this weird curved piece of plastic that probably has curve that would match up to a 2-3" diameter circle, so much bigger and therefor flatter than a nickel. I shape my break and jump tips with this and then use my nickel shaper just for the shoulders. So this gives a compound radius to the tips with a pretty flat center portion but normal shoulders to help avoid any miscues on errant strokes.

A hard tip will have a smaller footprint than a soft tip of same dimensions.
The only flat tip I have noticed was on a jump cue. A rock hard tip that's flat. Well flat would give a slightly larger footprint than a dime radius. just my best guess.

Kinda surprised that mechanical engineering hasn't responded.

Patrick Johnson said:

P.S. I wonder if this is why snooker players like mushroomed tips... makes 'em a little wider to hold a bit more curve?

pj
chgo

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Well not All. It might be majority. Mark Williams has a very hard tip. Not sure of the radius. His tip plays a distinct note on contact with white.

I hear you guys. He's a madman in a good way.

I stayed up and watched basically the whole thing.

I've got my own issues