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Charlie Hustle · Jul 29, 2025

I recently had my felt replaced with Simonis 860 HR, and while the table plays much better than with the stock nap cloth, I feel like im still not getting a ton of action off the rails. I'm almost positive the cushions are original and have never been replaced. The Valleys at my local watering hole seem to play way faster. Would replacing the rails with Penguin rails make a significant difference?

boogieman · Jul 29, 2025

JAM said:
I have a great deal of respect for Michael Panozzo. He is much more knowledgeable than most about a variety of pool subject matters. After listening to the podcast, it is my opinion that he thought posting about lawyers may not be productive for all persons involved. I agree with him.

I noticed about an hour ago, Johann Chua thanked everybody at Matchroom, his sponsors, the Saudi hosts, et cetera for a great tournament and how much he appreciate it. I think he's turned the corner on this topic, which is a good thing for everyone involved.

Does waxing happen in pro events? Well, apparently, it does. It seems to be the latest in pool's dirty little secrets. But there are some players like Johann, Fedor, Shane, and others who are held in high regard by pool fans around the world. I think Matchroom and other pool promoters will figure out a way to thwart this from happening in the future, just like they did when they changed the rules at the WPC in Manila when everybody was doing the bird break.

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Forgive my ignorance, but what is a bird break?

boogieman · Jul 29, 2025

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more to come soon, im the middle with experimenting with stabilizing the chuck a little more.

my trigger stopped working today unless fully depressed so i need to fiddle with the wires some more i suppose.

going to put some threads in my workbench so i can bolt the drathe down.

heres a spin:

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I'd imagine you could get a pillow bearing and a collet and it would steady it up well without breaking the bank. I'd be very wary of using that with the shaft unsupported at all. I mean, it works, but all it takes is one mistake to damage threads. I'm not poo-pooing your effort, just be really careful!

With the collet and pillow bearing it would be very capable of doing tips. Sharpshooter has some setups that are drill based but I don't entirely care for them. They use something like skateboard wheels and you must wrap the shaft with about 1/16" of tape where they set or it will damage a shaft. They work well with this one caveat. They come with some vinyl tubing but in use it slides off and exposes the shaft to the wheels. They scuff/scratch the shaft and will actually dent the wood in a ring. Not good. But 1/16" of low stick painter tape protects the shaft.

Just tossing some ideas out there. Good progress!

WildWing · Jul 29, 2025

srober40 said:
That photo is deceptive. The dashed collar is a Joss Nick Varner. They are not in order by date. That picture came about from a previous conversation with someone else where Joss was using a rounded outer veneer and sharp inner veneers. Here are the related pictures.

Yes, the Varner Joss series had the center dashed joint rings, as did the A series. The more interesting part is that you have the plain black collar with date earlier than 1984, which I had not seen before. Maybe the Diamond Series and those earlier ones were being built concurrently to go from one to the other, I'm not sure.

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