I'm Baaaaccckk.

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.
It has been awhile. I've asked about you on several occasions over the years. Always enjoyed your straightforward style. Hope you continue to frequent the forum/s.

How to Judge SPLIT HITS … Everything You Need to Know

Dave, how wide (physically) you think the margin within which the "semi-simultaneous hit" happens is? e.g. from the draw shot example in that video, it seems definitely smaller than 0.1mm. With semi-simultaneous, I mean the range where the CB is sent back inbetween the two "normal" routes. So not going straight back (which becomes a definition issue, even seemingly straight has a slight bias to other side if you zoom in enough), but rather just the entire range where CB contacted both OB's simultaneously even for a brief moment, causing that inbetween draw reaction.

~0.1mm?

~0.01mm?

This could be calculated based on the compression of the balls, but I have not done this. I would guess the range is in between your two guesses, maybe in the 0.05mm to 0.01mm range, but that is a total guess. Faster speed would make the range a little bigger (since the balls would compress more).

Winning One Pocket

Wife gifted me a set of WOP and SMS, not knowing that I already had a copy of Winning One Pocket. I have an extra copy now that I'd like to sell. It is a first edition, signed by Jersey Red, addressed to my late mentor. Located in Houston and in excellent condition. I don't know the market for this book these days, but 500 sounds about right.

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How to Judge SPLIT HITS … Everything You Need to Know

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).
The machine needs rigidity because it has no real time guidance. (troubled childhood etc...) but human can focus on going through the CB as effortlessly as he please. Few thousand hours of that should be worth a couple nanometers.

Yapp’s Controversial Tournament-Winning Shot in the 8-Ball World Championship … Was it a Foul?

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.
Ok. Miner badden. He did crane for a look like it mattered to him. Let it go obviously. Maybe he's turning into Hunter Lombardo Speaking of Hunter Lombardo, if he had ferocity, he'd be ferocious.

Propeller head thinks maybe ref was waiting for the 8 to stop short and she got hypnotixed in the moment. 'Course speculation always goes way past collusion...

How to Judge SPLIT HITS … Everything You Need to Know

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.
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).

I'm Baaaaccckk.

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

Do Aramith balls come in a sealed box?

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.

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

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