RobM said:

I'm almost there! I received the Wilsonart laminate (English Oak) from Lowes on Friday.

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and laminated the top. It turned out well.

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I also used rexus31 and muskyed suggestion to apply the carpet with carpet tape in the cans. Seems like it is holding well so far. I'll get a photo with the carpet installed at a later point.

The only thing I still have to work on is the timer switch/ plate cover. After a lot of thought, I've decided to buy the oak switch plate, stain it to match the case and then use a wood burner to burn in the timer minute markings, then apply the polycoat. I'll spray-paint the white knob with a matching color. It's not a high wear and tear application so it should hold up.

Someone mentioned a glass dispenser for the isopropyl alcohol/Aramith ball cleaner solution they found on line. Any help/ideas where to source one would be greatly appreciated

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Nice!

Btw what brought me here was y’all talking about the Smithsonian Institute and who the queue makers were that made a Q to go in there. The Schick Q is one that’s in there. I never got to see what Billy made but I can only imagine I’ve seen cues that he sold the people overseas for $40,000 back in the 80s which Billy hated to do. I had a Q made, and I gave him the diamonds and the gold to put on it. That queue was fancy, but nothing like the one he made with my turkey and my dear . I remember sitting around one day before Billy passed away and I asked him I said Billy what are you rank in the top of those Q makers? Oh, you didn’t want to see them eyes when he turned and looked at me back in the 70s Billy was used by the owner of the Pool Hall guys and dolls in Shreveport, Louisiana. We went to Arkansas two of the top local pros to play a guy named country Calvin they played on a bar table with a big Q ball. Calvin beat us . The owner of the Pool Hall took them two back over there and lost big money. When Red (Red Box the owner of the pool hall) come back in town, he told Billy find me a pool player. And that’s when we learned about Buddy Hall the rifleman. Buddy went over there and ended up breaking the whole house. It was kind of funny but after that Billy Red and Buddy had all the pros come here to play Buddy. you talking about some champion pool players I was just 17 then I’m 71 now but I’ve seen it all. I’ve lived the Pooll Hall life. Nothing anyone can say IDK. By the way that Story about the queue makers babushka one of the guys had one of those cues beautiful stick.Well enjoyed sharing this with y’all. I’ve got pool hall stories that could go on and on. Leagues. Back then you matched up and played. League’s. I still to this day have no ideal hope that works but was only told years ago that if I played with any team. I’d be a 9 whatever that is lol. TC

JohnnyOzone said:

Like the OP said, if you have pool knowledge, the foul is self evident. You can't always tell which ball is hit first by the naked eye, but you can tell which ball was hit last by the path of the cueball - it comes off the tangent line of the ball hit 2nd. It went to Yapp's left off the tangent line with the 8. If he hit the 8 last, then he hit the 4 first. It didn't hit a flake of chalk, it wasn't that the ref was unsure, it was that the ref didn't know what the hell she/he was doing. DEI fails again.

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Words of wisdom, like you're speaking with my tongue. I know for fact that you got billiard knowledge and been in the game for many many years.

Joint protectors. Not sure what that is UNLESS it’s a screw on the end if you Que after playing. Schick Ques have something like those but Bill Schick WAS a good friend of mine. I’ve got one of his Ques that’s a one of a kind. Here’s why. Years ago Billy needed a new HVAC system in his lake house. So he told me he would make me where I wanted. It’s a rare Que. I had him put a deer on one side and a turkey on the other. The butt end where we hold the Q while playing. BUT he also added these things. Both shafts had a screw in that had to be removed bc they were threaded. Then the shaft. It had a screw on that protected the threads on the Que. sure wish I could show y’all this Q bc it’s a 8 pt that’s really awesome. He also put an ostrich wrap around where we hold the que while we were in stroke lol. Let me try to post pics of it.

Bob Jewett said:

That was me. Some articles about that project are in item #29 here:

SFBA Miscellaneous Files

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Thanks. I think I still have it around somewhere although I don't know what I would possibly play the tape on now, if it would even still play.
I guess Dr Dave is probably taking up the mantle on that now. Although I haven't really looked at that much of his stuff does he have the kind of high-speed stuff you were doing?

fastone371 said:

If you are driving on what's referred to as "surface streets" you can absolutely tell the kind of area you are in. I could tell from I94 that I did not want to hang out at Cabrini Green back in the 90's.

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When I was 18 my sister (16) and I did a landscaping job inside Cabrini Green. Just the two of us and a truck.

It was scary and people gathered around to watch us work but nobody tried anything.

We were lucky.

This was 1986.

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Really nice break cue in great condition