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Dynasphere Challenger set.

Frosty
Bavafongoul said:
The set seems like a bargain price and has tight tolerances according to Mensabum’s measurements.
Appearance wise, it’s a pretty Ho Hum design but for this price, it’s very unrealistic to criticize the design.
I look forward to seeing how the pool balls hold up over time but Dynasphere pool balls seem to be popular.
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Cheap has always been, and will always be popular with some. It’s nice that tolerances are tight, but the mention in how they “play differently” in the original post is a red flag IMO.
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Gold Crown 7 Revealed

philly
iusedtoberich said:
I doubt a table mechanic will be able to convert at GC7 to drop pocket except by blocking the ball return track.

The molding of the pocket is very specific to the GC7. No one else will have that unless they make an injection mold at considerable expense. It's not like GC1-6 where both options were OEM, and the mechanic can just swap them afterwards in either direction if he had the correct parts. Now, if Brunswick does release drop pockets in the future, swapping them at that time would probably be easy.

Blocking the track would work, but how many balls would it hold in that case? Probably not nearly as many as a true drop pocket would, because they usually have a deeper bucket area to hold the balls.

I suppose with 3D printing these days, someone could cut the bottom of the existing pocket and add a 3D printed bucket to it. I just don't see anyone hacking up their 13k USD table to do that.
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I ralise that my GC III is nothing like the VII but the return rails were removed, taken apart and set aside, when my drop pockets were installed.
Perhaps the return rails are inside of the table on the GC7 instead of underneath the rails.
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Best All-Around Production Cue for ~$1000 (Value, Playability, Durability, Support)?

slide13
Black-Balled said:
I think they've mixed up stained and spalted!
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The one they have pictured isn't very figured and does appear to have a darker/oranger stain than mine, but it is spalted maple I think. I'm sure they're not using their nicest most figured woods for what is essentially a $500 butt, but it's still pretty nice! Here is mine which has a little more black streaking on it

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Gold Crown 7 Revealed

iusedtoberich
I doubt a table mechanic will be able to convert at GC7 to drop pocket except by blocking the ball return track.

The molding of the pocket is very specific to the GC7. No one else will have that unless they make an injection mold at considerable expense. It's not like GC1-6 where both options were OEM, and the mechanic can just swap them afterwards in either direction if he had the correct parts. Now, if Brunswick does release drop pockets in the future, swapping them at that time would probably be easy.

Blocking the track would work, but how many balls would it hold in that case? Probably not nearly as many as a true drop pocket would, because they usually have a deeper bucket area to hold the balls.

I suppose with 3D printing these days, someone could cut the bottom of the existing pocket and add a 3D printed bucket to it. I just don't see anyone hacking up their 13k USD table to do that.
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Best All-Around Production Cue for ~$1000 (Value, Playability, Durability, Support)?

Black-Balled
slide13 said:
It was $950 when I bought it, just at tick over $1k now but still a great deal for a nice cue with a carbon shaft. I've had many cues that were more expensive, but this has become my favorite player ever.

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I think they've mixed up stained and spalted!
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