Chopdoc said:

How long would it take one of us to figure it out?

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About 10 seconds.

Say something smart to the redhead and she will set your ass on fire in nothing flat.

Then make a post telling how she done it.

The only reason this U.S. team will be heavy underdogs is because of how Shane, and to a slightly lesser extent Fedor have historically performed at the Mosconi. If we erased that from our memory, on paper this team looks pretty good. Maybe, just maybe they could get an early roll or three and get out of the gate with a lead. Some early luck could change the entire trajectory of the cup. If the pressure let up just a bit, Fedor could lead, SVB could play 2nd fiddle, and someone like Bergman could really surprise with stellar play because he's ACTUALLY capable of doing it!

HawaiianEye said:

TOI is not an aiming method.

It is a system of playing.

If you can't figure it out or don't like it, keep using whatever works for you and move on.

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Even its controversiality is controversial.

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Bob Jewett said:

One of my favorite science fiction short stories was about this sort of thing. A glitch transferred everyone in a neighborhood to an alternate/past/future Earth. Only their bodies were transferred -- even their tooth fillings were left behind. The story described how they would bootstrap themselves with the technology they brought in their brains.

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How long did it take humans to learn to start a fire? Humans existed for approximately 2.4 million years before actively starting fire. Modern humans didn't wake up one day able to do it.

How long would it take one of us to figure it out?

Patrick Johnson said:

Why do you think the Aiming Forum was created?

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TOI is not an aiming method.

It is a system of playing.

If you can't figure it out or don't like it, keep using whatever works for you and move on.

jbart65 said:

Come one, man! You've got to let me reach for some hope!

I had been losing faith, admittedly, in FSR in 2024 and 2025. Other than winning the Peri Open in 2024, he just seemed to be always coming up short. His game seemed to flatlining. Kept wondering if he might go the way of Albin Ouschan.

He was great in last year's Mosconi, but obviously the US Open win this year was monstrous. Still, he's been really good this whole year. Lots of high finishes.

FSR is still young enough to rack up lots more big wins. More than most top players, he can get down on himself and lose confidence. But when he plays with confidence, he's a top 5 player in the world.

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I'm with you on FSR. He just wasn't getting the results, but something clicked for him this August, and he has been on a tear ever since. Now that he seems to have found his 2022 form again, it makes things more exciting at the top of the pecking order for 2027.

There is hope! Still, I think we miss the boat when we look beyond the need for Shane and Fedor to show up with their "A" games. Unless they are sharp, there is probably no path to victory.

PS He missed last year's Mosconi. It was in 2024 that he shone brightly.

HawaiianEye said:

Who is yelling?

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Why do you think the Aiming Forum was created?

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jay helfert said:

All this just because CJ espoused his belief in a long ago debunked theory.

Homo Sapiens from thousands of years ago were physically just like us. They had the ability to think, research and create just like us. We stand on their shoulders.

In many ways they there smarter than us, and had to be. They had no sophisticated technology to help them. They used brainpower and sheer strength to build these amazing edifices. Take away all our modern tools and what could we build today. It might take us hundreds of years to duplicate what they created using their native intelligence. So who's smarter. I'm not so sure.

20,000 years from now our generation will be considered to have been primitive. Of coure by then we will be more like machines and a little less human. Implants everywhere! Need a new organ, you buy one.

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I have all respect in the world for CJ as a player and teacher of the game, but flat earther, come on.

Proving the earth was round was one of mankinds great early achievements. Erastothenes actually calculating the earths circumference in 240 BC, using only a stick and some travel is a great feat of human ingenuity and logic https://spokenpast.com/articles/how-eratosthenes-measured-earth/ . Respecting the shoulders on which we stand is paramount for further progress. Misinformation should not be allowed to slide without correction, you never know who will come into power and start teaching nonsense in school, then where will we be? There are people who would love to see us crawling around in mud and dying of toothaches again.

I always thought the flat earth nonsense strated as an elaborate way to make people challenge their assumptions and apply scepticism and scientific method to their observations. Unfortunately, as a side effect, some people are actually convinced that the earth is flat. Some even die in order to prove this belief, in what can only be described as ill-conceived experiments. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51602655 Harmless fun is one thing, but when people die and even try to teach this nonsense, it's not so harmless, is it? If one were a cynical SOB, one would perhaps find solace in the fact that misapprehensions about physics tend to be self-correcting...

Matt_24 said:

Sold! Money sent.

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Do you regret that? Lol. That cue looks great. Red would look awesome with white wrap and red specs. A24 butt cap.

sjm said:

So what? In the Asian swing, he won the Bali 10ball, won the Qatar World Cup and came third in the World 10ball. He is in dead stroke right now.

Yes, FSR was brilliant in both his last Mosconi Cup and his last Reyes Cup. His excellence at doubles was further validated by his win with partner Alcaide at the WPA Men's Doubles Championship last month.

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Come one, man! You've got to let me reach for some hope!

I had been losing faith, admittedly, in FSR in 2024 and 2025. Other than winning the Peri Open in 2024, he just seemed to be always coming up short. His game seemed to flatlining. Kept wondering if he might go the way of Albin Ouschan.

He was great in last year's Mosconi, but obviously the US Open win this year was monstrous. Still, he's been really good this whole year. Lots of high finishes.

FSR is still young enough to rack up lots more big wins. More than most top players, he can get down on himself and lose confidence. But when he plays with confidence, he's a top 5 player in the world.

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If i'm Europe i'm going with:
- FSR (currently locked, and playing REALLY well too)
- Filler (because duh)
- Shaw (he's their captain until proven otherwise and always plays well)
- Aleksa
- 1 of Oliver/Wiktor/Moritz, but a fun wild card would be Felix.

Looking at the current rankings, it is WILD to not see Albin even in the top 20.

Well I finally got my toolchest to mount the machinist lathe on. Really is a great setup having all that storage right under the lathe. Drawers are soft close also. Had the lathe on a workbench but now have my full bench back, love it. I also added and upgraded the wiring at the bench and lathe. Also tapped into my air line at one side of the shop and brought air to the cue making area.
Then I added a quick release tool post setup to the lathe. Was going to get the one that Numobams sells as it would just drop on easy, but by the time I got enough extra holders and waited another 3-4 weeks for shipping, I decided to just get an OXA unit off Amazon. That took a bit of modification to get it to work but not too bad. First I used the spacer that came with the OXA unit. I had to drill and grind it out to fit around the raised boss. The threaded rod that came with the OXA threaded right into the Numobams. Took some work to get the hole to just over 11/16" but wasn't really hard just time consuming. Then there was the tool holders, they were not as high quality as the Shars ones I have on my tool post on my Mid America lathe. They stick a bit dropping on and stick after releasing them. I did work on one a bit last night and it is better.
That's where the real trouble started as it was about .050 too high to center the cutters. Sat on it over night and this morning dug out some aluminum I had that was .090 less thickness than the steel plate I used that came with the OXA rest. Cut it to fit re made a hole to go over the post, had to file the raised boss down about .015, and bolted everything up. Worked like a charm. and gave me room for adjustment.
Truth be told, If I were ever to do this again, I would have just ordered the QR tool post made for it at the time of ordering the lathe. Would have cost slightly more but been much easier. I just couldn't make my mind up at the time of ordering.
I'm really looking forward to a fresh new challenge. For me this is just a personal challenge, but I do want a quality result and have some ideas of what I hope to make.