The point of a shot clock is obvious, of course. The only question is how do pool organizers make it available on every table.

Seems like the only cost effective solution is some AI-related technology that can tell when a shot ends and starts a clock automatically. Prolly does not exist yet. and who is going to spend the money to develop it?

Whatever the case, all players know there is a shot clock on the TV tables. Yes, the top pros will be favored since they play on TV tables a lot, but so what. The best players who earn their high rankings should have some kind of "home field" advantage.

Up to the other players to practice with a shot clock on their own.

billy-ks said:

Does anyone know if you can buy a taper bar for a Cueman lathe? I am looking for a shaft taper bar with a pro taper bar. Thank you

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Is your machine already set up to handle taper bars?

Bavafongoul said:

Vincett…….sent you a PM.

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Thank you!! I look forward to your progress!!

skor said:

What's the point of having a shot clock only on the TV table? ...

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The first Matchroom US Open did have timekeeping on every table. I think the person was also the score keeper. It was a huge logistics nightmare. There were lots of no-shows.

poolscholar said:

What about your 3?

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the three things i would change, in order

1. bigger pockets for amateurs and bangers like me. 90s pool was better. They moved the cue ball in a more exciting way. I prefer to play on buckets.

2. penalty for slow play is an automatic beheading

3. no jump cue allowed

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It is the shaft that is verified in all the provenance letters and pictures.

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Good news.

A little odd and mildly disappointing, but as I said, hardly takes anything away from the cue, even if not verified original.

It's really spectacular that the cue survives and is unmolested. It's a treasure.

Years ago decocue was making and selling. I think Unique has some also

Yeah, if I was playing in those kind of tournaments I'd be practicing with a shot clock all the time to get used to it. I'm sure there is an app one could find for their phone that would work to give auditory cues during a practice session.

I'm probably biased because I'm naturally a quick player but I love the shot clock and really wish it could be implemented more....like in my weekly league, haha.

Texas Carom Club said:

to see filler and gorst play a set on a diamond bar table would be great to watch if everything wasnt so shiney

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fedor played quite a lot of bar table in his dog year with the WPA ban, the amount of missed shots probably in single digits. doesn't constitute fun watching for me. kind of true with justin bergman and tom cousins in ultimate pool too. one dry break can determine. somehow mid tier players are more fun to watch playing that game, and ultimate pool does a good job letting all sorts of players play

Bob Jewett said:

The OP seems to have been referring to the "island" problem of a group of players who are inbred, play-wise. They are sort of a bubble. Cavitation is the formation of bubbles in liquid, such as when propellers on boats move too fast. (Bad for the propeller.)

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Yes sir. Indeed I am. I noticed the 'island' problem empirically and never sought out if someone (or a collective) had also noticed it, so I described it how I envisioned it. I will call it an island going forward and not a microbubble (cavitation). One would think that a problem so obvious that it earned a name, would have been solved by now. I have a few ideas to solve the 'island' issue. It's just mafs.

Cardguys3 said:

I've always wanted to explore a tool that measures deflection/squirt,

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A Chinese researcher posted in the last year a video of his tests of a unit that would test deflection. I cannot find the link, however.

Predator and Meucci have made their own cue-ball hitting machines.

Dr Dave shows you to do deflection testing without a machine at Login to view embedded media
There is great interest in this. Even Dr Dave's tests would be adequate in my opinion. It has its caveats but seems to be the best available now. It seems the cost of accessing ten shafts is an obstacle.